DGLE / TML · Yakubu Tali International · Northern Region

Private jet catering at Yakubu Tali International Airport (DGLE / TML), Tamale

Catering to your aircraft in Tamale.

DGLE sits at 553 ft on the Northern Region plain, where dry-season dust and heat shape every service. Tell us the aircraft and we pack what the galley can finish.

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10 hours

ideal notice, last-minute handled

Plane-side

handover at the steps

Flight deck

crew and pilot dishes, on request

24/7

a flight attendant on the line

Three of us. All ex VIP cabin crew.

We know the galley, the diet card and the 5 a.m. re-plate — because we lived them. So we built the caterer we always wished we could call.

Camille

Menu & galley logistics

Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.

Inès

Dietary & labelling

The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.

Sofia

The 24/7 line

Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.

The local tableCooked so it travels

Local specialities from Tamale for your inflight catering

The Northern Region around Tamale eats from the savanna: millet, sorghum, yam, groundnut, shea butter, guinea fowl and smoked fish. A private jet menu built on local specialities has to survive a galley, so we work out for each dish what travels hot, what travels cold and what goes in its own pot.

Tuo zaafi, the stiff millet or maize porridge, is the Northern Region's signature, always served with a green soup of ayoyo or baobab leaf. It travels as a portioned block with the soup sealed apart, and for an inflight menu that is the best way to keep the texture. Grilled guinea fowl and suya-style skewers, dusted with groundnut and pepper, make strong private jet food: they re-plate cold or finish in the oven. Kebab-style beef and kenkey fish are other local specialities that fit a short sector.

Private jet platters from Tamale combine fruit that is truly in season, mango and pineapple among them, with groundnut and cashew, plus small cold plates of tilapia and plantain. Gourmet inflight meals for this city often combine one northern dish with a familiar international plate for guests who prefer it. Private jet snacks here are roasted groundnuts, tiger nut and coconut, boxed apart from the main service.

Whatever the Northern Region produces, the question is the same for the flight attendant: what comes out of the drawer, what needs the oven, what needs a spoon. We write the private jet menu for the galley you have, not for a kitchen you do not.

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Local specialities from the Northern Region: tuo zaafi and grilled guinea fowl for a private jet menu at Tamale

01Tuo zaafi with ayoyo soupPorridge block portioned, soup sealed apart

02Grilled guinea fowl, pepper sauceOven finish, sauce apart

03Beef skewers, groundnut spiceOven, rested before plating

04Tilapia, fried plantain, shitoServed chilled or lightly warmed, shito in its own pot

05Waakye with boiled egg and gariCold plate, re-plate cold

06Mango, pineapple, cashew platterChilled, cut for sharing

How it works

Three steps, one message

You message us

Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.

We cook & pack for a galley

Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.

You re-plate and serve

Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.

At a glance · TamaleYakubu Tali International Airport · DGLE

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Yakubu Tali International Airport (DGLE)

Tamale's runway sits on the open Guinea savanna at 553 ft, and the harmattan haze from December to February decides more departures than any menu does. Private jet catering here is built around that dry-season rhythm: cold plates that hold in dusty heat, hot dishes finished in the aircraft oven, and boxes labelled for a galley you already know. Inflight catering for the Northern Region leans on grilled meats, shea-finished sauces and yam, and in-flight catering for a government or NGO sector needs a different tray plan than a corporate one. Aviation catering at DGLE is handed over at the FBO or by your handling agent, and business aviation catering for the local mining and agriculture traffic is planned around that terminal. Executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals each get their own labelled box, ordered and invoiced like the rest.

