SIA Appoints Italian Star Chef

Italian star chef Carlo Cracco

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Appoints Italian Star Chef Carlo Cracco To Acclaimed Culinary Panel

10 October 2012 -

Italian star chef Carlo Cracco has been named the newest member of the Singapore Airlines International Culinary Panel (ICP).
The Chef and Restaurateur of two Michelin-starred Ristorante Cracco in Milan joins a stellar team of eight other international chefs on the highly regarded ICP. For a start, his dishes will be rolled out to Italian and other selected European routes from January 2013.

"We are excited to welcome Chef Cracco as the newest member of our International Culinary Panel.
His wide range of experience and innovative edge will complement the current panel of star chefs.
This also marks another chapter in our commitment to constantly enhancing our inflight food and beverage offerings." Says senior Singapore Airlines Vice President Product & Services, Mr Tan Pee Teck.

The appointment of Chef Cracco reinforces SIA’s commitment to remaining at the forefront in premium airline food & beverage offerings, providing innovative and palatable meal choices in all classes of travel.

SIA’s Yummy! Meal programme for young travellers has also been expanded to include tantalising new dishes that cater to healthier eating habits.

Beverage offerings have also seen much enhancement, with twice-yearly blind tastings of over 1,000 wine labels by three of the world’s most sought-after wine palates - Jeannie Cho Lee, Michael Hill-Smith and Steven Spurrier.  SIA is proud to present Grand Gru Burgundy wines and 2nd growth Bordeaux, just to name a few.

Singapore Airlines’ International Culinary Panel comprises award-winning chefs of global stature. The Panel works closely with the Airline’s own chefs, to specially create the unique selection that is available for customers in all three classes on board. The Panel of internationally celebrated chefs includes Alfred Portale and Suzanne Goin of the United States, Georges Blanc of France, Matthew Moran of Australia, Sam Leong of Singapore, Sanjeev Kapoor of India, Yoshihiro Murata of Japan and Zhu Jun of China.


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