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Private jet catering at Saint Louis Airport (GOSS / XLS), Saint Louis

Catering to your aircraft in Saint Louis.

GOSS asks little of a crew and gives a lot back: quiet ramp, low door, a menu shaped by the river and the Atlantic. We cook for your galley, pack by seat, and hand over at the aircraft, 24/7 by phone or email.

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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 Saint Louis for your inflight catering

Ask a flight attendant what to load out of Saint Louis and the answer is usually fish. The Saint-Louis Region lives off the Atlantic catch landed on the Langue de Barbarie, so a private jet menu from here tends to start with grilled thiof, dorade or prawns, then adds the rice, onions and tomato sauce that Senegalese cooking is built on. For an inflight menu, we pack the sauce in its own pot and the rice dry.

Local specialities that fly well: thiéboudienne, the national dish with its roots in this very city; yassa chicken with caramelised onions; fataya as private jet snacks, since they hold shape and need no cutlery. To drink, bissap and gingembre, a ginger juice, come chilled; fresh mango and papaya appear in season and make easy private jet food for a light cabin.

Private jet platters from this part of Senegal are best built as shareable boards: smoked and grilled fish, salad, baguette and fruit, laid out by seat for the crew to re-plate. Gourmet inflight meals follow the same logic as everywhere we work, local flavour first, with a plain alternative alongside, all packed for the galley on your tail at Saint Louis.

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Local specialities from Saint-Louis Region: thiéboudienne and grilled fish for a private jet menu at GOSS

01ThiéboudienneRice and fish in tomato sauce; sauce packed apart, rice kept dry for the galley.

02Yassa pouletChicken in onion and lemon; reheats in the oven, keeps its sauce.

03Grilled thiofLocal white fish, plated with rice or vegetables on request.

04FatayaFried pastries with fish or beef filling; suit a snack tray at room temperature.

05Bissap and ginger juiceHibiscus and ginger drinks, served chilled.

06Mango and papayaSeasonal fruit cut for the cabin, kept cold until service.

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 · Saint LouisSaint Louis Airport · GOSS

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Saint Louis Airport (GOSS)

Few Senegalese airfields ask for so little ceremony as GOSS, where a light jet or turboprop parks on a small, low apron beside the old colonial town. For crews, private jet catering at Saint Louis means a short brief: the tail, the slot, the headcount, then a galley-ready delivery at the FBO or through your handling agent. Inflight catering and in-flight catering follow the season, aviation catering respects Senegal's import rules, and business aviation catering, executive jet catering and diplomatic flight catering sit alongside cabin crew meals on the same order.

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 for a light jet parked at Saint Louis, GOSS, Senegal

Business aviationOur core

Business aviation catering at Saint Louis Airport (XLS)

Business jet catering at GOSS is usually a light-jet brief: four to eight guests, a short stop on the way to Dakar or the coast, a galley with one small oven. Corporate jet catering here means rice and fish plates that reheat well, charter flight catering for tour groups, and luxury inflight catering for those who want grilled prawns and chilled fruit. VIP flight catering and a private jet chef writing a bespoke menu are available on request, around what Senegalese produce does well.

Government flight catering for a delegation arriving at Saint Louis Airport, Senegal

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Diplomatic and state visit aviation catering in Saint Louis (GOSS)

When a delegation lands at GOSS, the order starts with the protocol contact, not the menu. Government flight catering, including head of state flight catering, is built around a cleared list, a small named team and seat-number labelling. VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering are handed over at the aircraft, with the same discretion on every flight.

The jet catering menu at *Saint Louis Airport* (XLS)Or write your own, we cook it

Private jet platters and chilled snacks prepared for Saint Louis (XLS)

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Private jet platters: smoked fish, crudités and baguetteChilled

Gourmet inflight meals: prawn salad with citrus dressingSauce apart

Private jet snacks: fataya with pepper dipRe-plate cold

Mango and papaya cupChilled

Bissap, hibiscus drinkChilled

Hot gourmet inflight meals, yassa and thiéboudienne, packed for a Saint Louis flight

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Thiéboudienne, rice and fish in tomato sauceSauce apart

Yassa poulet with onion and lemonOven

Grilled thiof with sautéed vegetablesOven

Mafé, peanut stew with rice (local specialities)Oven

Crew plate: rice, chicken, steamed greensOven

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Special meals & dietary requirements: in-flight catering at Saint Louis Airport

Special meals at Saint Louis follow the same procedure as everywhere: dietary needs come with the order, and the kitchen works around what Senegalese cooking actually hides. Halal is straightforward in a largely Muslim country, kosher needs a dedicated arrangement agreed before the flight, and vegan, gluten free and allergen free plates avoid the fish stock, shrimp paste and groundnut oil that appear in many local sauces. Kids meals are available too: milder rice dishes, plain grilled fish, fruit.