Restaurant cuisine, cooked on the ground
Fresh and local produce
Labelled by seat, diet and reheat
Aviation-ready packaging
High loader for large cabins
HACCP certified kitchens

Who we fly forTwo cabins, one standard

Business jet catering delivered to a jet at Tamale DGLE, galley drawers open

Business aviationOur core

Business aviation catering at Yakubu Tali International Airport (TML)

Business jet catering at Tamale is usually mining, agribusiness and development-sector traffic, where a small party wants one strong local plate and a tidy cold service. Corporate jet catering and executive-style trips are written the same way: what the galley can hold, what the oven can finish, and what a seat number needs on a label. VIP flight catering and charter flight catering from Yakubu Tali go through the FBO. Luxury inflight catering here means good tilapia and guinea fowl, well packed. A private jet chef writes the bespoke menu around the guests and the aircraft.

Government flight catering for a delegation arriving at Tamale, Ghana, through the FBO

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Inflight catering for government and royal flights at Yakubu Tali International Airport

Government flight catering at Tamale serves regional delegations, ministerial visits and official parties. Head of state flight catering follows the protocol office, not the kitchen: names, seat numbers, allergen cards and a traceable ingredient list. VIP aviation catering for a state visit aircraft is handled quietly through the handling agent, and state visit aircraft catering is cleared before anything is cooked.

Menu highlights for private jet catering at *Yakubu Tali International Airport*Or write your own, we cook it

Cold private jet platters of mango, cashew and tilapia for flights from Tamale, TML

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Private jet platters: mango, pineapple, cashewChilled

Tilapia, plantain chips, shitoSauce apart

Waakye cold plate with egg and gariRe-plate cold

Private jet snacks: groundnut brittle, dried mangoChilled

Hot gourmet inflight meals, guinea fowl and tuo zaafi, packed for a galley at Tamale DGLE

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Tuo zaafi with ayoyo soupSauce apart

Grilled guinea fowl, pepper sauceOven

Gourmet inflight meals: beef skewers, yam wedgesOven

Jollof rice, chicken thigh, kontomireOven

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Dietary requirements and aviation catering at Yakubu Tali International Airport (DGLE)

In Tamale the allergen risk sits in groundnut, which is in the soups, the spice rubs and the snacks, and in fish stock hidden in a sauce. Special meals are therefore a procedure: a groundnut-free kitchen path, a separate board and its own box, a card with the seat number. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free, allergen free and kids meals are ordered with the rest, and halal comes naturally here, where much of the Northern Region eats it daily. Tell us the restriction and the seat, and we write the menu around it.

Allergens

A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.

ii.

Halal & kosher

Sealed, certificate in the same box.

iii.

Children

Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.

iv.

Plant-based & wellness

Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.

Crew & pilot mealsOn request

Crew meals on request for flights from Tamale (TML)

On a day when the aircraft stays in Tamale, crew meals can be a proper plate; on a quick turn they are boxes. Flight crew meals are a request you make with the booking, and they appear on the invoice like any other line. Pilot meals are separate for the two seats, which gives you different meals for pilots when the policy asks for it. Crew catering, cockpit meals and crew meal boxes are labelled CREW and kept away from the guest service.

Meal passDGLE

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passDGLE

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Yakubu Tali International Airport in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, seen from the apron

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering and handling agent delivery at Yakubu Tali International Airport

At DGLE the food reaches the aircraft through the FBO or your handling agent, and the general aviation terminal is the place where passes are checked. FBO catering is booked against your departure slot, catering delivery to the FBO is agreed in advance, and ground handling catering and handling agent catering are the same chain, with a single point of contact for the crew.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Large cabin jet catering with a high loader at Yakubu Tali International Airport (TML)

Visiting aircraft at Tamale range from a turboprop to a large cabin jet, and the aircraft type decides how the load goes on. A smaller aircraft takes galley catering by hand through the door, while a large-cabin type may need airside catering delivery with a high loader to reach the sill. Tell us the type and where the galley sits, and aircraft provisioning is planned around the door height, the oven count and the drawers you actually have.

Mention it when you order

HACCP kitchen

Certified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.

All FBOs served

Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.

Diets read twice

Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.

One clean invoice

Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.

