Christ Church · Bridgetown · TBPB / BGI

Private jet catering at Grantley Adams International Airport (TBPB / BGI), Bridgetown

Catering to your aircraft in Bridgetown.

Winter brings the busiest ramp Grantley Adams sees: long-range jets from Europe and the east coast, then a quiet summer with the hurricane season on the radar. We pack Bajan food for the galley you actually have and hand it to your FBO or handling agent.

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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

The Bridgetown table, packed for private jet catering

Bridgetown cooking is built on a few strong flavours: Bajan seasoning of thyme, spring onion and hot pepper, then lime, and a lot of fish. A private jet menu for Barbados follows that: flying fish marinated and packed for the oven, never fried to order at altitude. Our inflight menu at Bridgetown also carries cou-cou with a separate jar of fish sauce, macaroni pie cut by seat, and sweet potato in portions.

Private jet food from Christ Church is easiest when the heat stays in the right place. Local specialities travel well if packed with intent: pepper sauce in its own pot, mango and papaya sliced and kept chilled, and rum cake wrapped for the drawer. Bridgetown crews ask for these on the way out because passengers have often just spent a week eating them and want one last taste.

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Flying fish and cou-cou, local specialities of Bridgetown, packed for a private jet menu

01Flying fish with Bajan seasoningMarinated, packed for the oven, sauce apart

02Cou-couCornmeal and okra, portioned by seat

03Macaroni pieBaked, cut per passenger, reheat from chilled

04Fish cakesOven finish, pepper sauce in its own pot

05Tropical fruit plateMango, papaya, sliced and kept chilled

06Rum cakeWrapped in portions, for the drawer

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 · BridgetownGrantley Adams International Airport · TBPB

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Grantley Adams International Airport (TBPB)

Runway 09 at Grantley Adams runs long enough for transatlantic business jets, so the crews arriving at TBPB are usually at the end of a long sector and heading out on another. Private jet catering here means food built for that rotation: Bajan flavours, packed by former flight attendants. Inflight catering and in-flight catering orders follow your tail and slot; aviation catering for business aviation catering clients, executive jet catering and diplomatic flight catering all go through the FBO or handling agent. Cabin crew meals are a separate line, ordered on request.

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 cabin with a catering platter prepared for a TBPB departure from Barbados

Business aviationOur core

Business jet catering at Grantley Adams International Airport for VIP flights

Business jet catering at Bridgetown is shaped by who is flying: corporate teams out of New York and Toronto, families heading to the west coast hotels, charter flight catering for groups on a winter week. Corporate jet catering and VIP flight catering both need a menu that survives a long leg, and luxury inflight catering here means good fish handled well. A private jet chef writes a bespoke menu around the galley, and we pack it for your re-plating.

VIP aircraft at Grantley Adams, Barbados, with FBO catering for a government flight

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Private jet catering for government and royal flights at Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI)

Government flight catering at Grantley Adams follows protocol first: menus cleared with the delegation, a named team, and traceable ingredients. Head of state flight catering for Caribbean summits and state visit aircraft catering are handled with discretion. VIP aviation catering through the FBO means nothing is improvised on the apron.

Private jet platters and gourmet meals: jet catering in *Bridgetown* (BGI)Or write your own, we cook it

Chilled tropical fruit platter, private jet platters for BGI, Barbados

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Private jet platters: tropical fruit, sliced mango and papayaChilled

Gourmet inflight meals: poached prawn salad with limeChilled

Cutters on sliced bread with pepper sauce apartSauce apart

Private jet snacks: rum cake and coconut breadRe-plate cold

Flying fish and macaroni pie packed hot for a private jet galley at Bridgetown

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Flying fish with Bajan seasoningOven

Macaroni pie, cut per seatOven

Cou-cou with fish sauceSauce apart

Fish cakes with pepper sauceOven

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Dietary requirements and aviation catering at Grantley Adams International Airport (TBPB)

Diet cards are written against the seat plan before anything is cooked, and Bajan cooking needs a careful read: fish sauces, seasoning blends and peanut oil hide allergens. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and allergen free meals, plus special meals and kids meals, are packed sealed and labelled by seat number for your own re-plating.

