Slow Food home | About us | Foundation | Editore | Sloweb | Press Office | Store     Sloweb     Home | Sloweek | Voices from the Slow world | Slow Talk | News | Watch & Listen             Shepherd’s Pie In The Sky 25 Jun 08 - Sloweb A new Taste Team of six has been chosen by British Airways to create menus which embrace a new approach to food. They will focus on provenance, seasonality, quality and Britishness. The six hospitality experts, all at the top of their fields, will have the task of producing high quality dishes using seasonal and local produce. The Taste Team consists of Michel Roux, proprietor of The Waterside Inn, Bray, UK; Shaun Hill, chef and proprietor of The Walnut Tree, Abergevanny, UK; Vineet Bhatia, chef and proprietor of Rasoi, London; Jancis Robinson, renowned wine critic; Liam Tomlin, food editor for the largest travel magazine in South Africa; and Financial Times food critic Nicholas Lander. Classic British dishes will range from traditional afternoon tea to shepherd’s pie and, for dessert, warm blackberry and apple crumble with clotted cream. Other regional menus will use of local ingredients and spices. Sumac, for example, will be served on Middle East flights, and halal meat is also an option. Carol Conway, British Airways Catering and Innovations Manager, explained the idea behind this initiative. ‘We love food,’ she said, ‘and have long worked with in-house and world-renowned experts in the culinary field. We are determined to break the traditional view of airline catering.’ She added that, ‘The appointment of the Taste Team reinforces British Airways’ commitment to excellent food at 35,000 feet and reflects both food and society trends. Altitude is no excuse for poor food. It is about understanding what works best and giving some of the world’s best chefs the ingredients to produce mouth-watering meals’. Source Business Intelligence Middle East Victoria Blackshaw v.blackshaw@slowfood.it   News archive from Terramadre News archive from Slowfood Foundation for Biodiversity News archive from University of Gastronomic Sciences News archive from Watch & Listen           News     Bulgaria - 27 Jul 10     Brotherhood Across the Balkans     A communal desire to support small-scale traditional producers in the face of growing threats from regulations and the food industry united food communities from ten countries across the...           News archive     Italy - 22 Jul 10     Dream Canteens     Slow Food buildings a strong network of schools putting good, clean and fair in the canteen ...     Belgium - 16 Jul 10     A Slow Voice in Policy Reform     Slow Food President Carlo Petrini participates in a public debate conference on Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy ...     Denmark - 14 Jul 10     Convivial Danes     Danish convivial join the country’s largest fair of artisan producers to share the Slow Food message ...     Argentina - 08 Jul 10     Flavors from the Andes to Patagonia     Terra Madre Argentina unites producers, cooks, academics and consumers in Buenos Aires ...     Macedonia - 02 Jul 10     Preserving Figs and a Gastronomic Heritage     The Wild Fig Slatko Presidium is created to protect a traditional preserve ...     Croatia - 23 Jun 10     Thank you for Everything, Giani     Farewell to Giani Banich, a friend and dynamic figure in the Slow Food movement ...     Archive previous news   Slow Food 2010 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab