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Private jet catering · Payerne

Private Jet Catering at Payerne Air Base (LSMP / VIP), Payerne

VIP (IATA) · LSMP (ICAO)
Prepared to order, delivered airside

Early departures and midweek training rotations shape the order rhythm at Payerne (VIP). Your private jet catering is timed to airside delivery windows, prepared in a dedicated kitchen and delivered cold-chain controlled.

Private jet catering at Payerne Air Base (VIP/LSMP)
Chef Ayana Sharma, private jet chef covering Payerne Air Base
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Chef Ayana Sharma: Geneva base to Payerne military-civil ops

Payerne Air Base carries no on-site catering infrastructure—everything arrives from outside. Chef Ayana Sharma works each order from the inquiry through to delivery, timing production against your departure slot and packing to the cold-chain and reheating constraints you specify. You speak to the same person throughout, the kitchen preparing your order adjusts to late changes where the lead time and the aircraft galley allow, and every crew meal and passenger plate is labelled with the allergen detail your cabin crew need to brief accurately at altitude.

Cooked for your slot, packed for your galley.
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Background

Chef Ayana Sharma brings Nordic culinary traditions to high-altitude dining, crafting refined menus built around cured fish, seasonal root vegetables, and meticulously balanced flavours. Her signature truffle vegetable tart with smoked aubergine mezze exemplifies her commitment to dishes that travel beautifully while maintaining their elegance.

How to order flight catering for departures from VIP

If the slot moves after you order private jet catering, the kitchen adjusts the delivery run without requiring a new quote. Payerne Air Base sees a mix of early positioning legs and longer intercontinental departures, and production is timed against that rhythm. The lead time you should allow is typically forty-eight hours for a complex order; late changes are absorbed where galley capacity and refrigeration limits per aircraft type permit. Request your private jet catering quote with the departure time, passenger count, and any oven or cold-stowage constraints, and you receive a costed proposal within two hours.

The Payerne production kitchen — private jet catering near Payerne Air Base
The Payerne kitchen

Jet catering Payerne: Geneva kitchen to military-civil base

Early Monday departures set the pace at Payerne Air Base (VIP/LSMP), where business aviation catering is timed against your slot, not a general schedule. The kitchen preparing your order works to same-day capacity: cold rooms dedicated to inflight catering, pâtisserie and garde-manger posts that handle everything from morning pastries to plated mains sealed after final assembly. Each dish is logged with documented allergen protocol, every label matched to your manifest. Private jet catering here means cooking timed to your departure window—whether that's a 06:00 positioning or a late-afternoon long-haul leg.

Cold-chain controlledHACCP certifiedSame-day capacity, daily
The menu

Private jet catering menu at Payerne Air Base

You can order breakfast trays, cold plates that hold across a transatlantic leg, mains portioned to reheat in the galley oven, and crew meals on the same order. Every item is labelled with its literal allergen content so your cabin crew brief passengers accurately. Portioning follows your seat count, and dishes are packed in containers sized to the refrigeration and oven capacity you specify. The menu adjusts to what the season and the sector allow, and substitutions for dietary restrictions are costed individually.

Smoked trout, cucumber ribbons, and dill cream

Served cold, holds six hours under refrigeration, contains fish and dairy.

Braised beef short rib with root vegetables and thyme jus

Reheats in a galley oven at 160°C for twelve minutes, contains celery.

Dark chocolate fondant with salted caramel

Travels at ambient temperature, portion-wrapped, contains gluten, egg, and dairy.

Three of the dishes the Payerne Air Base kitchen cooks. Allergen detail is confirmed in writing with your quote.

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Every item is packed with reheating and plating notes for your cabin.

Delivery at VIP

Ramp delivery and handling at Payerne Air Base

The Payerne kitchen
cold-chain vans, badged drivers
cold-chain controlled
Handover at VIP
FBO or aircraft door
How it works
01
Handover where your airport allows
To your FBO desk or at the aircraft — we coordinate with your handling agent. Slot moves? The kitchen cooks to the update.
02
Crew meals alongside the VIP service
One delivery, both cabins covered — crew meals cooked in the same kitchen, packed and labelled separately.
03
Large cabins and multi-leg loads
High-loader service for widebody, volumes sealed per leg.
Handover per airport rules · high loader for widebody · same-day, daily
Airside delivery

VIP flight catering delivery airside at Payerne Air Base

You no longer coordinate with multiple suppliers. VIP flight catering and charter flight catering for departures from Payerne arrive in a single airside run, packed in temperature-controlled vehicles and handed to your FBO or directly at the aircraft door. Badged drivers meet your slot, and where the cabin layout and ramp access allow, a high loader serves galley doors at height—confirmed at the time of order. Every handover is timed to your pre-flight checks, and the same contact who took the order briefs the driver on your crew's instructions.

