Delta Continues Upgrading Travel: New U.S. Food for Sale Menu to Feature
Chef Todd English
Enhanced food offerings include new U.S. Coach Class food-for-sale options from English, new signature cocktails, Godiva Chocoiste, new domestic First Class and international BusinessElite® entrees from Chef Michelle Bernstein
Delta.com, 8/28/2007 (excerpted)
Delta Air Lines has tapped renowned chef Todd English to create selections for its new food-for-purchase menu being developed for customers flying in its Coach Class on flights within the United States. The new menu is part of an extensive upgrade to Delta's exclusive onboard offerings available to domestic Coach,  First Class and international BusinessElite customers this fall.
On Sept. 13, Delta will begin offering a variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner entrees, as well as popular snack items, available for purchase on nonstop flights between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. Menu items will be priced between $2 and $10.* In November, Delta's food for purchase program will begin featuring Todd English's signature creations on flights within the 48 contiguous United States of approximately 2,000 miles (four hours or more). As Delta expands the menu to more flights by spring 2008, the food for purchase will be available on flights of more than 750 miles, out of cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston, Houston, Phoenix, Portland, Ore., Tampa, Fla., Las Vegas and more. Customers will still receive complimentary snacks on all flights of more than 250 miles and on Delta Connection carrier flights.
"Delta's exclusive new menu selections will provide our customers with the chance to pair a great meal, snack or refreshing cocktail with a superior selection from our Delta on Demand in-flight entertainment system  featuring movies, HBO programs, music, live television and more," said Joanne Smith, Delta's senior vice president of In-Flight Service and Global Product Development.
Delta's September food-for-purchase menu includes:
Breakfast: Fruit & Cheese plate; Cereal with Fresh Fruit; Fresh Baked Bagel; or Breakfast Wrap (sun-dried tortilla filled with egg salad, turkey, cheddar cheese and roasted red peppers; offered with salsa)
Lunch/Dinner: California Salad (Earthbound Farm® Organic Spring Mix topped with grape tomatoes, cucumber slices, dried apricots, candied pecans and goat cheese); Chicken Caprese Sandwich (grilled chicken breast, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basica with pesto spread on herb focaccia bread); Asian Chicken Breast (served with Asian Slaw and Forbidden Rice Salad).
Todd English's signature creations will include a variety of fresh sandwiches, salads and light bites. Items being considered include: smoked salmon and egg salad croissant; roast beef steak cobb sandwich; chicken and avocado wrap; beet, walnut, manchego and spinach salad; and Olives' hummus, based on the recipe from English's restaurant of the same name.
The new onboard enhancements complement options available in Delta's terminal at New York JFK, including Balducci's Food Lover's Market, Todd English's Bonfire Steakhouse, Todd English's Bonfire Bar, The French Meadow Bakery & Café, Starbucks Coffee, Legends Sports Bar and a host of retailers.
Chef Michelle Bernstein designs domestic transcontinental First Class menus
Delta's BusinessElite celebrity Chef Michelle Bernstein, who has created the airline's menus for international business-class customers since 2006, is extending her culinary creations to Delta's domestic First Class customers as part of the airline's onboard enhancements. Starting Sept. 13, First Class customers flying between JFK and Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle will enjoy an upgraded dining experience featuring:
- A choice of two of six new Bernstein creations, such as short ribs in a red wine sauce with Yukon Gold mashed potatoes and a zucchini/squash medley or fettuccine in a Porcini Mushroom sauce with sautéed mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes Julienne topped with parmesan cheese;
- Hot fudge and caramel ice cream sundaes; and
- Delta-exclusive pre-landing indulgences from the Godiva Chocoiste Collection, a new line of personal chocolates coming later in September.
Additionally starting this fall, domestic First Class once again becomes high class with customers on all flights enjoying pillows, glassware and metal cutlery, as well as Earth-friendly amenity kits – made predominantly of all-natural, recycled/recyclable and biodegradable materials – that include eye shade, ear plugs, a toothbrush, toothpaste and Lather body lotion.
Refreshed Michelle Bernstein menus in BusinessElite
Bernstein has refreshed her international BusinessElite menu for the next year with new entrees and side dishes available on flights between the United States and Africa, Asia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Europe, and the Middle East.
* Menu items will be subject to change and subject to availability.
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