Jan 22, 2021, 4:50 pm
Last edit by: Enigma368
Modified COVID-19 catering, effective 20 January 2021 until further notice.
Previous discussion: COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
A reduced service has resumed in all cabins, including steel cutlery, glassware and chinaware in premium cabins. Choice may be limited in some cabins and on some routes. Some elements may be delivered covered for safety. All meals apart from First are served on single trays. Portion sizes, particularly in Club World, have been significantly reduced compared to pre-Covid.
On BA CityFlyer full service has resumed, with the exception of hot towels and warmed bread in Club Europe. See dedicated wiki thread for full details.
Details of the current service are available on BA.com
Changes from pre-COVID service:
Euro Traveller
Previous discussion: COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
A reduced service has resumed in all cabins, including steel cutlery, glassware and chinaware in premium cabins. Choice may be limited in some cabins and on some routes. Some elements may be delivered covered for safety. All meals apart from First are served on single trays. Portion sizes, particularly in Club World, have been significantly reduced compared to pre-Covid.
On BA CityFlyer full service has resumed, with the exception of hot towels and warmed bread in Club Europe. See dedicated wiki thread for full details.
Details of the current service are available on BA.com
Changes from pre-COVID service:
Euro Traveller
- Buy-on-board M&S menu replaced with pre-order Tom Kerridge menu
- Complimentary bottle of water and packaged ambient snack offered to all passengers
- Band 1 now receives the same service as Express (light breakfast > brunch > lunch > afternoon tea > dinner)
- Band 2 now receives the same service as Bands 3 and 4 (breakfast > rest of the day)
- Band 3 should still have a drinks run before serving lunch and dinner
- No hot towels
- No menus on Band 3 / Band 4 services
- Dessert served in ceramic dish rather than plastic pot
- No starter for Express / Band 1 lunch and dinner services
- No cheese for Band 3 / Band 4 rest of the day services
- One fewer sandwich for afternoon tea services
- One type of (warm) bread roll available, wrapped in sealed plastic, served from a basket
- No roll/butter served with main meal, cheese and crackers also not provided
- Inflight snack (previously took the form of a Magnum ice cream) and tuck box suspended - replaced with Walkers shortbread o/r from galley.
- TBC
- No hot towels
- Meals served on one tray at the same time
- No choice of starter or dessert
- Portion sizes have been substantially reduced. Starters, cheese and dessert are all served in mini ramekins
- No hot towels
Modified COVID-19 catering, effective 20 January 2021
Oct 12, 2021, 4:53 pm
#781
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
Team, what's the latest Menu on BAND 4 CE please. Afternoon and evening flight, which I believe is that same.
I have a LHR-MLA-LHR on 29th Oct and don't fancy two Kosher meals back to back...
Thanks
I have a LHR-MLA-LHR on 29th Oct and don't fancy two Kosher meals back to back...
Thanks
Oct 12, 2021, 6:12 pm
#782
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 534
Oct 15, 2021, 4:32 am
#785
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA Exec Club, Flying Blue
Posts: 641
CE Lunchtime flights to and from Faro in the past couple of weeks were pretty similar to each other.
A pathetic starter of a very few lettuce leaves and half a cherry tomato in a small ramekin dish. Choice of 3 main courses, I think the Tom Kerridge chicken pie featured on both flights, the pasta (vegetarian) was tomato penne on the way out and mezza-luna on the way back - the mezza-luna was very good. Dessert was a cold crumble thing with an overpowering cinnamon flavour, which I didn't like. No cheese and biscuits. Warm olive bread roll served on both flights (in its plastic) much better than a cold one. On the way out, the pre-meal drinks run wasn't done, which was disappointing, a couple of drinks runs after the meal. On the way back there was a drinks run before the meal which was great, then more with the meal and afterwards if you wanted.
Didn't notice any drink shortages.
Full - 48 PAX in CE on both trips. Crew worked hard but managed to keep calm and cope with it and were good humoured.
A pathetic starter of a very few lettuce leaves and half a cherry tomato in a small ramekin dish. Choice of 3 main courses, I think the Tom Kerridge chicken pie featured on both flights, the pasta (vegetarian) was tomato penne on the way out and mezza-luna on the way back - the mezza-luna was very good. Dessert was a cold crumble thing with an overpowering cinnamon flavour, which I didn't like. No cheese and biscuits. Warm olive bread roll served on both flights (in its plastic) much better than a cold one. On the way out, the pre-meal drinks run wasn't done, which was disappointing, a couple of drinks runs after the meal. On the way back there was a drinks run before the meal which was great, then more with the meal and afterwards if you wanted.
Didn't notice any drink shortages.
Full - 48 PAX in CE on both trips. Crew worked hard but managed to keep calm and cope with it and were good humoured.
