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Old Sep 12, 2018, 5:55 am
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Club Europe Catering Guide - September 2018 onwards

This thread outlines the new arrangements for Club Europe catering introduced on Wednesday 12 September 2018 based on 5 bands (Express, and Bands 1-4). The main information piece - in terms of timings and the distance zones for the meals can be found in post 1. The following cross references the photos below against the matrix of options. In addition to the photos, some FTers have written extensively on their experiences so there is more to this thread than the pictures. Also note that the menus for LGW routes rotate monthly, whereas LHR routes rotate bi-weekly

Please keep this thread clear for for reviews, menu descriptions, and photos. For chat about the new service arrangements there is a dedicated thread has now been set up for this Club Europe catering opinions and general discussion

Please do not quote photos in this thread.

The previous shorthaul catering guide for Sunday 26 March 2017 to Tuesday 11 September 2018 is now locked, but is to be found here.

Numbers relate to the post number. Vegetarian means the alternative option provided as standard rather than the special meals. The pre-ordered special meals are AVML (Asia-vegetarian), CHML(children meal), DBML (diabetic meal), GFML (gluten free), HNML (Hindu non-vegetarian meal), KSML (Kosher meal), LCML (low calorie meal), LFML (low fat meal), NLML (low-lactose meal), LSML (low salt meal), MOML (Muslim meal), VGML (vegan meal), and VLML (lacto-ovo vegetarian).

There are differences between the offering in/out of LHR, LGW, and BA CityFlyer routes operated from LCY, STN, BRS, BHX, MAN, EDI, and DUB. For BA CityFlyer flights please refer to this guide created by eJetter BA CityFlyer catering guide

Last update: post 1830
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Chef's Chat sheets for:

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Express (LBA, MAN, and JER only. Note JER is classes at express but gets band 1 service)

Breakfast: 176, 289 (KSML), 345 (VLML), 347 (JER), 375, 622, 705, 1063, 1359, 1390 (JER)
Brunch: 813, 987 (AVML), 1066
Lunch: 226, 326, 388 (KSML), 427 (AVML), 553 (KSML), 586, 678, 887, 1014 (JER), 1015, 1128, 1139, 1148 (KSML), 1276, 1351, 1396, 1452, 1456, 1789
Afternoon tea: 103, 176, 643 (LCML), 733, 1038
Dinner: 279, 332 (JER), 359 (AVML), 521, 588, 608, 647, 752, 914, 941, 950, 961, 1006 (KSML), 1014 (JER), 1016, 1026, 1050 (AVML), 1054 (KSML), 1095, 1142 (VLML), 1143 (NLML), 1186 (KSML), 1399 (JER), 1523, 1524 (KSML), 1598

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Band 1 (UK, France, Ireland, BeNeLux, Germany)

Breakfast: 9, 56, 105, 183, 203, 256, 304, 377, 420 (LGW), 445, 452 (VGML), 457 (VGML), 558, 641, 971 (LGW), 1071, 1417, 1424, 1584 (VGML), 1605, 1638, 1748,1758 (LGW), 1810
Brunch: 68, 121, 142, 197, 420, 458, 555, 559, 620 (LCML), 660, 662, 770, 923, 1077 (VGML), 1354, 1410, 1560, 1704, 1747 (LGW), 1755, 1819
Lunch: 16, 142, 147 (VLML), 170 (KSML), 230, 255, 344, 498, 510, 529, 535, 556, 560, 592, 612, 632, 640, 660, 707 (LGW), 713 (KSML), 723, 838, 981 (LGW) (VLML), 1008 (KSML), 1094, 1183 (VGML), 1196, 1222 (VGML), 1223, 1318, 1360, 1461 (VGML), 1475 (LGW), 1539 (LGW) (VLML), 1543, 1709 (LGW), 1778, 1794, 1820 (LGW)
Afternoon tea: 32, 36 (LGW), 71, 90, 104, 123 (LGW), 139 (LCML), 146, 167 (VLML), 207 (KSML), 252, 277, 285, 353 (KSML), 441, 527 (LGW), 557, 739, 783, 831, 907, 976, 1160, 1337 (LGW), 1340, 1343 (VGML), 1382, 1408 (LGW), 1642 (LGW), 1756, 1757, 1804, 1809, 1817
Dinner: 49, 130 (LGW), 142, 642185, 186 (LGW & VLML), 208 (KSML), 225, 225 (LGW), 237, 242, 268, 281, 298, 307 (KSML), 353 (KSML), 367, 436 (AVML), 441, 444, 498, 517 (AVML), 554, 648, 652, 653, 669, 690, 708, 758, 789, 822, 916 (LGW), 917 (LGW), 955 (VGML), 981 (LGW) , 1060, 1070, 1136, 1212 (VGML), 1217, 1218, 1275, 1308 (KSML), 1321, 1358, 1365, 1369, 1529, 1556 (LGW), 1568 (VGML), 1576, 1577, 1617 (LGW), 1638, 1682, 1690, 1703, 1769, 1771, 1778 (VGML), 1788 (VGML), 1812, 1813, 1820 (LGW)

