Deluxe Catering

Deluxe Catering describes itself as the UK's first private-jet caterer. Sue Griffiths, a former VIP flight attendant, founded it in 1989, and Group CEO Daniel Robinson now leads the business. It has teams at London Stansted Airport and Andover, plus kitchen and distribution facilities in Birmingham. It says its clients include members of Middle Eastern royalty, the UK Royal Family and the UK Prime Minister. The site also invites food and drink producers to apply as suppliers.

From those bases Deluxe delivers to airports across the UK, naming Luton, Farnborough, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Oxford, Exeter, East Midlands and Southend among them, with its own vehicles and drivers available at any hour. Chefs with luxury-restaurant backgrounds prepare bespoke menus from seasonal local produce, and the posted menu runs from breakfasts and canapes to main courses, platters and afternoon tea. A concierge team handles extras for passengers and crew. Its accreditations page shows a five-star food hygiene rating, SALSA supplier approval, a halal consultancy and the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Orders go through an online dish-ordering page, the contact form or the 24-hour team. The site does not publish prices.