Industry Update CLASSIC CUISINE
BMI/DOHA AIRPORT VIRGIN ATLANTIC
Classic Christmas
UK-based frozen ready meal company, Classic Cuisine, has launched its new range of Christmas meals for the foodservice and catering industry. After feedback from clients and evaluating from the last festive season the chefs have come up with more individual portion meals and less of the generic sliced meat in gravy. The range includes Duck Confit, Beef
Wellington and a vegetarian option of Brie and Redcurrant Tart and Chestnut and Fennel Roast. Classic’s two turkey meals are Turkey Tornados, turkey breast pieces shaped into a tornado shape wrapped in streaky bacon and topped with a sage and cranberry stuffing and Turkey Lattice, turkey breast pieces, bound together and topped with a sage and cranberry stuffing, encased in a rich puff pastry lattice. Say Jeeva Sanmugam md of Classic Cuisine:
“Our range of Christmas products is based on traditional festive dishes with a twist. We believe that our secret to success is a combination of being innovative but also ensuring a home made feel to our dishes. Our development chefs are extremely focused and attention to detail is paramount when it comes to adding the twist to each dish.”
www.classiccuisine.co.uk
Tasty changes onboard A colourful mood
bmi, British Midland International, is now serving Flexible Economy customers complimentary hand-made cakes on its UK, Ireland and Hanover flights. It is also introducing complimentary hot food in Economy on European flights - the only scheduled airline to offer this service. Free treats include victoria sponge (pictured
above), lemon drizzle, carrot cake and hot breakfast wraps. Hot wraps are served between 12-1.30pm and from 5pm onwards. Economy customers on bmi’s European and Morocco flights also receive complimentary hot food throughout the day. bmi recently launched a new mobile website
to enable customers to book and pay for flights using their smartphones.
www.flybmi.com
New terminal for Doha
Doha International Airport (DIA) has opened a new Terminal B – a dedicated departures facility for foreign airlines. Highlights of the new terminal include an enlarged check-in area with 35 counters, a customer service desk for oversized luggage, a currency exchange bureau, ATM machines, a new high- tech baggage handling system, and food and beverage outlets. There will also be an enlarged 600 m2 immigration hall featuring 10 counters and three e-gates.
www.dohaairport.com
New mood lighting has been introduced into the Premium Economy cabins of Virgin Atlantic’s latest A330 aircraft. Research into the lighting conducted by Virgin Atlantic alongside architectural lighting experts DHA found that apricot is the most flattering for skin tones, whilst yellow causes people to lose their tempers more often and makes babies cry. Pink is seen as a relaxing, tranquil colour and red is the most emotionally intense and stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. The lighting, which has been designed by
DHA, changes colour throughout the flight to help passengers relax and unwind, fall asleep and even adjust time zones whilst the new soft apricot filter on the reading lights makes people look more attractive during their long- haul flight. A soft ‘rose champagne’ colour has been chosen to de-stress passengers whilst encouraging them to relax into their journey. This then changes into ‘purple haze’ which is designed to be cosy and comfortable before transforming into ‘amber warmth’ which creates a candlelight environment for passengers whilst dining. To help passengers drift into a deep sleep, ‘silver moonlight’ is introduced to reflect a starry night sky.
www.virginatlantic.com
Turkey lattice en croute
Victoria sponge with bmi’s compliments
Virgin Atlantic’s new mood lighting
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