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Band 2 (e.g. Barcelona, Nice, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen)

Breakfast: 8, 269, 309, 329, 400, 576 (KSML), 613, 650 (LGW), 679 (AVML), 914 (AVML), 955 (VGML), 1463, 1655 (LGW)
Brunch: 578, 610, 659, 910
Lunch: 18, 40, 107, 163 (AVML), 235, 421, 431, 504, 578, 614, 760, 894 (VGML), 1243, 1407, 1641 (LGW), 1656 (LGW), 1830
Afternoon tea: 278 (LGW), 306, 362 (KSML), 399, 496 (LGW), 499, 578, 749, 1150, 1191 (AVML), 1204, 1279 (KSML), 1730 (LGW)
Dinner: 155 (AVML), 227, 269, 287, 385, 496 (LGW), 578, 583, 591 (KSML), 593 (LGW), 596 (AVML), 596 (HNML), 794, 875, 910, 925, 937, 940, 982, 1204, 1221 (GFML), 1231 (KSML), 1237, 1238 (AVML), 1720 (LGW), 1774, 1777, 1806, 1830

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Band 3 (e.g. Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Stockholm)

Breakfast: 57, 171, 418, 507, 631, 677, 762, 956, 1165 (VGML), 1425, 1430, 1443, 1464,1749, 1727, 1749
Rest of the day: 27, 44, 59, 87, 100, 165, 168, 199 (LGW), 200 (LGW), 216, 268, 282, 321 (LGW), 322, 335, 341 (LGW), 343, 350 (LGW), 351 (LGW), 387, 397 (KSML), 398, 400, 419, 429, 435 (AVML), 448 (VGML), 477, 484, 485, 500, 448 (KSML), 551 (LCML), 571 (KSML), 587, 599 (LGW), 619, 649 (KSML), 676, 743 (VLML), 753, 763, 778 (GFML), 780, 803, 806, 816, 854, 880, 882 (LGW), 895, 929, 944, 954, 957, 963, 984, 985, 998 (LFML), 1002, 1017 (LGW), 1035, 1037 (LGW), 1046 (LGW), 1067 (KSML), 1071, 1072, 1074, 1078, 1091, 1097, 1104, 1121, 1126 (LFML), 1127, 1132, 1135, 1145 (KSML), 1151, 1152, 1154 (KSML), 1205, 1220, 1227 (VGML), 1246, 1266, 1269 (LGW), 1272, 1273, 1274, 1323, 1426, 1465 (AVML), 1482, 1504, 1538, 1552, 1561, 1586 (LGW), 1610, 1612, 1620, 1621 (AVML), 1658 (LGW), 1673 (LGW), 1680, 1685, 1687, 1696, 1699 (LGW), 1706, 1718, , 1728, 1731, 1735 (LGW), 1736 (KSML), 1742 (LGW), 1770, 1772, 1773, 1790 (LGW), 1791, 1793, 1796 (LGW), 1805, 1828, 1829

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Band 4 (e.g. Malta, Sofia, Kiev, Istanbul)

Breakfast: 159, 223, 440, 483, 661, 795, 796, 878 (AVML), 898 (LGW), 919 (KSML), 1226
Rest of the day: 61 (LGW), 63 (LGW), 83, 122 (LGW), 129 (LGW), 191 (LGW), 233, 244, 255, 264, 342, 349, 618 (CHML) (LGW), 624, 661, 730 (LGW), 797, 798, 835 (LGW), 836 (LGW), 863 (LGW), 893, 896 (LGW), 897 (LGW), 911 (LGW), 942, 986, 1047, 1141 (CHML), 1149, 1226, 1250 (LGW), 1252 (LGW), 1263, 1277 (LGW), 1280, 1314 (LGW), 1366, 1371, 1450, 1469, 1474, 1484 (LGW), 1497, 1505, 1516, 1520, 1522, 1648, 1661 (LGW), 1662 (LGW), 1681 (LGW), 1722 (LGW) (VGML), 1746 (LGW) (VGML), 1786, 1787, 1811 (LGW)

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Old Jan 28, 2022, 4:31 am
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Originally Posted by salut0
“Collation” is one of those words like “beverage” that appear only in “hospitality” contexts.
Now that "enjoy your menu" has finally gone, I can return to moaning about the "dining offer" in the CCR. When you let marketing people publish things without checking...
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Right, that’s it, I’m off.

