Global restaurant collection, Gordon Ramsay Group, has secured a 10-year extension to its contract at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 for its site, Plane Food, to continue providing an elevated airport dining experience to internationally-bound travellers both before and during flight.
The new agreement will enable the group to further enhance its offering that has helped transform the travel dining scene, from breakfast through to lunch and dinner, at the UK’s hub airport, since first opening its doors in 2008.
Based in the departure lounge of Terminal 5, Plane Food serves more than 800 customers every day with à la Carte dining, 25-minute Express menus and on-board picnics. Kids also eat free – as they do in many Gordon Ramsay restaurants. As part of the renewed partnership, the Group will enhance the dining experience and develop the Plane Food picnic concept – which allows passengers to experience Gordon Ramsay food at 30,000 feet – when it re-opens in July 2017. The contract could potentially generate over £70 million in revenues for the Group over the period.
Stuart Gillies, CEO of Gordon Ramsay Group, said:
“We are excited to continue our partnership with Heathrow, combining our expertise in dining and travel. Plane Food has provided a very good return on investment for the Group and also, as the UK’s hub airport, Heathrow has been the perfect location for us to showcase our offering to a discerning international audience of travellers. As we continue to expand globally, our work with an organisation that plays such a central role in connecting London to the rest of the world is extremely fitting.”
Chris Annetts, Retail Director for Heathrow, said:
“Since its opening in 2008, Gordon Ramsay’s Plane Food has become a cornerstone of the Terminal 5 experience for so many of our passengers. We are proud to be continuing our partnership with the Gordon Ramsay Group and are excited about the state of the art dining concept the team are planning to unveil next summer.”
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