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A British Barbecue In British Airways Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 12, 2023November 13, 2023 17 Comments

My Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago.


a plate of food on a table

I find myself in the mood for BBQ this afternoon, which caused my mind to drift to a “British Barbecue” dinner I enjoyed on a British Airways business class flight from London.

British Airways Business Class Barbecue

As summer approaches, I look forward to grilling in my own yard, but no matter the time of year I enjoy a succulent BBQ dinner. I’ve tried BBQ all over the world, but never on an airplane…until it showed up on the menu of my British Airways flight from London to Los Angeles.

Here’s how the menu described it:

British barbecue
marinated Berkshire pork belly, dry-rub
chicken skewer, baked baby new potatoes,
charred Padrón pepper

a menu of a restaurant

I ordered the Welsh lamb shank and Augustine ordered this. He ended up eating a bit more than half of his dinner, so I got to finish it. Every part of the meal was excellent. Pork belly is difficult to get right on the plane, but it was succulent and well-seasoned. The pepper had the perfect amount of heat and the chicken skewer was also perfectly seasoned. Even the baby potatoes were great complements.

a plate of food on a table

I’ve never understood why people complain about British Airways catering, especially in the Do & Co era, since I consistently the find the premium cabin cuisine on both shot haul and longhaul flights to be delicious. Not decadent. Not fancy. Just delicious. British Airways does the simple things right and that makes me look forward to every BA flight. I certainly hope to try this dish again.


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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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17 Comments

  1. Interested Traveler Reply
    May 12, 2023 at 4:47 pm

    @Matthew, the answer to why some people complain about BA catering is summed up by the John Lydgate “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.

    As a side note, in another article you said the reader sent you the pic of the shirtless man, as someone who doesn’t use Social Media, but might like to contact you by email if need arsies, do you have an email address we readers can have?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      May 12, 2023 at 4:57 pm

      Agreed!

      To reach out, you can use the contact form at the top of the page:

      https://liveandletsfly.com/contact/

  2. DC Reply
    May 12, 2023 at 6:28 pm

    Oh, Matthew…. You said that you enjoy grilling in the summer but in the same sentence say you enjoy barbecue any time of year…. Please tell me you are not confabulating grilling with proper barbecue….

    If you were looking for controversy and heated comments in the blog, that’s one way to create it,… Just wait for all the proper southerners to chime in on the difference

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      May 12, 2023 at 6:29 pm

      Lol. So my friend has a proper smoker and I do know what real and true BBQ tastes like! 😉

      • Senec Reply
        May 13, 2023 at 8:48 am

        I question that you have many friends

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          May 13, 2023 at 8:52 am

          Girl, you go right ahead.

  3. Aaron Reply
    May 12, 2023 at 6:36 pm

    “I’ve never understood why people complain about British Airways catering, especially in the Do & Co era”

    So much better than it was in the pre-Do&Co era…even if the quantity of the second meal portions seem a bit reduced.

    • Darren Reply
      May 12, 2023 at 7:34 pm

      Totally agree with u !
      Second meal Portion and club kitchen is so sad…

    • Arthur Reply
      May 13, 2023 at 8:23 am

      Agree. I like the Do&Co catering on BA, and before they started using them, BA food was worse than United’s. However, there is no accounting for taste. I once saw a comment on a UA forum that the poster liked the UA inflight J food much better than that “fancy” French food in Air France business class. Probably someone from the Midwest.

  4. greenpau Reply
    May 12, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    I have to say, my experience with BA this week on mid-haul RAK-LHR was way below expectations. They hadn’t loaded enough meals for all Club Europe passengers; there was no ice available, all drinks/wines were warm; all glassware had been used on the outbound sector and it was all plastic cups. Indicative of their broader operational issues at the moment on the ground and in the air.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      May 12, 2023 at 8:56 pm

      Sad to hear.

  5. Santastico is Fantastico Reply
    May 12, 2023 at 10:37 pm

    British Airways first class is truly the world’s best business class.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      May 13, 2023 at 9:27 am

      After Ben’s recent review, I even have to question that.

  6. T- Reply
    May 13, 2023 at 11:37 am

    I would think that British Airways does British food well. Looked great to me. Very nice plate presentation. Thanks for sharing.

  7. Asa George Reply
    May 13, 2023 at 6:21 pm

    BA has very good catering,but the seating in Club Europe is really unbearable,they add no extra legroom over economy.After my LOT business class transatlantic flight I’m beginning to wonder if DO&CO isn’t a bit overrated.Fish served with a bottled tasting teriyaki,a little wasabi added to mashed potatoes,woohoo.

  8. Barry Munn Reply
    May 15, 2023 at 6:05 am

    Agreed Business Class Catering has improved since Do&Co have started to supply, but the biggest plus is that the budget must have been increased substantially as Do & Co are not cheap.
    So you get what you are paying for, but look at menu mostly a cheap chocolate type pudding, poor salad, and second sevice has been reduced on quantity

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      May 15, 2023 at 6:34 am

      It’s true – BA must have got a very good price on those. I’m sick of the pudding.

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