Aspen, United States · KASE / ASE

Private jet catering at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (KASE / ASE), Aspen

Catering to your aircraft in Aspen.

Aspen runs on weather windows and a single runway: the winter weekend rush stacks bizjets on the ramp, and a slot can move with the cloud base. We cook and pack for the galley you have, and hand over at your FBO.

Menu & order Download the menu

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

Aspen on the plate: local specialities for in-flight catering at ASE

The Colorado table travels well in a cabin if you choose carefully. A private jet menu for Aspen draws on what the Western Slope produces: Palisade peaches in late summer, Rocky Mountain trout, Colorado lamb, and bison cooked, rested and sliced to order. Each of these works as an inflight menu, served cold or reheated.

Private jet food built on local specialities has to respect the dry air guests bring off the slopes: soups, broths and warm grain bowls get asked for more often than heavy sauces. Each item is written the way it will travel: what rides hot, what stays cold, and what is cut per passenger on board, all of it rooted in the Colorado kitchen.

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Local specialities from Colorado: trout, lamb and peaches plated for a private jet menu from Aspen

01Rocky Mountain troutServed cold, flaked, with lemon and dill on the side

02Colorado lamb loinCooked pink, reheated in the oven, sliced per seat

03Palisade peachesSummer only, whole fruit carried separately and cut on board

04Bison short ribBraised, travels hot in its own sauce pot

05Green chile stewMild or hot version, both in sealed pots

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 · AspenAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) · KASE

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (KASE)

At 7,820 feet in a narrow valley, a departure from Sardy Field is planned around weight and the tower's window. Private jet catering for KASE follows that logic: portions with no dead weight, trays that survive a long hold on a cold apron, and a handover that fits the slot you are given. Cabin crew meals ride in the same order, boxed apart and labelled CREW, because the cabin crew on a winter turn rarely get to sit down. Aviation catering here is mostly a question of what stays good while the aircraft waits for the cloud to lift.

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 catering tray being loaded in the galley of a jet at Aspen KASE

Business aviationOur core

Executive jet catering at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)

Most business jet catering at ASE is a winter brief: a family or a corporate group arriving for the holidays or a long weekend, leaving on Sunday with the whole ramp trying to go at once. Corporate jet catering here means breakfast for a morning departure, a light lunch that works at a high-altitude cabin, and a bespoke menu written around who is actually on board, not a template. VIP flight catering for repeat clients is usually a standing preference sheet we update trip by trip, and charter flight catering follows the same rhythm. Luxury inflight catering at altitude favours food that does not rely on a cabin kitchen, and a private jet chef's work is mostly in the packing and the labelling.

Government flight catering handover beside an aircraft at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Government flight and VIP aviation catering at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)

Government flight catering into Aspen is infrequent and usually linked to summer forums and winter conferences. When a head of state flight catering request comes in, its protocol arrives with it: the menu is cleared before anything is cooked, traceability is recorded, and one named person handles the order. VIP aviation catering for a state visit aircraft keeps the same discretion, with no names on the paperwork beyond what security requires. Diplomatic flight catering follows the same line, with a handover timed to the aircraft's own schedule. State visit aircraft catering at KASE is arranged through the handling agent, never at the gate.

Menu highlights for jet catering in *Aspen* (KASE)Or write your own, we cook it

Cold private jet platters of trout salad and cheese board prepared for departure from Aspen

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Rocky Mountain trout saladCold, vinaigrette sealed in its own pot and dressed on board. Also packed as a private jet snacks portion for the cockpit

Colorado cheese and charcuterie boardCold, cut per guest, one of our private jet platters

Peach and burrata plateCold, summer only, fruit carried whole and cut on board

Hot gourmet inflight meals of bison short rib and green chile stew packed for ASE

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Braised bison short ribHot, sauce in its own pot. Gourmet inflight meals for the main course

Roast Colorado lamb loinHot, sliced per seat on board

Green chile stewHot, sealed pot, reheat in the oven. Warm private jet snacks for the ramp wait

Make a request Download the menuPDF

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 Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (KASE)

Kosher, halal, vegan and gluten free requests at ASE are handled as a procedure: separate board, separate box, seat number on the lid. Special meals for allergies need the most care in Colorado kitchens, where pine nuts turn up in pestos, pecan crumbs coat the trout, and almond flour sits in gluten free baking guests assume is safe. Allergen free meals are packed apart from the guest trays, and kids meals are made plain and mild, with the sauce on the side.

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 Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)

Crew meals at ASE are commissioned on request and invoiced like the rest of the order. Pilot meals and cockpit meals need to survive a long wait on a cold ramp, so they are packed to hold and eaten with one hand. Flight crew meals are labelled CREW; crew meal boxes can be hot or cold, and different meals for pilots are available if the operator's policy asks for it. Crew catering is worth ordering for the whole trip, because at Aspen the turnaround follows the weather and the tower, not the schedule you filed.

