Narrator: Here in Dubai,
Emirates Flight Catering makes 110 million in-flight meals a year. As the world’s largest catering
facility, they run 24/7, cooking up every snack,
dessert, and main dish eaten by the airline’s 55
million passengers a year. And these travelers eat a lot. In 2018, Emirates passengers
downed 72 million bread rolls, over 134,000 pounds of
strawberries, 414 pounds of salmon, and more than three
million pounds of potatoes. So, how does the world’s
largest flying restaurant feed hungry passengers aboard
nearly 200,000 flights a year? Well, before any cooking can even start, everything has to be unloaded
off incoming flights. Plates, trays, trolleys, you name it. They’re all dropped in the ground floor of the facility to cleaned. Dishes are separated into categories and sent through industrial-sized
warewashing machines. On average, the facility handles about 3 million pieces of tableware a day. Those trolleys that bring
you drinks during your flight are also cleaned here. Then they’re loaded up onto the building’s mile-and-a-half-long monorail to be taken upstairs. This system is how massive
amounts of inventory are moved safely through the building. The monorail has pick
up and drop off points at multiple locations on every floor. Upstairs is where the cooking takes off. First, in the cold kitchen,
all of the sandwiches and appetizers are prepped and plated. Because the different
cabins have specific menus, appetizers and sandwiches
for first and business class are prepared on one side of the kitchen, while those for economy
are prepared on the other. Sandwiches are sliced and
stacked and then feed through the flow wrapping machine
to keep the bread fresh until it’s unwrapped aboard the plane. Now, on to the main kitchen, where they’re whipping up the hot food. The kitchen’s broken down
by four food regions: Asian, Sub-Continent,
European, and Middle Eastern. Emirates 1,800 chefs from around the world develop 1,300 different menus a month. They cover the culinary gambit of every destination Emirates flies to. Whenever you’re aboard an Emirates flight, the meal you’re served will be inspired by the region of your arrival destination. And with over 150 destinations
in 85 different countries, well that’s a lot of
region-specific meals. So, if your headed to France, you’ll get a croissant in the morning. Flying to India? You’ll most likely get a crisp kachori. Stopping off in Japan? How about some soba or a bento box? Emirates says they want
to welcome travelers home or give new visitors a first
taste of the region’s food. So what’s Emirates specialty
dish welcoming passengers to their hub of Dubai? The Emirate arabic mezze
selection with sticky pudding. The hot kitchen is where
region specific dishes like the mezze take form. Chefs mix big vats of vegetables, grill lines of lamb chops, and top rows of dishes with garnishes. Each plate has to taste
and look exactly the same. It’s at this point that
all of the hot dishes head to the blast chiller. They have to be cooled down to the perfect food-safe temperature. The last kitchen is for
all us sugar lovers: the dessert room. Cakes, pastries, and cookies are all individually mixed,
piped, dipped, and baked here. The facility specializes in
arabic sweets, made in house. The coolest part? The hydro processor, a
high-powered water laser that cuts perfectly
precise slices of cake. Finally, the assembly
room. This is where all of the pieces converge onto one tray. It’s also where every meal
gets a day code printed on it. It’s in UV ink, so as a passenger you won’t actually see
it, but it helps Emirates track the life of each dish. That way, they’re sure they’re not serving flyers any spoiled food. This is also where salads and fruit plates are packaged up. Silverware and dishes are prepared and all incoming meals
are assembled onto trays, exactly as we’d see them as
passengers aboard the flight. Those trays are loaded
back into the trolleys. That take another spin on that
monorail to the ground floor. Back downstairs, the trolleys are packed into awaiting high-loader trucks. Those trucks will be sent
out to aircrafts two hours before departure times to unload meals for hungry passengers waiting aboard.
its
ka-cho-ri
not ka-cha-ri.
EVERYONE SHOULD SUB TO ME BECAUSE I DO MINECRAFT
Could all airlines just serve McDonalds, KFC etc instead. Will pay for my cheese burgers and quarter packs.
Az ilyen szokatlan, vagy formabontó dolgokat miért egy átlagosnak cseppet sem kinéző, hipszter szemüveges, rövidhajú, lezbika megjelenésű lány propagálja? Olyan az üzenete így a dolognak, hogy normális ember nem is csinál ilyet és elvont szabadbölcsésznek kell lenned ahoz, hogy ne szemetelj.
