SWISS takes tomorrow’s talents aloft as Marmite Youngsters showcase their skills in its inflight cuisine
SWISS is putting a firm accent on culinary creativity and innovation for the next three months: from 4 December until 4 March, the airline will be serving menu creations of the winners of the 2024 Marmite Youngster Awards on its long-haul services from Switzerland and in selected airport lounges. So instead of the usual guest top chef highlighting the cuisine of their home canton, the airline will be showcasing the talents of tomorrow: young, bold, and brimming with ideas. In doing so, SWISS aims to proactively promote new talents and present their innovative ideas to an international audience.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has long been serving special meal creations to inflight guests on its long-haul services from Switzerland. And for the next three months, SWISS First and SWISS Business travelers and visitors to its SWISS First Lounges at Zurich Airport can enjoy the concoctions of the talents of tomorrow – the winners of the 2024 Marmite Youngster Awards.
The marmite culinary magazine has been distinguishing promising young talents on Switzerland’s gastronomy scene since 2011. And SWISS’s inflight guests will now be treated to meal delights and dessert surprises from chef Fabio Vulcano and pastry chef Jonathan Pichler, with matching wines selected by sommelière Martina Wilhelm. On the ground, meanwhile, SWISS First Lounge guests at Zurich Airport will be offered a specially concocted Alpine Breeze Mule aperitif and an amuse-bouche created by chef de rang Lynn-Ann Meier.
“These Marmite Youngsters are bringing a fresh wind and bold ideas aboard, all in the finest quality – which fits perfectly with who we are and what we do,” says Julia Hillenbrand, Head of SWISS Brand Experience. “At SWISS we are all about innovation, quality and Swiss hospitality. And this latest collaboration shows just how exciting the combination can be of our vision of air travel and the talents of tomorrow.”
“Our partnership with SWISS enables our young talents to offer their culinary visions to a wider audience,” adds Massimo Angelone, Sales Director at marmite. “And it’s a particular honor for us to have the winners of our Marmite Youngster Awards present their creations at such a top quality level.”
Veal ossobuco with yuzu jus and ‘pure Swiss alpine perch’
SWISS First guests can look forward to some exquisite delights. Their choice of first course includes a potato and kale mousse with crispy salsiz crumble; and for their main course they can choose between veal ossobuco with yuzu jus and veal tongue or cod with Oona caviar. The First Class inflight offering is rounded off by a buckwheat mousse with sea buckthorn compote created by pastry chef Jonathan Pichler.
SWISS Business travelers will be offered a starter of cured char with calamansi gel and pickled parsnip, followed by a main course of brasato – beef braised in red wine sauce – with creamy polenta and ratatouille or Oona’s ‘pure Swiss alpine perch’. The Business Class offering concludes with a hazelnut slice with Bionda caramelized white chocolate mousse and marinated plums.
SWISS Premium Economy travelers can look forward to a menu featuring a range of Swiss regional specialties.
Culinary delights aloft together with gategourmet
SWISS has been taking its customers on a journey of gastronomic discovery through its home country’s various regions under its ‘SWISS Taste of Switzerland’ inflight culinary program for some 22 years now. Every three months, in collaboration with catering partner gategourmet, a new top chef is invited to create a varied selection of quality dishes from their ‘home’ canton to be served aboard SWISS’s long-haul flights from Switzerland. The meal creations are also accompanied by wines and cheeses from the region concerned.
As the prime supplier of SWISS’s inflight food and beverage product, gategourmet ensures that all these meal creations arrive on board in the finest possible quality. gategourmet is a subsidiary of gategroup, the world’s leading provider of airline catering and inflight sales products.