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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Please do not quote photos in this thread.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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Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos

Old Oct 7, 2018, 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by lcylocal
BA2956 LGW - GLA afternoon tea

Not sure this picture adds anything to that by C-W-S in post 123 however the salad seems to have gained a couple of olives.

No bread roll or scone offered. Asked about the scone, as did another traveller, and crew seemed to think it either hadnt been loaded or it wasnt part of the service on the route, it wasnt entirely clear which.
Well given the tray has clotted cream and jam on it, one assumes a scone was intended. Must have been missed off the loading.
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Old Oct 7, 2018, 10:52 am
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This is one of the out-bound dinner options for band 2 (or beef salad). This is almost the same meal as corporate-wage-slave showed in post #23 (band 1 lunch). The only difference was that my salad contained one shrimp and 1/2 egg instead of cheese.




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Old Oct 7, 2018, 11:06 am
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Originally Posted by Ldnn1
Well given the tray has clotted cream and jam on it, one assumes a scone was intended. Must have been missed off the loading.
Yes indeed, and point was made to the cabin crew, but with one cabin crew serving ten or so passengers on such a short sector, time for discussion was understandably limited. It was an A319 with an element of shuffling of trolleys/items from the front to the rear of the aircraft before departure so part of me wonders if they hadn't been loaded in a slightly odd place that wasn't immediately obvious to the crew.
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Old Oct 7, 2018, 2:28 pm
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LHR-LBA, 7 October 2018, 0920d
Express breakfast - Kosher KSML


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Old Oct 7, 2018, 2:40 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA
LHR-LBA, 7 October 2018, 0920d
Express breakfast - Kosher KSML


How did this compare to the previous KSML and non express breakfast?
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Old Oct 7, 2018, 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA
LHR-LBA, 7 October 2018, 0920d
Express breakfast - Kosher KSML

That's a lot of fruit!

The salmon looks decent but the bagel itself looks (unsurprisingly) awful.
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Old Oct 7, 2018, 2:46 pm
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Originally Posted by MarkP24
How did this compare to the previous KSML and non express breakfast?
Good question, I never had it as I liked the bacon butty! I was having it today to get a photo.

Have looked through the previous catering thread to try and find a photo with no luck. The only thing I found was this https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29086285-post1742.html where ManchesterBDFlyer was struggling top even get one.
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Old Oct 7, 2018, 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA
Good question, I never had it as I liked the bacon butty! I was having it today to get a photo.

Have looked through the previous catering thread to try and find a photo with no luck. The only thing I found was this https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29086285-post1742.html where ManchesterBDFlyer was struggling top even get one.
Thanks!
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Old Oct 7, 2018, 2:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Ldnn1
That's a lot of fruit!

The salmon looks decent but the bagel itself looks (unsurprisingly) awful.
The fruit was very nice. Tbh it was too much overall. I am not a slow eater and used to the express routes, yet I didn't manage to finish it, the yoghurt went untouched. The bagel bread itself wasn't the best and of course not helped by being cold.
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Old Oct 7, 2018, 2:54 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA
The fruit was very nice. Tbh it was too much overall. I am not a slow eater and used to the express routes, yet I didn't manage to finish it, the yoghurt went untouched. The bagel bread itself wasn't the best and of course not helped by being cold.
Kosher meals usually are frozen, so the bagel likely wasn't fresh.
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Old Oct 9, 2018, 10:29 am
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so what I gather from all of this is anything upto 2.5/3hrs you will get a salad except for Madrid which gets the longer meal service. So if you want a hot meal then bring your own food onboard? :P
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Old Oct 9, 2018, 6:39 pm
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Originally Posted by chris1979
this was the sweet and sour chicken (think it was spicy asian chicken actually) on MAD LHR last weekend.

the size of the tray table is particularly noticeable in the Flub cabin.....

Interesting... had the same starter and dessert on my CE flight from BHD to LHR this evening. Pic to follow!

(Thank goodness BA don't need photo ID on domestics - lost my only photo ID - passport - on Saturday, so couldn't use by Flybe BHD-LCY flight. My trip to Barcelona on Friday is now not happening )

EDIT: just realized that you weren't in long haul First so that explains it!

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Old Oct 9, 2018, 7:06 pm
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09 OCT, BHD-LHR Club Europe.

Noticeable was the much improved bread - bigger and tastier rolls.

Drinks and almonds were served before the meal.


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Old Oct 9, 2018, 7:14 pm
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Originally Posted by flylikelinz
so what I gather from all of this is anything upto 2.5/3hrs you will get a salad except for Madrid which gets the longer meal service. So if you want a hot meal then bring your own food onboard? :P
I had a hot meal from GLA to LGW two weeks ago.
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Old Oct 9, 2018, 11:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Sealink
09 OCT, BHD-LCY, Club Europe.

Noticeable was the much improved bread - bigger and tastier rolls.

Drinks and almonds were served before the meal.

Does DoCo cater BACF?
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