How many times have you traveled and been outraged at the limited airport food options and the few snacks provided onboard? After experiencing a recent two-hour flight delay at West Palm Beach Airport and being stuck with only fast-food chains, I got excited about a recent New York Times article, which focuses on a new trend whereby internationally recognized celebrity chefs are opening up restaurants at airport terminals around the world.

Earlier it seemed that there were just a few chefs, like Wolfgang Puck, who brought their food to airport terminals, but now there are a much larger number of celebrity chefs doing it. And, while chefs such as Wolfgang Puck brought fast-food versions of their food to airports, the current crop of chefs – Todd English, Gordon Ramsay, Nicolas Le Bec -- are opening bonafide, three-course meal, sit-down restaurants.

From New York's JFK to Geneva's International airport, you can now order foie gras (Gilles Dupont's Altitude), braised lamb (Ramsay's Plane Food), Kobe beef burgers (Todd English's Bonfire Steakhouse), and Valrhona chocolate fondue (Plane Food) while waiting for your flight. With the increase in flight delays and cancellations, this is sure to relieve a foodie's worst nightmare, which is being stuck at the airport for endless hours with no options but Burger King, Cinnabon, and Sbarro.

So, the next time you are waiting for a couple of hours before your flight at, say, JFK, you can not only dine at celebrity chef Todd English's Bonfire Steakhouse, but you can also buy provisions at upscale grocer Balducci's or sit down at Vino Volo (a wine tasting lounge started at Washington D.C.'s Dulles Airport that just opened at JFK).

I can't help but fantasize about the idea of airlines giving out gift certificates to these restaurants the next time my flight is delayed or – worse – cancelled.

Below are airports with high-end restaurants and/ or Vino Volo lounges:

New York Kennedy International Airport – Todd English's Bonfire Steakhouse, Vino Volo

Boston Logan International Airport – Todd English's Bonfire Steakhouse

Seattle Tacoma International Airport – Vino Volo

Washington Dulles International Airport – Vino Volo

Orange County's John Wayne Airport - David Wilhelm's Jetsons-themed Oasis Grill & Sky Lounge

Sacramento International Airport – Vino Volo

Baltimore Washington International Airport – Vino Volo

London Heathrow Airport – Gordon Ramsay's Plane Food

Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport – Nicolas Le Bec's Espace Le Bec (opening this summer)

Geneva International Airport – Gilles Dupont's Altitude (opening in October)