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Lufthansa is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Star Chefs gourmet program that began in 2000. Every two months, it has served first and business class travelers on long-haul flights out of Germany menus created by award-winning international chefs.

Each of the menus bears the signature of its chef so that passengers have over time become acquainted with the very special cuisine of the individual chefs and acquired a liking for several of the dishes offered on the menu.

The result is that in the jubilee months of September and October, the passengers have themselves assumed the Star Chefs’ role after an online ballot on the dish they enjoyed most on a Lufthansa flight.

Those favorite dishes, chosen by Lufthansa frequent travelers from the gourmet program in the cabin over the past 10 years, now feature in the menus served on long-haul flights from Germany during the jubilee months.

Lufthansa is introducing several innovations to mark the 10th jubilee of its Star Chefs program.

Starting in November, the Star Chef creating the monthly in-flight menus will be featured more at center stage. Aside from the principal aspects shaping his cuisine, Lufthansa will provide passengers with a deeper insight into the chef’s culinary philosophy.

Business Class passengers will be pleasantly surprised by a totally new presentation of in-flight food.

They will, for example, be offered a very special salt to take home, if the Star Chef “on duty” is known for using diverse salts to create dishes with his own individual flavor.

Furthermore, “Lufthansa Classics“ will be served in both premium classes.

Alongside the Star Chefs menus, the airline will offer a monthly choice of classic dishes, such as wiener schnitzel (Viennese breaded escalope) or Königsberger klopse (Königsberg meatballs).

To highlight the 10-year jubilee, the Star Chefs pages on the Lufthansa website will also be re-designed and expanded so as to furnish more information and details about the masters of the culinary art and their creations.