Meal passKASE

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passKASE

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) seen from the apron, with mountains behind, a business aviation hub in Colorado

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

Airport catering delivered to the FBO at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (KASE)

FBO catering at Aspen means delivery to the FBO on the field, to the aircraft or the desk, whichever your handling agent prefers. We coordinate catering delivery to the FBO with the general aviation terminal so the vehicle is cleared when the aircraft arrives, not before. Ground handling catering is timed to the slot you hold, and handling agent catering is one phone call with the tail and the departure window. Please give us a contact on the ramp for the final hour.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader and aircraft provisioning: aviation catering at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)

Galley catering at Aspen is shaped by the aircraft: light jets with a drawer and a small oven, mid-size cabins with two ovens, and larger aircraft that need a high loader for airside catering delivery. Airside catering delivery is planned around the weight limits the field imposes, and aircraft provisioning is kept to what is needed, since a heavy takeoff from a high runway is a performance question. Tell us the type and the galley and we pack to 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 airportKASE / ASE

General aviation and airport catering at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)

Aspen-Pitkin County is a general aviation hub set into a Colorado valley, busy with private traffic from the winter holidays through the spring ski weeks and much quieter in summer. Airport catering here follows the calendar: orders bunch around holiday weekends, and the FBO services on the field are stretched when the weather turns. Ground handling services move at the pace one runway allows, so business aviation catering is planned around the cloud base and the tower, not the clock.

Business aviation

Weight limits and weather decide who can depart and when, so delays are simply part of a winter at Aspen. Business aviation hub traffic climbs with holidays and events, and executive jet catering here has to hold through a long wait on a cold ramp, something a sea-level airport rarely asks for.

Customs & food import

Flights from abroad clear customs and agriculture inspection on arrival in the United States, and fresh produce, meat and dairy from outside the country can be refused. Food loaded in Colorado for a domestic leg is straightforward; for an international departure, we plan the menu around the destination's own import rules.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★ROYAL FLIGHT

“Good preparation made the difference at KASE, where 5 guests expected a charcuterie board and fresh bread despite an evening cabin service. My search for "private jet catering near me" led to a practical conversation about meal organisation. The confirmation from The Galley Girls showed the crew provisions clearly enough for us to check the planned service quantities. There was enough information about the main courses to brief the crew without making assumptions about what had been ordered.”

Elin M. | Royal family manager

Global 7500

★★★★★GOVERNMENT

“We kept the passenger brief simple at ASE: grilled salmon with a lemon dressing for 10 guests, organised with a changing departure schedule in mind. With private jet catering menu, careful attention to storage requirements matters as much to our crew as the menu itself. I wanted clear identification on the canapés; The Galley Girls made the packing arrangement easy to compare with the order. I found the breakfast portions without searching through every box, a small detail that mattered during the final cabin checks.”

Maya P. | Government flight manager

ACJ319

★★★★★LIGHT JET

“Packing mini sandwiches and individual desserts for 6 passengers at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) needed careful thought, especially given limited fridge space. Instead of asking us to improvise, The Galley Girls explained how the salads could be arranged during service. We could finish the fruit plates as each guest was ready, rather than laying everything out at once. For private aviation catering, that attention to cabin service sequence made the order noticeably easier to manage.”

Abigail C. | VIP flight attendant

Learjet 75

Before you order at KASEAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a departure from Aspen?+

It depends on the menu and the headcount, but at ASE the slot and the length of the turnaround change the bill: a morning departure that needs a hot breakfast and a held tray for a delayed window costs more than a cold lunch handed over before a quick turn.

What is the lead time for a local product like Palisade peaches or Rocky Mountain trout?+

We ask for 10 hours before departure where possible, and last-minute orders are handled. Seasonal items like Palisade peaches or fresh trout benefit from an earlier note, because they are sourced, not pulled from a shelf.

What are the customs rules for food on a flight into or out of the United States from Aspen?+

Arrivals from abroad clear customs and agriculture inspection, and fresh meat, dairy and produce from outside the country can be removed. For a departure from KASE abroad, the destination's import rules shape the menu we pack.

Can you bring food of your own on board a jet leaving Aspen?+

You can, and the practical limit is the galley: a light jet with a drawer and a small oven takes far less than a larger cabin, and weight on a high-altitude takeoff matters. Tell us the aircraft type and we will advise what will fit.

Is catering part of a charter out of Aspen?+

No. The charter covers the aircraft, and food is ordered and invoiced separately. In winter the weather window can move a departure by hours, so give us the tail and the slot and we will adjust the handover.