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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Chicago, United States
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Chicago (KORD / ORD)
ORD (IATA) · KORD (ICAO)
A wide-body aircraft can be boarded at Chicago (KORD) on the strength of a 3962 m runway, which clears the widest-body movements handled here for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off one ops desk, with hi-loader boarding to galley height on the wide-body stands for aviation catering in Chicago, United States, and inflight catering across the ramp.
3,962 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
8
Runways
1
FBO on station
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Chicago
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at KORD / ORD
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Chicago
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at KORD / ORD
Ramp access is what turns a sealed cart into a boarded galley at Chicago, and the catering uplift is planned against the same screening and stand assignment as the aircraft it feeds. Nothing here is delivered kerbside: the load is escorted onto the ramp and handed up at the galley door. That sequence is what the timeline beside this note sets out, stand by stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at ORD sit screening, an escorted convoy and the apron traffic of a field run on eight runways, and we plan every galley catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the average of them. The chain of custody starts when the cart is sealed and does not break until a name is signed against it at the aircraft. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, so the catering uplift arriving at Chicago carries its own record rather than a promise.
One coordinator owns the load from the sealed cart to the signature at the aircraft.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for ORD
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for KORD / ORD
Chicago is worked from a flight kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, run to a documented HACCP standard rather than a verbal one. That structure is what lets airport catering at KORD move from a First-cabin tray set to a crew meal box on the same production line without either one waiting on the other. Airport catering in Chicago is planned around the cold chain from the moment a batch is sealed, not from the moment a truck leaves the yard.
The team that handles government flight catering at Chicago is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and a place on the access list rather than a rotating roster. They are trained to royal household standards and to the paperwork a sealed uplift travels with, so a protocol file moves with the tray set and not behind it. That continuity is what a repeat state or household movement is actually buying at this station.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at KORD
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Chicago
Menus at Chicago are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to a season, so a First-cabin plate, a Business tray set and a main-cabin meal box never share a specification just because they share a rotation. Inflight catering here draws on the produce of the surrounding region in general terms, from dairy and orchard fruit to freshwater fish, adjusted to the flight length and the time of day the sector departs. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are built from the same kitchen but run to separate briefs, one plated to order and one built for volume. Every dietary, religious and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before it leaves the kitchen rather than checked on board.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Chicago carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Each plate is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same presentation without re-briefing the galley.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of KORD run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the duty roster, alongside the tray sets loaded for the passenger cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Chicago are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each requirement is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering at KORD carries the same chain of custody as the rest of the load.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
HACCP standards for aviation catering at Chicago airport
HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at Chicago (ORD)
Chicago runs a wide-body reference code across eight runways, which puts scheduled, charter and government traffic on the same ramp rather than routing VIP movements to a separate field. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation problem before it is a kitchen problem, and a peak departure wave into a capacity question the loading sheet has to answer stand by stand.
The uplift leaves our flight kitchen and is boarded by hi-loader at galley height, with a cleared driver and an escort on the ramp for every movement rather than for the sensitive ones only. Airline catering at KORD is planned stand by stand, and airport catering at Chicago follows the same sequence whether the aircraft is on a scheduled turn or a charter rotation; aviation catering at ORD and in-flight catering in United States both run off the one ops desk.
One coordinator holds the file from the sealed cart to the signed handover, and inflight catering in Chicago is committed to that single point of accountability rather than to a rotating desk.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at KORD / ORD
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Government and state flight catering at ORD
A wide-body reference code at this field means a delegation's aircraft is worked on the same stands as scheduled traffic, so government flight catering at Chicago is sequenced rather than set apart. The protocol file is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared personnel, and the load for a head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Chicago
Wide-body clears private airliners onto the same stands as scheduled traffic, which is what lets royal flight catering at KORD run to a household specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP airframes are boarded to that same royal household standard, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KORD
Our kitchen stages a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body reference code held at this field, counting it out on the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering at Chicago covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg rotations, and the same charter flight catering supports special missions run on general seasonal patterns rather than named itineraries.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ORD
Across eight runways, Chicago carries the volume that turns a single missed connection into an ad hoc airline catering call rather than a scheduled one. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all draw on the same duty roster here, with AOG covered on the same terms across a multi-leg rotation, and menu cycles moving week to week while the tray standard does not.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Chicago
Eight runways bring business aviation onto the same field as the wide-body traffic this station is built around, and that volume is what our dedicated private-jet branch draws on for FBO catering. Private jet catering at ORD reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, making it business aviation catering and business jet catering worked to one standard rather than two.
Private jets →
FBOs at Chicago
signature aviation
Charter flight catering reviewed at Chicago
Operators on commercial aviation catering at ORD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Chicago (ORD/KORD) required aviation catering packaging with clear service-by-service organization. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Romain — Aviation Operations Executive
“We used the team for outstation at Chicago (ORD/KORD) during a tight turnaround. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Celine — Station Services Coordinator
“We used the team for FBO catering at Chicago (ORD/KORD) on a VIP trip. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Paolo — Private Aviation Manager
Outstation catering data for Chicago (KORD / ORD)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,962 m |
| Runways | 8 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KORD |
Business jet catering questions at KORD
Crew meals, lead times and access at KORD
What operations gets asked every week about Chicago.
Ask operations directly →What protocol applies to VIP, VVIP and government flights at Chicago?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering under one protocol file, documented per passenger and staffed by security-cleared personnel from order through handover.
Can O'Hare International Airport take airline catering delivered airside?
The wide-body reference code held here keeps airline catering on the same stands as scheduled traffic, with airside delivery completed by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Which FBOs at ORD receive private jet catering?
A dedicated route from our flight kitchen reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering follow the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift, without singling out one operator over another.
How is airline catering cost worked out at KORD?
KORD quotations are built from cabin count, menu specification and the loading window requested, so airline catering cost is confirmed by the desk once those three are known rather than published as a flat rate.
Commercial aviation catering near Chicago
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
DPA / KDPA
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
GYY / KGYY
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Chicago (ORD)
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Chicago (ORD / KORD)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Chicago, not a brochure.
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Chicago (ORD)