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 Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI)

Crew meals for a TBPB rotation are ordered on request and invoiced like any other line of the order. Flight crew meals and pilot meals are packed for people who eat between tasks, so the captain and first officer can each get different meals for pilots: one takes the grilled fish with rice, the other the lighter chicken plate. Cockpit meals travel in crew meal boxes marked CREW, apart from the passenger trays. Crew catering out of Bridgetown tends toward something hearty that holds up on a long sector home.

Meal passTBPB

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passTBPB

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Grantley Adams International Airport, TBPB, in Christ Church, Barbados

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering at Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI): delivery to your aircraft

FBO catering at Grantley Adams ends at one door: the FBO or the handling agent who opens the apron for you. Catering delivery to the FBO is arranged against your slot, with ground handling catering planned around security passes. The general aviation terminal and handling agent catering are coordinated so nothing waits on the ramp.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Aircraft provisioning for large cabins: airport catering at Grantley Adams International Airport

Grantley Adams handles larger business jets and the occasional heavy VIP type, and the aircraft decides the loading. Galley catering for a narrow-body differs from a large cabin jet, so tell us the type and we plan the drawers. Airside catering delivery and aircraft provisioning go through the handling agent, with the vehicle sized for the door.

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 airportTBPB / BGI

General aviation and airport catering at Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI)

Grantley Adams is the main gateway to Barbados, and airport catering for business aviation sits on the general aviation side. FBO services and ground handling services cover the usual needs; the airport serves the island and the wider eastern Caribbean.

Business aviation

Grantley Adams works as a business aviation hub for the eastern Caribbean. Inflight catering and in-flight catering orders arrive with the winter season, along with aviation catering for business aviation movements, executive jet catering for owners, diplomatic flight catering during regional summits, and cabin crew meals on request.

Customs & food import

Barbados controls food imports through agriculture and customs: fresh fruit, meat and dairy brought in can be held or destroyed. In practice, ordering catering prepared on the island avoids the problem, and anything uplifted for the return is better packed and labelled by us.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“Packing smoked salmon bagels and sliced fruit for 11 passengers at BGI needed careful thought, especially given two separate meal services. The Galley Girls gave us an update on the main courses before the handover, which helped us organise the cabin checks. Knowing where the snack boxes were packed meant the crew could begin the relevant checks as soon as the order arrived. For our team, the strongest part of their flight catering services was how they handled storage requirements.”

Arjun S. | VIP flight attendant

Gulfstream G550

★★★★★CREW MEALS

“Clear quantities were essential at Grantley Adams International Airport: we had 10 passengers expecting a selection of petits fours and sandwiches and were working around several individual meal preferences. The Galley Girls labelled the starters in line with our brief, so the cabin team could identify the relevant portions quickly. I appreciated the emphasis on final order confirmation throughout the airline catering arrangements. We could distinguish the canapés at a glance instead of lifting lids just to establish what belonged to each service.”

Elise B. | Chief flight attendant

Challenger 650

★★★★★LARGE CABIN

“Rather than an elaborate service at TBPB, our 7 guests wanted vegetable tartlets and a dessert selection, organised sensibly around a short ground stop. The order made crew meals feel manageable because the galley preparation had been considered beforehand. The Galley Girls talked through the quantities of sandwiches with us before confirmation, rather than leaving us to guess the portions. The quantities of crew provisions matched our service plan, leaving us comfortable with the order before the final briefing.”

Nikita D. | Chief cabin officer — private jet

Gulfstream G650ER

What crews ask before BridgetownAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost at Grantley Adams?+

Think of it by dish, not by flight: a platter of tropical fruit is modest, a whole poached fish for eight is not. Barbados in high season pushes certain items up. We quote against your menu.

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

For a long leg out of Grantley Adams with a second service, lead time is about sequencing: what is hot, what is cold, what rides in the drawer. We take late changes where the produce allows.

Are there customs rules for catering at Grantley Adams?+

Agriculture and customs checks apply to produce coming into Barbados. For outbound catering prepared in Christ Church, customs is a handover matter through your FBO, timed to your departure slot.

Can you bring food on a private jet from Barbados?+

Yes, within destination rules. A return leg ordered from Barbados for the flight home should be sealed and labelled so the next customs officer can see what it is.

Is catering part of a charter into Barbados?+

The charter does not include catering. You order it, we invoice it separately, and a passenger count that changes late is something we adjust.