I'm now happy machines exists because if not those people would not be happy to be here
I want to work in this now it’s seems like a fun and stress relieving job although it probably has you standing up for hours!!
1:50 OCD worst nightmare
why do i not find this heartwarming? (sarcasm)
Wat happened to the arabic chefs??
はい SIDOちぇと
That one woman on the left really used her hand to spread that sauce @ 1:41 😂 ( ik she has a glove lol )
Im hungry now
First class sandwiches made one side 😂😂😂were would my sandwiches made den 😂😂😂
I’m your 75th thousandth like
Robbotic hands!
They
make there mealsSurprised it’s not just frozen
This is incredibly impressive…..
I wished they served me noodles in exchange for all those uneatable food.
We need Gordon Ramsey to try this
I'm interested of this job any help
That is so much delicious crazy in one video 😋
3:34 HoW ABouT A HydROflaSK skskssksksksksk and i oop-
Will there be any vegetarian dishes? Because I'm a vegetarian and every meal I see in this video had meat inside.
Then you fall asleep and don't get the food that you paid for
On my flight I get a broken cookie
P
ahhh this is relaxing to see my country of residence exiling
Umm if u rode on a plane before I'm pretty sure we all agree its not that good or at least for me I'll never forget that soggy brocilil
monika geller
needs to work there
EKFC = FORCED LABOR!!!
I want japanese food
I use Emirates and their economy food sucks. It doesn’t taste good, so why in the video it looks good and delicious? And it’s not true that food they will serve you will be inspired by the country you will arrive to. And the food feels like it had been microwaved
This video
Starving children: are we a joke to you?
I’ve never had a first class meal. My question is, why does it all look good and impressive but tastes like warm death? After first couple of meals I started bringing my own snacks
the best thing in philippine airlines is the pasta, spaghetti, and cake ‼️
This food could be being eaten rn
I thought Emirates were a soccer team
I got an Airfrance ad on this video😂
Mark Damon should’ve gotten these potatoes
And we all cry because the food is bad.
That's cool
I fly with Emirates four time a year. I’ll say it. The food in economy is foul.
back in 2011 they just slapped a bagel and cream cheese on my stand
My dad works at emirates. He fixs the airplanes!
No matter how hard they work, the bread still tastes like a dry shoe
Plot twist:They were only showing us first-class food.
Cool
I thaught that LSG was the largest company
That's a lot of plastic. Plz tell me it's recycled. PLEASE. I mean, that's a lot of plastic that could go into the ocean or landfills!
I mean like they have A380s and 787s and those are big planes so I’m not suprised and they are a good airline so serve good food and has many passengers
thats why i like my country and nationality.
Cries in vegetarian
2:27 no black sea on the map? Ok
I took their spoon and glass
Emirates ad before the vid
Feeling sad imagining the amount of plastic that is used a day.
U mean they don't use magic food duplicaters?huh,weird
Actually, Asia has awesome plane food especially the Japan, Philippines and turkey
People never realize the mass production of food,
Effort and material
Imagine how many plastic bottles are used globally every day,
There's seven billion people
All drinks, imagine one day of plastic bottles
Is it one out of seven people? A billion a day?
Food is serious stuff,
We all eat, its mind blowing to think about
Can i just get some peanuts
The dessert is never enough in Economy
That's more than the population of my city
I’d have to wear a face mask…..I’d eat everything
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It's a joke, No offense.
All this complicated process explains why the tickets and food is so expensive
I live in Dubai, and I book almost all my flights from emirates.
0:41
U damn irish people
amazing. i love how organized they are. all the staff need to wear a hair cap
ive flew one time and it was on swiss airlines the food was pretty enjoyable
Why not also in kilos?
3:49 or at least you won't know if it's bad.
Why does the narrator's voice sound like she is crying…or is it just me
Lmao I read it as, " how Emirates make $225,000 in flight meals"
cHiCkEn Or PaStA??? Like if u know what i mean😂
In my emirates flight to Dubai I got pasta… not very traditional now is it?
This has so much technology!
So that's whats up with airline food !
The more I see about this airline, the more I really want to travel to the Middle East, Dubai and such. Granted if I was going to do it I would want to go for first class. It’s definitely a bucket list item because everybody that I have talked to that has flown business or first class with Emirates, has told me that nothing will ever be the same or compare to the level of customer accommodation and attention to detail.