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

Pilot meals and crew meals at Saint Louis Airport (XLS)

On the ground at GOSS, the crew eats when the cabin does not need them, so crew meals come as boxes that survive a wait. We pack flight crew meals on request, pilot meals in separate containers, cockpit meals that need no cutlery, and different meals for pilots when policy requires it. Crew catering is ordered with the flight and billed with the rest, and crew meal boxes are marked CREW.

Meal passGOSS

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passGOSS

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Saint Louis Airport (GOSS / XLS) apron and terminal in northern Senegal

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering at Saint Louis Airport (XLS): delivery to your aircraft

Catering delivery to the FBO at Saint Louis is the standard hand-over: your handling agent meets the delivery vehicle, the load is checked against the order, and the trolley goes to the aircraft. FBO catering here means a small general aviation terminal, ground handling catering coordinated with the agent, and a plane-side drop when the apron allows. Handling agent catering is arranged around your slot and the aircraft type.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Aircraft provisioning and airport catering at Saint Louis Airport (GOSS)

Saint Louis is a small airfield and most aircraft that use it, light jets and turboprops, load through a low door, so a high loader is rarely needed. When a larger aircraft does stop at GOSS, the galley catering plan changes: door height, trolley access and the type of galley decide how the load is split. Airside catering delivery is arranged through your handling agent, and aircraft provisioning for a bigger tail is confirmed with the order, not discovered on the apron.

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 airportGOSS / XLS

About Saint Louis Airport: business aviation and airport catering

Saint Louis Airport works as a small business aviation hub for the historic island city and the northern Senegal coast, handling light and charter traffic through a modest terminal and a short apron. General aviation is the whole story here, and airport catering is built around what the river and the Atlantic bring in. For crews, it is an easy stop with little ceremony.

Business aviation

Traffic at GOSS follows the calendar: heritage visitors in the dry months, delegations around events, the occasional light jet up from Dakar. As a business aviation hub in miniature, it still needs the usual pieces, FBO services and ground handling services at the terminal. Inflight catering and in-flight catering lean on local fish and fruit; aviation catering and business aviation catering stay simple and fresh. Executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering, crew meals and cabin crew meals are ordered like any other service, billed with the rest, and handed over through the FBO.

Customs & food import

Senegal controls food imports, so meat, dairy and fresh produce brought in from abroad may need clearance before they reach the field. For a business aviation hub of this size, that is the practical constraint on any order: Senegalese fish, rice and vegetables avoid the question. Your handling agent can confirm what is allowed on arrival.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★CHARTER

“A request for a seafood starter and warm vegetable sides, 5 passengers, and a tight boarding window: that was our brief for the departure at GOSS. Our brief for flight catering services was met with a sensible plan for written menu details. Our handling contact received the order details from The Galley Girls, including how the fruit plates had been grouped. Knowing where the sandwiches were packed meant the crew could begin the relevant checks as soon as the order arrived.”

Lucas G. | Charter operator

Gulfstream G450

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“Several practical details needed attention at XLS, with beef fillet with roasted potatoes requested for 10 guests and an evening cabin service to accommodate. The Galley Girls grouped the main courses by service, which was more useful to us than simply receiving a list of dishes. That left time to check the side dishes properly before the passengers were ready for the next part of the service. Our brief for airline catering was met with a sensible plan for written menu details.”

Jade X. | FBO operator

Global 7500

★★★★★GOVERNMENT

“The cabin briefing at Saint Louis Airport included 12 passenger meals, a request for a cold lunch with cheese and fruit, and instructions addressing a small galley worktop. I wanted clear identification on the breakfast portions; The Galley Girls made the packing arrangement easy to compare with the order. We could distinguish the canapés at a glance instead of lifting lids just to establish what belonged to each service. The order made crew meals feel manageable because the packing arrangement had been considered beforehand.”

Chloe B. | Government flight manager

Falcon 7X

Before you order at GOSSAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a long wait on the ground at Saint Louis?+

Think of cost at Saint Louis as menu plus quantity. A pair of pilots on a long wait might add a hot plate and a cold box; a cabin of eight adds platters. Nothing here is a flat fee, and the order is quoted before anything is cooked.

What is the lead time for private jet catering at Saint Louis?+

Lead time at Saint Louis depends mostly on what you want to import. Local dishes such as yassa or thiéboudienne need little preparation, while specific imported items go through Senegalese customs. Send the tail and the slot, and last-minute orders are still taken.

What about customs when ordering a return leg from Saint Louis for the way back?+

A return leg ordered at Saint Louis is a normal order, packed for the aircraft and kept cold or hot as needed. The customs risk is on arrival, not on departure, so we recommend dishes that are easy to declare.

Can you bring food to a short empty repositioning flight from Saint Louis?+

If the cabin is empty, you can carry your own food, provided it respects the rules of the destination. We offer small boxes and drinks that pass easily through customs and need no preparation.

Is catering part of a charter into Saint Louis when a delegation or government flight is involved?+

The charter price does not include food, even for government travel. For a delegation we prepare a cleared menu, pack by seat, and hand over at the aircraft, billed like any other order.