Catering to your aircraft in Plovdiv.
Plovdiv International is a quiet general aviation field on the Thracian plain, busiest in the summer season and around the city's fairs. For the crew, we cook Bulgarian dishes and pack them for the galley you have, handed over at the aircraft.
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.
Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.
The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.
Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.
Plovdiv Province is Bulgaria's fruit-and-vegetable basket, and the private jet menu we write for LBPD takes from it. Thracian plain tomatoes, roasted red peppers, sheep's-milk sirene and kashkaval travel well, so they anchor the inflight menu. Private jet food from this region leans on grilled meats, yoghurt-based sauces and honey, all of which hold in a drawer. Local specialities such as banitsa and shopska salad are packed so the crew can re-plate them in the galley. Plovdiv rose products and Rhodope honey finish desserts and tea trays for a Plovdiv departure.
For a private jet menu at Plovdiv, we start from Plovdiv Province itself: peppers, aubergine, walnuts, cherries, apricots and Rhodope mountain cheeses. The inflight menu keeps hot dishes simple and sauce-apart, with local specialities such as kyopolou, lyutenitsa and kavarma packed for oven finishing. Private jet food built on Bulgarian yoghurt, herbs and grilled lamb suits both short hops and long legs. Chilled courses use the plain's seasonal fruit, and every region-specific item is labelled by seat.
Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.
Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.
Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.
Plovdiv International sits on the flat Thracian plain, and its rhythm follows the rose harvest, the Plovdiv fairs and the summer seaside and ski transfers. Private jet catering here starts with Bulgarian produce: sheep's cheese, roasted peppers, tomatoes that taste of tomato. Inflight catering and in-flight catering for LBPD are packed for the galley you actually have. Aviation catering, business aviation catering and executive jet catering are built the same way, and diplomatic flight catering follows a protocol brief; cabin crew meals are ordered on request.
Business jet catering at Plovdiv usually follows a short brief: who flies, the aircraft type and the galley. Corporate jet catering, VIP flight catering and charter flight catering are cooked by a private jet chef from a bespoke menu, and luxury inflight catering uses local cheeses and fruit.
Government flight catering at Plovdiv means a menu cleared by protocol before cooking. For head of state flight catering and VIP aviation catering, we name the team and trace each dish; state visit aircraft catering follows the delegation's brief.
A vegan menu at Plovdiv can be built from the plain itself: grilled aubergine and peppers, lentil stew, walnut and tomato salads, with olive oil replacing dairy. Kosher, halal, gluten free, allergen free and kids meals are handled as a procedure: separate board, separate box, seat number on the lid. Bulgarian cooking uses sirene and yoghurt widely, so we check dairy and nut traces dish by dish, and special meals are listed on the order.
A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.
Sealed, certificate in the same box.
Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.
Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.
For crew meals on a PDV rotation, we pack boxes the crew can eat on the jumpseat. Flight crew meals, pilot meals, crew catering and cockpit meals are on request and billed normally; crew meal boxes and different meals for pilots are added to the order when needed.
FBO catering at Plovdiv is delivered to the FBO or the general aviation terminal, where your handling agent takes the trays out to the apron. Ground handling catering and handling agent catering are coordinated, and catering delivery to the aircraft happens at the door.
Plovdiv handles business jets and larger aircraft, and the aircraft type decides how catering is loaded. Galley catering for a light jet comes by van to the door; for a wide-body, airside catering delivery needs a high loader and the right height. We confirm with your handling agent whether aircraft provisioning uses a lift or a ground-level door, and pack accordingly.
Mention it when you orderCertified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.
Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.
Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.
Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.
Plovdiv is Bulgaria's second city, and its airport serves general aviation and seasonal charters. Airport catering here is built on local produce, handed over at the FBO or aircraft.
Business aviation at Plovdiv peaks with the summer and the rose harvest. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering are ordered the same way, and business aviation catering and executive jet catering use local produce. Diplomatic flight catering follows a protocol brief, and cabin crew meals are added on request. General aviation and FBO services here are simple, and the field acts as a small business aviation hub with ground handling services close to the apron.
Bulgarian customs follow EU food rules: animal products from outside the Union are restricted. Ordering from Plovdiv suppliers keeps the galley compliant without a declaration.
Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.
“I wanted a mezze selection with flatbreads for 3 guests at LBPD, packed sensibly for a cabin team dealing with a small galley worktop. The salads came from The Galley Girls in individual containers, with a packing list that matched the contents. I want a private jet chef to understand crew briefing, and this order gave us a useful starting point. I could hand the crew provisions to a colleague with a short explanation instead of unpacking the whole order.”
“On this departure from PDV, 9 passengers had chosen grilled salmon with a lemon dressing, and a changing departure schedule needed to be reflected in the order. The order made in flight catering feel manageable because the meal organisation had been considered beforehand. The Galley Girls understood why we wanted the canapés readily accessible instead of spread across several different boxes. Our colleague could take over the fruit plates without asking where every component had been placed during preparation.”
“Small packing details became important at Plovdiv International Airport: our 2 passengers wanted a selection of petits fours and sandwiches, and we had a short ground stop. This experience of inflight catering services gave us a useful reference for managing cabin service sequence on another departure. With several people involved, The Galley Girls kept the snack boxes and delivery arrangements together in a concise order update. Knowing where the fruit plates were packed meant the crew could begin the relevant checks as soon as the order arrived.”
How much private jet catering costs at PDV is set by dishes and headcount. Rose-petal desserts and local cheeses are not imported, so there is no customs layer in the quote.
For a way-back leg, lead time is shaped by the dish: cold platters are flexible, while banitsa and kavarma need oven finishing. We take orders 24/7 and handle last-minute changes.
An empty-cabin repositioning into PDV doesn't need imported meals. Local Bulgarian food is delivered to the aircraft, so the customs question is mostly about what you shouldn't bring.
Government aircraft at Plovdiv can carry onboard stock, but fresh meat, cheese and eggs from outside the EU may be stopped. Ordering from us removes the customs step.
Is catering part of a charter into Plovdiv? No, it is ordered and billed as its own item. If the turnaround is long, we can stage a hot course; if it is short, we pack for a quick galley.
Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.
