<![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://news.klm.com/ en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:05:00 +0200 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:36:10 +0200 <![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_162.jpg https://news.klm.com/ 144 KLM brings three leading chefs together at the Okura https://news.klm.com/klm-brings-three-leading-chefs-together-at-the-okura/ https://news.klm.com/klm-brings-three-leading-chefs-together-at-the-okura/233807KLM will be extending its cooperative relationship with three leading chefs who have been contributing towards the superior quality of meals served on board various KLM flights for some time now. Leading chef and Indonesian TV personality Farah Quinn, acclaimed chef Masanori Tomikawa and acclaimed chef Onno Kokmeijer of Ciel Bleu, met today for a culinary summit at the initiative of KLM and the Okura at the Hotel Okura Amsterdam. Cooperation with Onno Kokmeijer will even be expanded for the meals served in European Business Class (EBC), where he will also provide the starters with effect from 29 October.

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In October 2015, Onno Kokmeijer joined forces with his chef de cuisine Arjan Speelman for the debut as the first chefs to create the lunches and dinners served in EBC on the longer flights within Europe. KLM’s passengers are highly enthusiastic about the dishes created by Kokmeijer and Speelman. The duo will therefore be providing the starters for these flights as well. With effect from the end of October, these weekly rotating dishes will be served to EBC passengers in combination with the lunches and dinners.

Exclusive
Farah Quinn is the first Indonesian celebrity chef with whom KLM is cooperating. Passengers travelling in KLM’s World Business Class and Economy Class will be served exclusive meals created by the leading chef on the Jakarta – Kuala Lumpur and Singapore – Denpasar routes. Passengers travelling to Amsterdam will also be able to enjoy her dishes because the flight from Indonesia heads to Amsterdam via Kuala Lumpur.

Unique composition
KLM’s cooperation with leading chef Masanori Tomikawa, with his Michelin-star restaurants Yamazato and Sazanka in Hotel Okura Amsterdam, harks back to 2010. In cooperation with KLM, Tomikawa is responsible for the meals served on board flights to Japan. The Japanese dishes served in KLM’s World Business Class and Economy Class are inspired by Tomikawa. This cooperative relationship is unique because not only are the Japanese dishes served on flights from KLM’s home base Schiphol developed by the chef, but so are the Japanese dishes served on board flights from Japan to Amsterdam. In Japan, he heads up workshops to create the summer and winter menus and align them with preparations from Schiphol.

 

Pictures: Natascha Libbert 

]]> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:30:00 +0200 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_klmokura5oktober4oktober-mg-4557-nl.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/klmokura5oktober4oktober-mg-4557-nl.jpg?10000 Onno Kokmeijer devises KLM’s European Business Class menus https://news.klm.com/onno-kokmeijer-devises-klms-european-business-class-menus/ https://news.klm.com/onno-kokmeijer-devises-klms-european-business-class-menus/99972From 10 December, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be serving meals by the leading chef Onno Kokmeijer in European Business Class. This is the first time KLM has worked with a top chef to develop meals for its European Business Class. This collaboration is part of the new concept KLM is launching for all its European flights.

]]>In October, KLM announced it would be working with the Michelin three-star chef, Jacob Jan Boerma, to develop new World Business Class meals. Now, KLM is working with chef Onno Kokmeijer, Executive Chef & Manager at the two-star restaurant Ciel Bleu at Hotel Okura Amsterdam. Onno and his Chef the Cuisine Arjan Speelman have developed the main lunch and dinner menus for the longer European flights to and from Amsterdam. (*) The menus will change with the winter and summer flight schedules. Passengers will have a choice of two meals, which will change every week. Onno and Arjan also designed the menus for KLM’s World Business Class in October 2013.

KLM investing in its catering product
KLM is optimising its service on European flights. KLM and KLC now serve the same snacks and sandwiches in Economy Class, which creates greater product uniformity across our European routes. Sandwiches will also be served more often on KLM flights for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Ciel Bleu
Ciel Bleu, the two-star restaurant on the 23rd floor of Hotel Okura Amsterdam, is in many respects a unique location. Its spectacular view across Amsterdam grants guests the opportunity to see the city from a completely different perspective. Onno Kokmeijer has held sway over the Ciel Bleu since 2003. With Arjan Speelman, his Chef de Cuisine, he received a second Michelin Star in 2007. These chefs draw inspiration from the tastes their international guests desire and are constantly in search of the best ingredients and innovative ways to prepare food.

(*) Flights between Amsterdam and these destinations: Athens (ATH), Helsinki (HEL), Istanbul (IST), Kiev (KBP), St Petersburg (LED), Lisbon (LIS), Madrid (MAD), Bucharest (OTP) and Moscow (SVO).

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