About the airportDGLE / TML

General aviation and airport catering at Yakubu Tali International Airport (TML)

Yakubu Tali International Airport is the main airport of Tamale and of Ghana's Northern Region, and the nearest thing the north has to a business aviation hub. Airport catering here serves a mixed ramp: regional scheduled flights, charter operations and general aviation. The terminal is compact and the apron open to the savanna, which keeps access simple for a delivery team with the right pass.

Business aviation

Business aviation at Tamale is steady rather than crowded, a small business aviation hub for the north: mining and agribusiness executives, NGO teams, and delegations. General aviation and FBO services handle these arrivals, and ground handling services sit with your agent. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here are written for small parties. Aviation catering and business aviation catering follow the aircraft type, executive jet catering suits a visiting principal, and diplomatic flight catering is planned with the protocol office. Crew meals and cabin crew meals are packed apart, on request, for the FBO handover.

Customs & food import

Ghana inspects food arriving on aircraft, and meat, dairy and fresh produce are the usual items to be held. For a business aviation hub like Tamale, the practical answer is to order here rather than carry food across a border, and to give your handling agent an ingredient list.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

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★★★★★

Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.

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★★★★★ROYAL FLIGHT

“Our priority at DGLE was a light pasta dish with grilled vegetables for 9 passengers, with a small galley worktop shaping the service plan. For our team, the strongest part of their private jet food was how they handled storage requirements. The Galley Girls understood why we wanted the crew provisions readily accessible instead of spread across several different boxes. We left the sauces stored until needed, which kept the first service manageable and reduced unnecessary handling.”

Hannah I. | Royal family manager

ACJ320

★★★★★CHARTER

“Between cabin checks at TML, I coordinated a cold lunch with cheese and fruit for 11 guests and explained our concerns about different crew meal preferences. My main takeaway from this private jet meals order was the practical approach to packing arrangement. Instead of asking us to improvise, The Galley Girls explained how the starters could be arranged during service. It made a difference to have the crew provisions ready without cluttering the galley work area during preparation.”

Abigail L. | Charter operator

Gulfstream G450

★★★★★GOVERNMENT

“Getting mushroom risotto and a green salad ready for 6 guests at Yakubu Tali International Airport required an order that accounted for a changing departure schedule. With several people involved, The Galley Girls kept the desserts and delivery arrangements together in a concise order update. The cabin team could match the sandwiches to the request before moving on to the remaining departure tasks. For private jet menu, that attention to storage requirements made the order noticeably easier to manage.”

Ali C. | Government flight manager

Gulfstream G650

Questions crews ask about TamaleAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a flight out of Tamale?+

Cost depends on what the galley can hold and finish, so we start by asking which aircraft is coming to DGLE. A turboprop sector runs on boxes and cold plates; a long-range jet may need hot courses and a second service. Guinea fowl and tilapia cost more than yam and fruit. Catering is invoiced as its own order, on its own lines.

What is the lead time for catering at Tamale?+

What shapes the lead time at Tamale is the slot: a short turnaround wants cold plates and boxed dishes already labelled, a long stay allows a hot service. Seasonal produce such as mango is simple to source, while a special diet needs the details earlier. Last-minute orders are handled, always.

What are the customs rules for inflight catering into Tamale, especially for a government flight?+

Ghana applies its food import rules to every aircraft, and a government flight gets no special exemption on the food itself, only on protocol. At Yakubu Tali International the handling agent manages clearance, and we provide a full list of what is in each box. Local sourcing avoids most questions.

Can you bring food on a short repositioning flight with an empty cabin out of Tamale?+

If the aircraft leaves Tamale with nobody in the cabin, you do not need a guest menu at all. You can carry food on board, but fresh items may be questioned at customs, so a boxed crew meal from the Northern Region is the easier path. Ordered on request, invoiced like everything else.

Is catering part of a charter when I order a return leg from Tamale?+

No, it is not part of the charter. The return from Tamale is a fresh catering order, with its own menu and its own line on the invoice, because a private jet charter price covers the aircraft and not the galley. Many operators ask for the same favourites, such as guinea fowl or tuo zaafi, packed for the way home. Send the details and we plan it.