American Airlines Food Gets Upgraded By Marcus Samuelsson, Richard Sandoval

Celebrity chefs have already conquered land and sea. But now they're going airborne. Tomorrow, October 1st, American Airlines will debut two new lines of food "developed" by the company's new celebrity chef partners, Marcus Samuelsson of New York's Red Rooster and Richard Sandoval of Pampano and others.

Samuelsson's dishes, which are being called the "New American Table" menu, after his cookbook, will be sold on domestic flights. They will apparently vary, but include a breakfast sandwich and a turkey-chutney sandwich. (The latter will cost $10.) We at HuffPost Food love Samuelsson, but aren't convinced this is the best showcase for his estimable talents. Mexican chef Sandoval's dishes, which are more elaborate, are going to be offered in first and business classes on international flights.

The jury's still out on how these dishes will taste -- but there's really nowhere to go but up when it comes to American in-flight dining, Florida chef Michelle Bernstein's menu for Delta aside. (Food on international airline flights and in airport terminals is another story.) If you're deciding which airline to fly based on the food being served, though, it's worth checking out American's offerings in the slideshow below. (All images are courtesy of American Airlines.)

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[VA Jill]

07:34 PM on 10/02/2011

Not for us peons in coach. We get overpriced boxed "lunches" consisting of stuff you probably wouldn't eat anywhere else......and they invariably run out about halfway down the aisle. It's not like they wouldn't keep, for heaven's sake, if they actually had enough for all the passengers and didn't sell every last one....

[Fromageball]

04:01 PM on 10/02/2011

A celebrity chef? Really? When a lot of airlines can't even give us a packet of peanuts anymore, they're hiring celebrity chefs to develop the stuff that we have to pay extra for...although I guess it is a step up from the boxes that offer things like candy bars and chips. That's fantastic. On non-US airline I've had hour long flights that have served complimentary meals - and longer flights even offer complimentary wine/beer/drinks! Not only that, a lot of the complimentary food on non-US airlines is actually good.

[robjh1]

06:43 PM on 10/01/2011

I have eaten at Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster. It is excellent!

[Moxo]

03:44 PM on 10/01/2011

My, how things have fallen when we are so happy an airline gets it's food upgraded to "edible!"

[cyoohoos]

11:52 AM on 10/01/2011

Nothing special about that biscuit. The turkey sandwich looks like something I would try

[valeskas]

10:36 AM on 10/01/2011

Only for first class, the rest of us will have to eat their dog food.

[axcordova]

04:14 PM on 09/30/2011

Number 1 cardinal rule: Never order seafood on an airplane.

[Moxo]

03:46 PM on 10/01/2011

Only order seafood on a seaplane?
Bring back the Pan Am Clipper!

[clearthinker16]

02:41 PM on 09/30/2011

the breakfast sandwich is disappointing, especially from Marcus, the sandwich he made does look much better. I do remember flying first class 30 years ago on a non US based airline and it was a flight between continents. When I was awakened for breakfast they asked me how I wanted my eggs cooked.

[El Chingaso]

10:38 AM on 10/01/2011

Yeah, airlines in the U.S. are far inferior to many overseas-based carriers. On a recent jaunt to Jamaica, Delta charged me $8 bucks for a little box full of processed vending machine cr*pola. Couldn't eat it...