Tancredo Neves International · SBCF / CNF · Brazil

Private jet catering at Tancredo Neves International Airport (SBCF / CNF), Belo Horizonte

Catering to your aircraft in Belo Horizonte.

Confins sits on a plateau at 2,721 ft, where the morning air is cool and a departure often means mountain coffee in the cockpit before sunrise. We cook and pack for the crew who serve at SBCF, with the Minas kitchen in the drawer.

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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

Private jet catering with local specialities from Belo Horizonte

Jet catering at Belo Horizonte starts with Minas Gerais itself, a state that cooks by the pot and the oven rather than the grill. A private jet menu here can carry queijo Minas, doce de leite from the interior and the famous coffee grown in the highlands, each packed for a galley with one oven. Local specialities such as tutu de feijão or frango com quiabo travel well hot, as long as the sauce rides apart and the rice is re-plated cold. Inflight menu choices at SBCF follow the cheese-and-coffee logic: private jet food that holds in the drawer, with no frying done on board.

Ask a crew at SBCF what Minas Gerais tastes like and they will say cheese, beans and coffee. Jet catering for Belo Horizonte follows that: a private jet menu built on pão de queijo, queijo Minas Canastra and doce de leite, with local specialities written for the galley you actually have. Inflight menu items such as feijão tropeiro are cooked in Belo Horizonte and packed in oven trays, the farofa kept dry in its own pot. Private jet food from this region keeps its character because it was cooked slowly from the start.

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Minas Gerais local specialities plated for a private jet menu from Belo Horizonte, with pão de queijo and queijo Minas

01Pão de queijoPacked raw-baked in trays, goes in the oven and out onto the plate.

02Feijão tropeiroBeans, farofa and sausage, sauce apart, re-plated hot.

03Queijo Minas CanastraCut by passenger, chilled, served with local doce de leite.

04Frango com quiaboChicken and okra in a sealed tray, rice in its own pot.

05Café de MinasGround and packed for the galley coffee maker, never loose on the shelf.

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 · Belo HorizonteTancredo Neves International Airport · SBCF

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Tancredo Neves International Airport (SBCF)

Cool plateau air at 2,721 ft, a long runway and a steady flow of mining and agribusiness flights: that is what shapes private jet catering at Tancredo Neves. Inflight catering here leans on Minas cheese, black beans and slow-cooked pork, packed for a galley rather than a restaurant table. In-flight catering for the cockpit is a separate order from the cabin. Aviation catering at SBCF is built by former VIP flight attendants, and business aviation catering for the Belo Horizonte trips follows the tail and the seat plan. Executive jet catering for a morning departure, diplomatic flight catering for visiting delegations and cabin crew meals all start from one 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 ready for service on a flight from SBCF, Belo Horizonte, with inflight catering set out

Business aviationOur core

Business aviation catering at Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF)

Business jet catering at Belo Horizonte often serves mining and agribusiness executives who fly out of Confins early and return the same day. Corporate jet catering here is a short brief: how many seats, which galley, how many dishes. VIP flight catering and charter flight catering follow the same list, and luxury inflight catering for a visiting delegation gets a bespoke menu built around Minas cheese, beans and coffee. A private jet chef can plan a menu around the oven and the drawer the aircraft actually has.

Official delegation boarding an aircraft at CNF, Belo Horizonte, with VIP aviation catering in the galley

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Head of state and government inflight catering at Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF)

When an official delegation lands at Confins, the menu is agreed with the protocol officer first. Government flight catering, head of state flight catering and VIP aviation catering are built on traced ingredients and sealed trays. State visit aircraft catering is handed to the handling agent at the FBO, quietly and on schedule.

Inflight catering menu highlights at *Tancredo Neves International Airport* (SBCF)Or write your own, we cook it

Chilled private jet platters of Minas cheese and fruit prepared for a flight from Belo Horizonte

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Queijo Minas Canastra board with doce de leiteChilled

Private jet platters of charcuterie, local fruit and fresh breadRe-plate cold

Gourmet inflight meals: grilled chicken salad, hearts of palm and mangoChilled

Private jet snacks: cassava chips, castanha-do-pará and fruit cupsChilled

Hot gourmet inflight meals in sealed oven trays for an aircraft at Tancredo Neves, Belo Horizonte

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Pão de queijo fresh from the trayOven

Feijão tropeiro with kale and sausageSauce apart

Frango com quiabo with white riceOven

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Kosher, halal, vegan and gluten free in-flight catering at Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF)

At Confins the allergen that hides in the kitchen is cheese: pão de queijo, queijo Minas and requeijão turn up in many local dishes, and cassava starch is in more places than it looks. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free, allergen free, kids meals and other special meals are cooked on separate boards, packed apart and marked with the seat number 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 and cockpit meals in Belo Horizonte (SBCF)

Crew meals at SBCF are a catalogue item, ordered on request and invoiced like the rest of the order. Pilot meals and cockpit meals go in their own box, so the captain and first officer can eat different dishes when the operator asks for it. Flight crew meals for a Belo Horizonte turnaround lean toward rice, beans and grilled chicken, light enough for a long leg. Crew catering is packed in labelled crew meal boxes, with different meals for pilots written on the lid as CREW.