I can put up with un-contactable contact centres, sloppy school dinners in CE, lukewarm Champagne and shambolic priority boarding. But having to use the same knife for my main and my bread roll is the last straw. Really, the barbarians are half-way over the gate.

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This was yesterday's breakfast offering LHR-EDI; a cheese and tomato croissant. It looked like it had been under the wheels of the catering truck.
I had the cheese and ham version on the first flight down from Newcastle on Wednesday morning. Mine looked as it had been run over, and then the truck had reversed to make sure it was properly mangled.

Awful. Although I only upgraded for some TPs so wasn't expecting a culinary feast.
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Oh cr@p! So this is what I can expect tomorrow morning from DUB!
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Oh cr@p! So this is what I can expect tomorrow morning from DUB!
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Yes!

It's not great ( compared to the precovid full english breakfast offering)

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Originally Posted by bhbloke
I had the cheese and ham version on the first flight down from Newcastle on Wednesday morning. Mine looked as it had been run over, and then the truck had reversed to make sure it was properly mangled.

Awful. Although I only upgraded for some TPs so wasn't expecting a culinary feast.
So lovingly slapped on the plate from a mass of greasy foil. Just give us a proper breakfast for crying out loud.
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So lovingly slapped on the plate from a mass of greasy foil. Just give us a proper breakfast for crying out loud.
Talking of grease and J-cloths; on a recent flight to Malta the crew had placed the hot meal on top of the pat of butter, which had then melted and was soaked up by the J-cloth, to the extent that it looked as though it had been used to wash a sink full of dirty dishes.
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Originally Posted by bhbloke
I had the cheese and ham version on the first flight down from Newcastle on Wednesday morning. Mine looked as it had been run over, and then the truck had reversed to make sure it was properly mangled.

Awful. Although I only upgraded for some TPs so wasn't expecting a culinary feast.
This makes me think they've hired Baldrick from Blackadder as the chef
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Haven’t scrolled back that far to check if anybody was posting meals for Citflyer out of LCY - but here is last nights offering on the 17.05 service to AMS.

Starter was chicken / sweet corn / celery and a few other bits with a small amount of what seemed like the sauce from the main CE chicken lunch being served currently
Main was Prawn and Lentils (the large thing in the middle of the plate was actually a slice of lemon that had been burnt!)
Dessert was awful, so I skipped it

On the plus side, the crew member serving CE was excellent and even offered pre-departure drinks to the 4 of us in CE (depressingly low loads on the service for a Friday evening)


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Breakfast this morning on the 06:35 GLA-LHR. And I was so looking forward to the BA Full English!


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Anyone know the current band 4 (or I guess band 2-4 now) rest of day options?

Off to Sofia next week and don’t fancy the KSML both ways.
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Old Jan 29, 2022, 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by krispy84
Anyone know the current band 4 (or I guess band 2-4 now) rest of day options?

Off to Sofia next week and don’t fancy the KSML both ways.
Hmm, let me think? Will it be the steak au poivre or perhaps sole meunière?

I’m hazarding a guess at tomato pasta or sausage and mash. Both ways. Would love to be proved wrong.
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Old Jan 29, 2022, 9:53 am
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In recent days it has been a turkey and mushroom pie or a pea and ricotta ravioli. Most people prefer the sound of the former, but I have to say I find the pasta more consistent (plus you get to hear the crew having to repeat "PEA!" loudly when the trays are being handed out)

25/75 on mini bottles/big bottle on the champagne since New Year, for those that care.
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Old Jan 29, 2022, 10:02 am
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Originally Posted by Pilot37
Haven’t scrolled back that far to check if anybody was posting meals for Citflyer out of LCY
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CityFlyer catering has its own thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ing-guide.html

But actually it'd be interesting to see more photos posted in this thread for comparison.
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