Making Gourmet Airline Meals ✈️ | Top Chef: Los Angeles

The chefs crafted elevated business class airline meals for guest judge Jonathan Waxman. The meals were required to include an appetizer or salad, alongside a main course. Following airline restrictions, the dishes could not exceed the height of the airline trays they were served in. The winner received an advantage in the Elimination Challenge.
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Clip taken from season 17, episode 11, Top Chef: Los Angeles
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[@jf76]

One interesting thing about airplane food that Heston Blumenthal learned when he was tasked with that challenge is that on airplanes the food has to be seasoned more than usual - with air pressure senses change and food that tastes great on the ground can seem bland in the plane. This doesn't necessarily mean tons of salt, but more seasonings and citrus for instance.

[@plantbasedchef7569]

Very interesting

[@avalangrin4904]

Champagne Padma!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BelleBlack1]

3:03 Padma with the shade: "Nice! Very 70s...."

[@highdesertsukari]

The 70s is when you still got an inflight meal.

[@deveryshepardson3640]

This season has some of the best collections of all amazing chefs. Most of the time there are a few weak links that have skated by based on sheer luck. There are a few seasons though that have an amazing final five or six that really elevates everyone else

[@jimbohr]

chefs conclave.....doesn't matter what the group created, because the presentation and consistency of heating it on the plane was not business or first class on one of the domestic top, three airlines. usually thrown on a plate/messy and unfriendly service.

[@jay1hi547]

Is Padma tipsy?

[@blaqfish]

Looks a little more than that 😉

[@ohwowoh7281]

Yes

[@fkcoolers2669]

lol she seems totally hammered

[@l-wolverine2211]

Gourmet Meals on Airlines are so hard to make, especially when you have only a Pressure Steamer as your only cooking vessel on a 747.
That’s why “celebrity chefs” tend to just serve gourmet meals at restaurants inside Airports.

[@BelleBlack1]

...that's what makes it a challenge?

[@haejinlee790]

Girl power

[@johnyannacci4413]

If that guy was concerned about the juices from the cut pork flowing onto the cutting board, he should have set it on top of the pork in the frying pan.

[@gisawslonim9716]

Don't do pork on an airline or you will be getting some stories from the stewards and stewardesses about both Jewish and Moslem passengers having a few things to say about that, and of course rejecting the food.