Meal passSBCF

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passSBCF

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Terminal and apron at Tancredo Neves International Airport (SBCF), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering and handling agent delivery at Tancredo Neves International Airport

At SBCF, the handover happens at the FBO or the general aviation terminal, where the handling agent decides which door opens and when. FBO catering is packed to match the aircraft; catering delivery to the FBO follows your slot, and ground handling catering is agreed with the agent. Handling agent catering stays easy if the tail is shared early.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Aircraft provisioning for large cabins: airport catering at Tancredo Neves International Airport

Galley catering at Confins depends on the aircraft: a turboprop on the apron takes trays by hand, while a larger jet may need the high loader at the door. Airside catering delivery follows the type and the galley, and aircraft provisioning is agreed before the slot, with the handling agent opening the gate. We check the door height, the trolley and the oven size before the van moves.

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 airportSBCF / CNF

General aviation and airport catering at Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF)

Tancredo Neves International sits north of Belo Horizonte at 2,721 ft and handles most of the state's air traffic, from airlines to general aviation. Airport catering for business aircraft is a small part of that: a handful of FBO services, a ground handling team and a steady stream of regional jets.

Business aviation

Business aviation hub traffic at Confins is shaped by the mining and agribusiness sectors of Minas Gerais, so private jet catering is often written around early flights and short stays. Inflight catering and in-flight catering for the cabin are separate from aviation catering for the cockpit. Business aviation catering suits regional operators; executive jet catering and diplomatic flight catering for visiting officials follow the same menu logic, and cabin crew meals are ordered on request. General aviation, FBO services and ground handling services keep the apron moving.

Customs & food import

Brazil is strict on animal and plant products, so food brought in from abroad is restricted and unused catering returning from international flights is usually declared and sealed. Food cooked in Belo Horizonte is cleared without fuss, as long as the trays are labelled.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

4.7 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★LIGHT JET

“Our priority at SBCF was a cold lunch with cheese and fruit for 2 passengers, with two separate meal services shaping the service plan. After a final adjustment to the crew provisions, The Galley Girls gave us one revised order summary to work from. There was no need to reconstruct the canapés quantities from several messages during the final departure checks. For flight catering services, that attention to final order confirmation made the order noticeably easier to manage.”

Jun M. | VIP flight attendant

Citation XLS+

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“One detail shaped our order at CNF: an evening cabin service, alongside a request for a selection of petits fours and sandwiches for 3 passengers. I gave The Galley Girls our storage brief and asked for the fruit plates to arrive in shallow trays. The order made airline catering feel manageable because the packing arrangement had been considered beforehand. Separating the sauces from the first service items helped us avoid opening boxes we did not yet need.”

Giulia Y. | FBO operator

Global 7500

★★★★☆VIP AIRLINER

“I wanted roasted vegetable bowls with separate dressings for 2 guests at Tancredo Neves International Airport, packed sensibly for a cabin team dealing with a small galley worktop. With crew meals, careful attention to portion planning matters as much to our crew as the menu itself. The confirmation from The Galley Girls showed the desserts clearly enough for us to check the planned service quantities. The quantities of snack boxes matched our service plan, leaving us comfortable with the order before the final briefing.”

Manuel G. | Chief cabin officer

BBJ

The Tancredo Neves International questionsAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost at Belo Horizonte?+

Galley size drives the bill here. We ask for the tail, then plan around the oven, the drawer and the seat count. A light jet gets short, tidy plates; a larger cabin gets the full Minas menu, and the cheese board costs more than a fruit plate.

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

Early slots at Confins mean coffee at the gate before sunrise, so a night departure or a first-wave morning slot is planned around the handling agent opening the gate. Beans, farofa and cheese are cooked locally and keep well, which is what makes a rush order manageable here. Last-minute orders are handled.

What about customs for catering at Belo Horizonte?+

On a long leg with two services, think about what happens to unused food on arrival. Brazil is strict on animal and plant products, so food from abroad is restricted and leftovers are usually declared and sealed. Trays cooked in Belo Horizonte and labelled clear without fuss.

Can you bring food on board at Belo Horizonte?+

For a kosher, halal, allergen or child's meal, order from us rather than carry your own: separate board, separate box, labelled by seat number. Outside food is possible at SBCF, but nobody tracks what is in it, which matters when cheese and cassava starch hide in local dishes.

Is catering part of a charter into Belo Horizonte?+

No. The charter covers the aircraft, not the food: you order catering from us separately and it is invoiced on its own. At Confins that order can carry a local product such as doce de leite or highland coffee, packed for your galley.