Catering to your aircraft in Romney Marsh.
At EGMD the apron is small and the cabins are smaller, so the food has to be too. Crew meals, plates and boxes for LYX are packed by former flight attendants and delivered to your handling agent, day or night.
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.
Romney Marsh and the Kent coast give Lydd London Ashford a table of its own. A private jet menu here leans on what the marsh and the sea produce: Romney Marsh lamb, Dungeness crab and shellfish, Kentish apples and cheeses, and English sparkling wine from the surrounding county. These are the local specialities we build the inflight menu around, so private jet food from England tastes like England rather than a generic tray.
Private jet platters for a small cabin work well with Kent produce: a cold board of Kentish cheeses, cured meats and apple chutney, or Dungeness crab with brown bread and lemon. For gourmet inflight meals we pack Romney Marsh lamb to finish in the galley oven, and private jet snacks run from shortbread to local fruit. Every dish is a local speciality chosen to survive a drawer and a short cabin.
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.
Lydd London Ashford sits at 13 feet on the flat shingle of Romney Marsh, a field where light jets and turboprops use the long runway and a small terminal. Private jet catering here is written around short cabins and small galleys. Our former VIP flight attendants cook and pack for the aircraft you actually have, whether that is inflight catering for a family charter or aviation catering for a corporate shuttle. In-flight catering, business aviation catering and executive jet catering all reach the apron through your FBO. Diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals are ordered the same way, day or night.
A small cabin out of Romney Marsh limits what a galley can do, which is why the private jet chef plans around it. Business jet catering, corporate jet catering and charter flight catering at Lydd start from the aircraft type, then a bespoke menu is written. VIP flight catering and luxury inflight catering are packed to finish simply at altitude.
When an official party uses EGMD, the catering is quiet: a named team, sealed packing and a record of what went on board. Government flight catering and head of state flight catering are written to the delegation's brief, with VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering delivered through the handling agent.
Special meals at Lydd London Ashford are a procedure built on the local kitchen, not a label on a lid. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and allergen free plates are cooked and packed apart from the main order, with seat numbers on the lid rather than names. Shellfish and nuts run through a lot of Kent coastal cooking, so we separate boards and boxes early, and kids meals are written for small appetites on a short flight.
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.
When a weather hold keeps a crew on the ground at EGMD, a good meal is the practical answer. Crew meals and flight crew meals are packed in labelled crew meal boxes, sealed and easy to eat. Pilot meals and cockpit meals are written for one hand on the controls, and different meals for pilots are available on request. Crew catering at Lydd is ordered and invoiced separately from the passengers.
At EGMD the order is handed over at the general aviation terminal and carried to the aircraft. FBO catering and catering delivery to the FBO are coordinated with ground handling catering, so your handling agent knows what is arriving. Handling agent catering ends at the aircraft steps.
At EGMD most aircraft are light jets and turboprops, so galley catering is hand-carried and the question is rarely a high loader. Larger cabins that need it are arranged with your handling agent for airside catering delivery to the aircraft. Aircraft provisioning follows the galley you describe: type, oven, drawers, and the fit of the cabin door decide how we pack.
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.
Lydd London Ashford Airport sits on the Kent coast of England, a general aviation field with a long runway and a small terminal. The airport catering for the aircraft that use it is simple, small and plane-side. FBO services and ground handling services at the field are arranged through your handling agent.
Lydd is a business aviation hub in miniature, and inflight catering here suits small cabins. In-flight catering, aviation catering and business aviation catering are written for light jets, and executive jet catering is packed to the galley. Diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals follow the same route through the FBO.
Arriving in the United Kingdom, food of animal origin is controlled, so meat and dairy brought from abroad are limited. We pack catering sealed and itemised, and your handling agent at Lydd can confirm what is allowed for the sector.
Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.
“Between cabin checks at EGMD, I coordinated poached fish with steamed rice for 10 guests and explained our concerns about a small galley worktop. Our handling contact received the order details from The Galley Girls, including how the sandwiches had been grouped. We could account for the crew provisions before passing the boxes to the cabin team, without a lengthy unpacking exercise. I appreciated the emphasis on crew briefing throughout the airport catering arrangements.”
“For 12 passengers departing from LYX, the agreed menu was prawn salad and small fruit plates; our main consideration was a family lunch request. The Galley Girls suggested sealed meal containers for the snack boxes, and that choice worked well with our storage arrangement. I could hand the canapés to a colleague with a short explanation instead of unpacking the whole order. Our brief for inflight catering was met with a sensible plan for storage requirements.”
“Getting prawn salad and small fruit plates ready for 9 guests at Lydd London Ashford Airport required an order that accounted for a revised passenger count. The Galley Girls grouped the snack boxes by service, which was more useful to us than simply receiving a list of dishes. For in-flight catering, that attention to crew briefing made the order noticeably easier to manage. Our colleague could take over the sandwiches without asking where every component had been placed during preparation.”
Cost follows what leaves our kitchen. A request for allergen free dishes means separate boards, boxes and checks, and that work is invoiced like any other item. Tell us the dietary list for the Lydd flight and the quote reflects it line by line.
For small cabins the order is simple: type, number of passengers, slot. A light jet at EGMD rarely needs more than a compact cold-and-hot menu, and last-minute requests are accepted day or night.
A short positioning leg into Romney Marsh carries crew meals only, and those are packed sealed with a contents list. If food originates in another country, the handling agent advises on import limits before departure.
Duty limits make a ground wait at Lydd matter. Bringing your own food is generally fine, and pilot meals from us can be packed to eat quickly, one-handed, when the slot finally opens.
Charter pricing does not include food; you order catering for Lydd London Ashford and it is invoiced separately. If the season brings fog or crosswind and the flight waits, our menus are built to stay good until you leave.
Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.
