RESTAURANT IN THE SKY

PERTH DOESN’T SEEM so quite so far away when you fly the Qantas direct service from Auckland to Perth, or pick up one of the regular daily connections from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to Perth via Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.

Food and wine lovers can look forward to a restaurant experience in the sky when flying Qantas international first and business class and domestic business with a menu designed by renowned Australian chef Neil Perry and the Rockpool consulting team, who are leaders in the Australian dining, entertainment and hospitality industry. Qantas’ relationship with Rockpool commenced with the development of First Class in 1997 which led to a new way of cooking and serving Qantas passengers. Neil was reluctant to simply create menus which would then be sent to world-wide catering centres, resulting in an end product that was far removed from the dining experience enjoyed by Rockpool restaurant customers. Instead he devised a complete change to the inflight dining experience with Qantas, altering the way they cook on board to use fresh produce, literally cooking and blanching mid-flight – gone are the days of the simple reheat. The Rockpool team also designs menus for the Qantas first and business international lounges and business domestic lounges. qantas.com