Advertiser & Editorial Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat earns an affiliate commission for anyone approved through the links below. This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. We work to provide the best publicly available offers to our readers. We frequently update them, but this site does not include all available offers. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any of these entities.
Alaska Airlines unveiled its latest First Class culinary offering today with the introduction of Chef’s (tray) Table. This concept will showcase West Coast chefs on board Alaska flights. It builds off of the partnership that Alaska launched last year with San Francisco’s Chef Brandon Jew.
Chef Jew is now part of the official Chef’s (tray) Table program. The next participant in this new program will be Chef Brady Ishiwata Williams. He’s won a James Beard award and helms Seattle’s renowned Tomo restaurant. Chef Brady’s restaurant, Tomo, is named in honor of his grandmother, Tomoko Ishiwata Bristol. Her cooking deeply influenced his culinary style. Chef Williams is self taught and he got his start at his grandparent’s diner before rising through the ranks to become executive sous chef at a Michelin-rated restaurant in Brooklyn and than as executive chef at Seattle’s Canlis where he earned a James Beard Award for Best Chef. He opened Tomo in 2021. It reflects his Japanese American heritage.
Chef Brady’s inaugural dishes will be available in First Class between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). For breakfast, passengers will see Mochi Waffle & Fried Chicken. For dinner, guests can select the Klingemann Farms Glazed Short Rib. Preorders for these dishes begin today and the exclusive menu launches on June 5th.
Vice President of Guest Experience at Alaska Airlines, said:
Chef Williams and Chef Jew work tirelessly at their craft and remain deeply rooted in their communities, no matter how successful they become. They embody Alaska’s values of giving back, creating thoughtfully curated meals with high-quality ingredients and providing memorable guest experiences — making this a perfect partnership.”
Anthony’s Take: Airplane food has been the butt of many jokes. The reality is that even First Class meals are generally just okay. It’s good to see Alaska bringing in chefs to up its game.
(Image Credits: Alaska Airlines.)
User Generated Content Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat encourages constructive discussions, comments, and questions. Responses are not provided by or commissioned by any bank advertisers. These responses have not been reviewed, approved, or endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the responsibility of the bank advertiser to respond to comments.
Advertiser & Editorial Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat earns an affiliate commission for anyone approved through the links above This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. We work to provide the best publicly available offers to our readers. We frequently update them, but this site does not include all available offers. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any of these entities.
1 comment
Alaska is also serving up video ads on connected TV specifically highlighting first class food