
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.