Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory · NKW

Private jet catering at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (NKW), Diego Garcia

Catering to your aircraft in Diego Garcia.

A single runway on a nine-foot coral atoll, and nothing to buy once you land, so what the galley carries is decided before you arrive. We pack it by seat for the aircraft you fly.

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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

Inflight catering with the flavours of Diego Garcia (NKW)

Diego Garcia has no market that serves visiting aircraft, and the atoll's own table is Indian Ocean: reef fish, coconut, lime and rice-based dishes carried by the Chagossian and Mauritian cooking traditions. For a private jet menu at Diego Garcia, that means we plan the inflight menu around what travels well and tell you plainly what stays out. Private jet food here leans on grilled fish, coconut curries, lime-dressed salads and sealed fruit, the local specialities that survive a galley and a long sector. Private jet platters of tropical fruit and cold seafood go in chilled, gourmet inflight meals such as a fish curry with the sauce in its own pot go in for the oven, and private jet snacks like roasted cashews and dried coconut ride in the drawer. The region is the Chagos archipelago, remote enough that everything is packed ahead of your stop.

Think of Diego Garcia as an inflight menu written from the Indian Ocean outward: fish, coconut, lime, mango, rice. There is no local supply chain to improvise from, so a private jet menu for NKW is fixed before you land. Private jet food for this stop is built from local specialities that keep: a coconut-based fish curry with rice, a lime-cured fish plate served cold, tropical fruit cut for the cabin. Private jet platters carry the chilled items, gourmet inflight meals carry the hot ones with sauce apart, and private jet snacks cover the long wait between sectors. Across the Chagos archipelago the food is simple and fresh, and we keep it that way for the galley.

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Coconut fish curry and tropical fruit, local specialities for private jet menus at Diego Garcia

01Coconut fish curry with riceSauce apart, oven to finish

02Lime-cured reef fish plateChilled, dressed at the last moment

03Tropical fruit platterCut for the cabin, chilled

04Grilled tuna steak, mango salsaOven, salsa apart

05Roasted cashews and dried coconutDrawer snack, no prep

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 · Diego GarciaNaval Support Facility Diego Garcia · NKW

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (NKW)

Coral, a single runway and a restricted-access naval facility: that is the setting for private jet catering at NKW. Few people stop here by choice, so aircraft usually arrive as a fuel and rest stop on a long route, and the galley has to be right before departure from the previous airport. We cook and pack for the aircraft you actually fly, with inflight catering and in-flight catering labelled by seat for the onward sector. Aviation catering and business aviation catering are coordinated with your handling agent, and executive jet catering is built around the galley fitted to your type. Diplomatic flight catering is handled with discretion and cleared through protocol. Cabin crew meals are on request and invoiced like any 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 at NKW, Diego Garcia, with private jet catering loaded for the galley

Business aviationOur core

Business jet catering at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia for VIP flights

Business jet catering at Diego Garcia is a provisioning brief: who is on board, how many sectors follow, and what the galley can hold. Corporate jet catering and VIP flight catering follow the same rule here as at any airport, with charter flight catering sized to the cabin and luxury inflight catering kept simple for a tired crew. A private jet chef writes a bespoke menu around the aircraft, since nothing at NKW can be added at the last moment.

Government aircraft on the ramp at Diego Garcia, government flight catering in the British Indian Ocean Territory

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Diplomatic and state visit aviation catering in Diego Garcia (FJDG)

The atoll is a controlled facility, so a government or royal aircraft gets a menu agreed in advance and delivered through the handling agent. Government flight catering and head of state flight catering stay confidential, VIP aviation catering is traceable, and state visit aircraft catering is handled by a named team.

Inflight catering menu highlights at *Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia* (FJDG)Or write your own, we cook it

Chilled lime-cured fish and fruit private jet platters for the Diego Garcia inflight menu

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Lime-cured fish with cucumber and coconutChilled

Private jet platters: mango, papaya, pineappleChilled

Prawn and avocado saladRe-plate cold

Private jet snacks: cashews, dried coconutChilled

Hot coconut fish curry gourmet inflight meals prepared for flights from Diego Garcia (NKW)

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Gourmet inflight meals: coconut fish curry with riceSauce apart

Grilled tuna with lemon riceOven

Chicken in coconut and limeSauce apart

Vegetable curry with flatbreadOven

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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 for every diet: in-flight catering at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia

Special meals at Diego Garcia are a procedure, not a label: with no local kitchen to fall back on, kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and allergen free dishes are packed separately, with their own board and box, and marked by seat number. The Indian Ocean table leans on fish, coconut, shellfish and nuts, so we state where those hide in a dish before it is sealed. Kids meals follow the same rules.

