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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Please do not quote photos in this thread.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 Feb 23, 2019, 9:57 pm
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The vegetarian option. The aircraft is a nightstopper so catered at LHR the day before - hence the smaller than usual tray.

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AVML on BA812 (LHR–CPH, band 2) this Friday:



Very delicious dal and aloo masala. The chapati was a bit soggy but otherwise good.

Sadly, this meal seems to be served with breakfast only.
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Old Feb 26, 2019, 7:09 am
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Originally Posted by jfallesen
Very delicious dal and aloo masala. The chapati was a bit soggy but otherwise good.

Sadly, this meal seems to be served with breakfast only.
You could get it later in the day on a sector which serves hot meals, but not on anything short as meals aren't to be heated there.
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I had this on LHR-LIS yesterday - BA502 (plus cheese). I wasn’t ready for quite how yellow it would be! I don’t consider myself to be a picky eater but there did seem to be a LOT of ‘yellow sauce’ which in my view overpowered what was nice beef. Should have had the pork or pasta!
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Originally Posted by IAMORGAN
I had this on LHR-LIS yesterday - BA502 (plus cheese). I wasn’t ready for quite how yellow it would be! I don’t consider myself to be a picky eater but there did seem to be a LOT of ‘yellow sauce’ which in my view overpowered what was nice beef. Should have had the pork or pasta!
I thought it was very tasty and glad there was plenty of sauce. I think it needed a strong sauce personally.
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Twice in the past couple of weeks the salad option on the menu was finished before the crew came to ask for my preference for lunch.
This time I was seated in Row 2 and they started serving (as usual) from the front.
Cabin crew said that there were only a few of the salads loaded at Malaga but there was plenty of curry/rice or macaroni cheese.
Who is eating the salads ?
Has BA bought shares in the carbohydrate industry ?
I demand answers
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I was more than disappointed to be given exactly this on my trip back from VIE a couple of days ago. I travel to WAW and PRG quite often, so assumed I would get a similar 'Band 3' hot meal (which have been pretty good recently). Got the same thing again coming back from MAN yesterday to really rub it in...!
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Originally Posted by nwmgc
I was more than disappointed to be given exactly this on my trip back from VIE a couple of days ago. I travel to WAW and PRG quite often, so assumed I would get a similar 'Band 3' hot meal (which have been pretty good recently). Got the same thing again coming back from MAN yesterday to really rub it in...!
Out of curiosity, was there no hot option? Or had they run out by the time they got to you? I had the above on LHR-OTP on Monday, but that was through choice. The other options were pork and pasta.

Edit: Never mind, orbitmic has explained it.
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Originally Posted by nwmgc
I was more than disappointed to be given exactly this on my trip back from VIE a couple of days ago. I travel to WAW and PRG quite often, so assumed I would get a similar 'Band 3' hot meal (which have been pretty good recently). Got the same thing again coming back from MAN yesterday to really rub it in...!
vie and prg are both band 2. Neither has hot meals except for breakfast (hot band) and the quiche if you consider it a meal. Waw is band 3 and gets all day hot meals.
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Out of curiosity, was there no hot option? Or had they run out by the time they got to you? I had the above on LHR-OTP on Monday, but that was through choice. The other options were pork and pasta.
I was in 1F so, of course, entirely possible that they would have run out (as when I was in 2A in F once). In fact, there was nothing hot served - or menus - and champagne was in mini bottles. I rang the call button for the first time in many years as I quite fancied a second bottle of the latter but had not been offered another (there were restaurant style no-eye-contact-type CC).
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Originally Posted by IAMORGAN
I wasn’t ready for quite how yellow it would be! I don’t consider myself to be a picky eater but there did seem to be a LOT of ‘yellow sauce’
There is something a bit strange about that fluorescent yellow sauce isn't there ? When you take a picture, it changes colour. Spooky.
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Originally Posted by IAMORGAN


I had this on LHR-LIS yesterday - BA502 (plus cheese). I wasn’t ready for quite how yellow it would be! I don’t consider myself to be a picky eater but there did seem to be a LOT of ‘yellow sauce’ which in my view overpowered what was nice beef. Should have had the pork or pasta!
Had that last month on DUB-LHR. There was a LOT of yellow sauce. Beef itself was nice, but wasn’t wild on the peppers/veg

On another note, does a 10.40am LHR-DUB departure provide breakfast or something else?
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BA 1337 NCL - LHR Band 2 Evening

Chicken Salad which seemed more plentiful than last time, with sun dried tomatoes.
2 Bottles of Champagne.

Incidentally good and interesting range of wines in the BA Lounge at NCL at the moment.
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