Farnborough · EGLF / FAB · United Kingdom

Private jet catering at Farnborough Airport (EGLF / FAB), Farnborough

Catering to your aircraft in Farnborough.

Farnborough runs on a weekday, bizjet-only rhythm, with a ramp that fills before an Ascot or Goodwood weekend. We cook and pack for the galley you actually have, and hand it over on your slot.

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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

What Farnborough, Hampshire brings to your in-flight catering (FAB)

A private jet menu out of Farnborough draws on English country food that holds up in a galley: cold roast beef sliced per seat with horseradish in its own pot, smoked trout from the chalk streams of Hampshire, and a cheese board kept clear of the warm corner. An inflight menu can use watercress, a peppery Hampshire crop that wilts fast, so it travels dry in a separate box and is dressed at the table.

Private jet food from this corner of England follows the calendar: English asparagus in May and June, game in autumn, strawberries that need a drawer rather than a warm galley. Local specialities are described as they travel: what is served hot, what stays cold, what is cut per guest, what rides in its own pot.

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English roast beef and Hampshire watercress, local specialities for a private jet menu at Farnborough

01Roast beef with horseradishServed cold, sliced per seat, horseradish in its own pot

02Hampshire watercress saladPacked dry, dressing separate, dressed at the table

03Smoked chalk-stream troutKept in the fridge drawer until the service, plated cold

04English asparagus, May and JuneBlanched, chilled, a short season so order early

05Cheese board with oatcakesCut once for the cabin, biscuits boxed apart

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 · FarnboroughFarnborough Airport · EGLF

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

Farnborough has no airline schedule to queue behind: the field is bizjets only, and the corporate Globals and Gulfstreams come and go around the working week of the Thames Valley. Private jet catering here is usually a Thursday call for eight, a cold lunch waiting in the drawer for the Teterboro leg, and a handover at the aircraft that does not sit in a ramp queue. Business aviation catering for these tails is written from the crew's side: you give the tail and the slot, and the trays arrive marked for whoever has to re-plate them. Executive jet catering follows the same brief whether the cabin is full or flying empty, and diplomatic flight catering for a visiting delegation is cleared with the same discretion.

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

Large-cabin business jet at Farnborough EGLF, business jet catering at the aircraft door

Business aviationOur core

Corporate and VIP jet catering at Farnborough Airport (FAB)

Most business jet catering at Farnborough is a corporate jet leaving after a morning of meetings in Canary Wharf or Reading: four to eight guests, one service, often a working lunch. Corporate jet catering briefs usually come from a flight department or a broker, and the galley decides the menu. For charter flight catering the same applies: a private jet chef can write a bespoke menu around a Challenger's single oven or a Global's full galley. Luxury inflight catering is mostly a question of what survives the Atlantic leg, and VIP flight catering on the same tails is handled identically, with one named person on the order.

Government flight catering handover for a state visit aircraft at Farnborough FAB

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Inflight catering for government and royal flights at Farnborough Airport

Government flight catering out of Farnborough usually means a delegation moving quietly through a field that is used to discretion. Head of state flight catering is cleared by the protocol office before anything is cooked, with one named contact and traceable sourcing. VIP aviation catering for a state visit aircraft catering order follows the same line: menus agreed in advance, allergen records kept, nothing discussed outside the people who need it.

Menu highlights for jet catering in *Farnborough, Hampshire* (EGLF)Or write your own, we cook it

Cold platters for crew meals on a private jet at Farnborough EGLF

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Cold roast beef, horseradish, watercressprivate jet platters, cold, sliced per seat

Smoked trout, new potatoes, lemongourmet inflight meals, cold, drawer

Hampshire cheese board, oatcakes, chutneyprivate jet snacks, cold, no cooking

Summer berry pot, clotted creamcold, cream sealed apart

Hot dishes in foil for a private jet at Farnborough Airport

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Slow-cooked lamb shoulder, mint jusgourmet inflight meals, oven, times on the lid

Mushroom and thyme pie, greensoven, 12 minutes

Seared chicken, Hampshire cider creamoven, sauce in its own pot

Sticky toffee puddingprivate jet snacks, warm, custard separate

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Allergen free special meals and aviation catering at Farnborough Airport (EGLF)

Special meals at Farnborough start with the manifest: kosher and halal are cooked and sealed apart, vegan and gluten free are cooked on separate boards, and allergen free orders are checked against English dishes where flour and dairy hide in the sauces. Kids meals are cut small, kept plain, and marked by seat so nobody opens the wrong tray.

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 & pilot meals at Farnborough Airport

Crew meals at Farnborough are ordered on request and invoiced like the rest of the order, with the tail and the slot. Flight crew meals are boxed and marked CREW; pilot meals are packed to be eaten one-handed on a short turnaround, and different meals for pilots are available when the operator asks for them. Cockpit meals and cabin crew meals leave the same box, so the crew meal boxes stay together in one bag. Crew catering is a separate line, not part of the guest order.