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 and cockpit meals in Diego Garcia (FJDG)

Few places offer less choice to a crew than a restricted naval airfield. Crew meals are ordered with the flight and invoiced like any order; flight crew meals and pilot meals travel in crew meal boxes, crew catering is built to the duty day, and cockpit meals come ready to eat. Different meals for pilots are available on request, packed apart.

Meal passNKW

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passNKW

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Runway and apron of Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (NKW) on the Chagos atoll

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (NKW): delivery to your aircraft

There is no commercial terminal bustle at Diego Garcia, so the handover is quiet and direct: FBO catering is passed to your handling agent at the aircraft. Catering delivery to the general aviation terminal follows the facility's access rules, with ground handling catering and handling agent catering agreed with the slot.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Large cabin jet catering with a high loader at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (NKW)

At NKW the aircraft type decides the loading: door height, whether a high loader is needed, and the size of the galley that receives the order. Galley catering for a narrow-body differs from a large aircraft, and airside catering delivery runs through your handling agent on the apron. We ask for the type before anything is cooked, so aircraft provisioning matches the galley you really have, not a standard list.

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 airportNKW

Airport catering at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (FJDG)

Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is a military airfield in the Chagos archipelago, and airport catering here follows its rules. General aviation use is limited, so FBO services and ground handling services are arranged through the handling agent, not found on arrival.

Business aviation

The atoll is not a destination; it is a stop that business aviation hub traffic uses between Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering are loaded before NKW, while business aviation catering and executive jet catering are sized to the galley for the onward leg. Diplomatic flight catering follows protocol, and cabin crew meals are on request.

Customs & food import

Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, so entry and food import follow territory and facility rules, not a standard civil airport procedure. Ask your handling agent what is accepted and plan the order to match.

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

“Breakfast was already sorted; at NKW, the next request was yoghurt pots and fresh berries for 11 guests, with a revised passenger count to work around. The Galley Girls grouped the sandwiches by service, which was more useful to us than simply receiving a list of dishes. The canapés were reserved for the next stage, so the worktop stayed clear while we prepared the initial dishes. Our brief for inflight catering services was met with a sensible plan for catering handover.”

Tao R. | Royal family manager

ACJ320

★★★★★VIP AIRLINER

“Menu approval at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia covered herb chicken with a quinoa salad for 3 guests, leaving us to organise the service around a revised passenger count. The Galley Girls suggested shallow trays for the salads, and that choice worked well with our storage arrangement. I could hand the sauces to a colleague with a short explanation instead of unpacking the whole order. I want an inflight catering company to understand cabin service sequence, and this order gave us a useful starting point.”

Leila M. | Chief cabin officer

BBJ

★★★★★LIGHT JET

“Before our guests boarded at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, we needed a breakfast basket with individual preserves divided into 3 portions suitable for a changing departure schedule. The Galley Girls gave us an update on the starters before the handover, which helped us organise the cabin checks. When comparing inflight catering companies, I would look closely at galley preparation after this experience. We could account for the desserts before passing the boxes to the cabin team, without a lengthy unpacking exercise.”

Mariam T. | VIP flight attendant

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What crews ask before Diego GarciaAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a stop at Diego Garcia?+

We price the menu. At Diego Garcia that usually splits into chilled platters, a couple of hot dishes with sauce apart, and snacks for the onward sector, and the seasonal weather window tells you how much to carry.

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

We build around your duty day. If the crew waits on the ground, we send a plated meal; if not, a box. Last-minute orders are handled, and the slot is what makes it simple.

What are the customs rules for food at Diego Garcia?+

Customs at NKW means permission first. For a short empty-cabin positioning leg, fewer items and clear labels keep the check simple.

Can you bring food on board yourselves into Diego Garcia?+

If your galley is large, your own food has room; if it is small, it does not. We ask for the type first and pack to it.

Is catering part of a charter into Diego Garcia?+

Not as part of the charter: you order the food separately. A special-meal request, such as an allergen case, is handled in the same order with its own board and box.