Oct 16, 2021, 6:16 am
#786
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, ZSL Silver
Posts: 2,552
I was impressed with this kids meal in CW to ORD. Was essentially the same as the normal meal and I actually thought the starter was better than the one I got. The smily face (I’ve already been chastised for not turning it the right way round) was a nice touch. Definitely too much food for two year olds so I got a lot of extra dinner.
Oct 16, 2021, 1:23 pm
#788
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington, D.C.
Programs: BA Gold Lifetime, AA 2M, Delta 2M, Hilton Diamond, Hertz President's Club, EK Platinum
Posts: 948
Flew DBV-LHR-IAD yesterday. The chicken pie DBV-LHR was much better than the Baked Chicken in F LHR-IAD. Club Europe food was hot and served promptly. Food in First was overcooked, dry as dust, and took over 2.5 hours from wheels up to on my tray. Oh... it took 1 hour and 15 minutes to even get a drink after takeoff in First. Much better in Club Europe. BA needs to rethink their service standards.
Oct 17, 2021, 6:04 pm
#789
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,562
LHR-IAD WT+
Pre-flight drink - water or orange juice (when asked, was told the Cava was locked up... uhm).
Main - choice of lamb or pasta... chose the lamb hotpot - actually very good :-)
Afternoon 'tea' - half a sandwich and a kit kat (cabin crew apologised to passenger behind me for the 'covid' catering quantity) - although it was fine for me.
Pre-flight drink - water or orange juice (when asked, was told the Cava was locked up... uhm).
Main - choice of lamb or pasta... chose the lamb hotpot - actually very good :-)
Afternoon 'tea' - half a sandwich and a kit kat (cabin crew apologised to passenger behind me for the 'covid' catering quantity) - although it was fine for me.
Oct 18, 2021, 2:37 am
#790
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 152
Flew MAD-LHR with Iberia on Friday.
Starter: Salad (decent portion)
Main: Steak (well cooked, still slightly pink), green beans and potatoes
Dessert: Do&Co chocolate moose
What really impressed me (I'm easily impressed): Iberia had a bread basket! An FA also came around after meal service with a bottle of whiskey and individually wrapped Guylian.
I used to make a point of avoiding Iberia on trips to Madrid pre-COVID but their food service is currently better than BA IMO. Apologies for no picture, I just wanted to post as a comparison.
Starter: Salad (decent portion)
Main: Steak (well cooked, still slightly pink), green beans and potatoes
Dessert: Do&Co chocolate moose
What really impressed me (I'm easily impressed): Iberia had a bread basket! An FA also came around after meal service with a bottle of whiskey and individually wrapped Guylian.
I used to make a point of avoiding Iberia on trips to Madrid pre-COVID but their food service is currently better than BA IMO. Apologies for no picture, I just wanted to post as a comparison.
Oct 18, 2021, 4:26 pm
#792
Join Date: May 2017
Location: GOT
Programs: Eurobonus Gold [*AG], Finnair Gold [OWS] HHonors Diamond, Hertz Pres Circle
Posts: 256
Gluten free meal CE LHR-GOT 4th of October.
Something rare as a really tasty gf meal, chicken tikka masala, salad, coconut chocolate mousse and bread roll that was soft and fluffy [very rare for a gluten free bread roll in general].
A lot better than the cold salad with sweet potato that was the gluten-free staple on the route pre-Covid.
Oct 18, 2021, 4:29 pm
#793
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,562
Oct 18, 2021, 4:57 pm
#794
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold; Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,228
So here's lunch on LHR - DFW on 22nd September. I appreciate it's a bit late but seeing a couple of comments / photos above reminded me that the salad with my meal came with an extremely generous *half* cherry tomato. Cost-cutting taken to the extreme! The pie wasn't bad - it could have been hotter, but at least it wasn't cremated like the LHR - DFW trip a couple of weeks prior.
At least BA had managed to load their Speedbird beer on this flight. On the previous occasion the only choice was Heineken - and that was after checking both the J and F cabins as well.
The afternoon tea was as posted above, although I think it may have been coronation chicken instead.
How often does the menu change? Having flown on 29th August and again on 22nd September I'd have expected something to have changed - but alas no. The CC seemed mildly amused when I sighed and expressed my faux exasperation at the same meal choices
At least BA had managed to load their Speedbird beer on this flight. On the previous occasion the only choice was Heineken - and that was after checking both the J and F cabins as well.
The afternoon tea was as posted above, although I think it may have been coronation chicken instead.
How often does the menu change? Having flown on 29th August and again on 22nd September I'd have expected something to have changed - but alas no. The CC seemed mildly amused when I sighed and expressed my faux exasperation at the same meal choices
Oct 18, 2021, 6:29 pm
#795
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,562
So here's lunch on LHR - DFW on 22nd September. I appreciate it's a bit late but seeing a couple of comments / photos above reminded me that the salad with my meal came with an extremely generous *half* cherry tomato. Cost-cutting taken to the extreme! The pie wasn't bad - it could have been hotter, but at least it wasn't cremated like the LHR - DFW trip a couple of weeks prior.