From 1 August 2026, United Airlines will launch Chef’s Table, the brand behind the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series,
in Polaris international business class, featuring 11 chef-curated menus.
The partnership is the latest step in United’s broader $150 million food and beverage overhaul, much of which has been directed at the Polaris cabin.
Each chef developed a three-course menu inspired by the United hub city they call home, covering Los Angeles, Newark, Chicago, Houston, Denver, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., São Paulo, London, and Tokyo. Menus run through September 2026, with a new lineup launching in October and rotating seasonally into 2027.
The chef lineup includes Nancy Silverton (Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles), Fariyal Abdullahi (Hav & Mar, Newark), Jenner Tomaska (Michelin-starred Esmé, Chicago), Justin Yu (Theodore Rex, Houston), Penelope Wong (Yuan Wonton, Denver), David Barzelay (two-Michelin-starred Lazy Bear, San Francisco), Isabel Coss and Matt Conroy (Lutèce and Pascual, Washington DC), Manu Buffara (Manu, São Paulo), Tomos Parry (Michelin-starred Mountain and Brat, London), and Tashi Gyamtso (Jimgu, Tokyo).
Standout dishes include burrata with braised leeks by Silverton, Ethiopian-coffee-glazed short ribs by Abdullahi, Brazilian shrimp stew with coconut rice by Buffara, and poached scallop with yuzu-ginger glaze by Gyamtso.
Each menu features an appetiser, salad, and entrée, available to pre-order on flights departing from the chef’s home city from five days before departure up to 24 hours prior via United.com or the United app.
“This collaboration is rooted in a shared ambition to redefine what inflight dining can be,” said Aaron McMillan, United’s Managing Director of Hospitality Programs.
“Because our leading global network reaches into the world’s greatest food cities, we’re able to work hand-in-hand with world-class chefs and translate their points of view into dishes intentionally designed for the realities of travel.”
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