Meal passEGLF

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passEGLF

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Farnborough Airport terminal, FBO catering and general aviation in Hampshire, England

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering at Farnborough Airport (FAB): delivery to your aircraft

Farnborough is a single-terminal general aviation field, so FBO catering is a simple handover at the general aviation terminal. Catering delivery to the FBO is booked against the slot, and ground handling catering is coordinated with the handling agent, who opens the gate and walks the driver to the stand. Handling agent catering is cleared before the vehicle arrives, so the food reaches the aircraft on your slot and not after it.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader delivery for jet catering at Farnborough Airport (FAB)

Farnborough sees mostly large-cabin jets: Globals, Gulfstreams and Falcons, with the occasional bizliner. Galley catering is planned around the type: the door height, whether a high loader is needed, and how many ovens the galley carries. Airside catering delivery is cleared with the handler before the vehicle moves, and aircraft provisioning is loaded in the order the crew will need it.

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 airportEGLF / FAB

Aviation catering and business aviation at Farnborough Airport (FAB)

Farnborough is a dedicated business aviation airport: one terminal, a long runway that suits large-cabin jets on transatlantic sectors, and no airline apron to share. Airport catering here is planned around the general aviation terminal, because that is where every delivery ends up. General aviation is the whole field, so FBO services and ground handling services sit around a single building, and a delivery has one door to find rather than a maze of stands. Its role as a business aviation hub for the Thames Valley is what sets the weekday rhythm you see on the ramp.

Business aviation

The ramp tightens ahead of Royal Ascot, Goodwood and the Farnborough International Airshow, when stands and slots fill and food orders need to be placed earlier than usual. Winter fog can hold a departure and push the delivery window, so the handover is set against the slot you actually hold, not the one first filed.

Customs & food import

The United Kingdom applies its own import rules to animal products and food brought in from outside the country, so a galley restocked abroad can carry limits on meat and dairy. Declare what is on board and order what you need from us locally.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

4.7 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“Service planning came first at FAB, with 7 passengers choosing a cold lunch with cheese and fruit and several individual meal preferences influencing our preparation. I would discuss private jet food with them again, especially when cabin service sequence needs careful coordination. I wanted clear identification on the salads; The Galley Girls made the packing arrangement easy to compare with the order. Keeping the starters identifiable helped the colleague taking over service understand the order without another long explanation.”

Rachel Q. | FBO operator

Gulfstream G550

★★★★☆CREW MEALS

“Working around limited fridge space at Farnborough Airport, I asked for herb chicken with a quinoa salad in portions appropriate for our 11 passengers. Our brief for private jet meals was met with a sensible plan for meal organisation. The Galley Girls gave us an update on the breakfast portions before the handover, which helped us organise the cabin checks. Knowing where the desserts were packed meant the crew could begin the relevant checks as soon as the order arrived.”

Jade W. | Chief flight attendant

Citation Latitude

★★★★★LARGE CABIN

“Menu approval at EGLF covered mushroom risotto and a green salad for 9 guests, leaving us to organise the service around a family lunch request. The Galley Girls suggested separate meal boxes for the breakfast portions, and that choice worked well with our storage arrangement. Separating the canapés from the first service items helped us avoid opening boxes we did not yet need. The portion planning stood out more than any sales pitch about private jet menu.”

Manon S. | Chief flight attendant

Gulfstream G700

Questions crews ask about FarnboroughAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a Challenger versus a Global out of Farnborough?+

A Global with a full galley and eight guests costs more than a Challenger with one oven and a cold lunch, because the menu, the headcount and the equipment all move the total. Stone fruit in winter costs more than English apples; roast beef costs more than a salad. Send us the tail and we price the real galley.

What is the lead time when the aircraft repositions empty into Farnborough?+

An empty positioning leg is the easiest to catch: ten hours before departure is the aim where possible, and last-minute orders are handled. If the jet lands at Farnborough with no passengers, the food can be ready before the crew has finished the post-flight.

What do customs say about food on a crew that waits on the ground at Farnborough?+

If the crew is stuck waiting on duty time, UK rules still apply to any meat or dairy brought in from outside the country. Declare what is on board; fresh food loaded locally avoids the question altogether.

Can you bring food into Farnborough, or does the weather window change that?+

You can bring your own, but fog or a tight Ascot weekend window makes the departure slot unpredictable. Ordering locally means the food arrives on the slot you have, not the one you planned.

Is catering part of a charter flying from Farnborough on a long leg?+

No. The charter price covers the aircraft, not the food. On a long leg with two services, you order the menu separately and it is invoiced separately, so the galley can be loaded for both.

Farnborough Airport · EGLF

Flying out soon? Send us the flight.

Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.

Plane-side

handover at the aircraft, on your slot

24/7

day or night, every day

Flight deck

crew and pilot dishes, on request

Make a request

+1 786 600 1673 · hello@thegalleygirls.com

Dessert plated in the galley, ready to serve

Camille, Inès or Sofia

Former VIP & head-of-state cabin crew

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