FBO or ramp-side handoverHigh-loader service for widebodyMulti-leg loads
High-loader and airside catering delivery at Payerne Air Base
Seasonal produce sourced near Payerne
Inflight catering — Switzerland

Inflight catering Payerne: Vaud sourcing, Nordic discipline

Private aircraft catering from Payerne Air Base draws on the productive farmland of the Broye plain and the western shore of Lake Neuchâtel—dairy from Gruyère cooperatives, root vegetables, perch and pike-perch landed daily. Local sourcing prioritises traceability and seasonal quality: early summer brings asparagus and strawberries; autumn delivers squash, root crops and orchard fruit. These ingredients are handled with Nordic restraint—clean flavours, minimal reduction, garnishes that don't wilt or bleed across a twelve-hour sector. You'll find cured fish alongside Vaud charcuterie, herb-forward vegetable tarts and grain salads that hold texture in chilled storage. Every preparation is selected to perform reliably in the cabin environment, not for visual drama that fades before service.
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Beyond catering

The kitchen handles what surrounds the meal. Add any of it to your order — one brief, one delivery.

Fresh flowers

Cabin arrangements delivered with the catering, conditioned to last the flight.

Wines & spirits

Sourced to your list, chilled or cellared, ready to serve.

Linen care

Cabin linen and crew pieces collected, laundered, returned pressed.

Dishware & equipment

China, glassware and galley equipment washed and repacked between legs.

Storage between rotations

Your equipment and stock held at the kitchen until the next leg.

Fine grocery

Pantry staples and fine grocery restocked for the days ahead.

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One brief, one delivery — a reply typically within 30 minutes.

Local calendar

Event-driven demand: Davos, Geneva shows, alpine season

When the World Economic Forum convenes in Davos each mid to late January, and again during Watches & Wonders in April, Payerne Air Base absorbs positioning and shuttle traffic that overflows Geneva and Zurich. The St. Moritz winter season—December through March—adds steady weekend volume. You'll face tighter PPR windows, reduced apron flexibility and overlapping turnarounds. High-loader availability becomes harder to confirm, and delivery slots require earlier coordination with base security. Advance your private jet catering order by at least one additional business day during these periods, and expect handling agents to request stricter timeline adherence as the apron fills with consecutive arrivals.

Watches & Wonders

AprilNearby · GenevaHeavy demand
On the field

During Watches & Wonders week, you should expect significantly tighter slot availability and mandatory PPR at Payerne Air Base, with apron capacity often reaching saturation due to increased VIP movements to Geneva-area events.

What we do about it

Watches & Wonders triggers concentrated departures in April — typically eight to twelve business aviation catering orders within a three-hour window. That volume requires prep the day before: cold platters staged, hot courses timed to individual ETDs, and VIP flight catering packed per tail number so handover at the ramp stays fast even when six crews arrive nearly back-to-back.

World Economic Forum (Davos, nearby)

mid to late JanuaryNearby · ZurichHeavy demand
On the field

During the Forum week, Payerne operates under strict PPR with limited slot availability and extended apron occupancy. Expect tighter handling coordination, early positioning requirements, and reduced flexibility for last-minute schedule changes due to military-civilian traffic management.

What we do about it

Delegations moving through Zurich during the World Economic Forum period require business aviation catering that holds through staggered departure windows—sealed boxes and plated formats remain stable when slots shift. We build private jet catering and crew meals around your revised ETA, not the original brief, so service quality stays intact even when ramp access compresses mid to late January.

St. Moritz winter season (nearby)

December to MarchNearby · ZurichBusier than usual
On the field

During St. Moritz winter season, you may encounter increased transient traffic at Payerne as an alternative platform, though the base primarily maintains military operations with limited commercial handling capacity and advance PPR requirements throughout the period.

What we do about it

Resort-bound passengers rarely shift timing, so December and January private jet catering orders arrive firm and early. February onward sees tighter lead times as charter flight catering requests layer onto a committed schedule—hot meals and specialist dietary requests need 48 hours minimum, crew meals remain possible same-day through March.

Periods shift year to year — confirm the date with us when you order.

Relied On, Flight After Flight
★★★★★

Ordering catering in for LSMP was simple. Great communication and excellent quality.

Anna P. · VIP Flight Attendant
★★★★★

We regularly operate in via Payerne Air Base (VIP). Fast replies, smooth ordering and reliable service.

Mia R. · Charter Operations
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