Inside Qatar Airways - How do they make 200,000 Airplane Meals a day?

I visited Qatar Aircraft Catering Company (QACC) which produces 200,000 airplane meals a day for Qatar Airways and all airlines in Doha. This vlog goes into detail on how airplane food is made through all the processes before transport onto the airplane.

My first stop is at the hot kitchen. Executive chef Decha showed me around the busy kitchen theatre with a lot of action taking place. QACC uses some automation to prepare food such as a rotating omelet cooker, grill bacon machine and special oil fryers. I also visited the cold kitchen for appetizers, salads and the pastry section.

After the food is cooked, it goes into chillers before arriving at portioning and packaging for flight. At the tray build-up area, new trays and portioned food were then loaded onto the cleaned trolley. All catering was then kept chilled before being taken by high-loader truck into the airplane. I follow the catering loading onto a Qatar Airways B777.

Last, I tasted some of the Business Class food at the catering center and met Qatari chef Noof Al Marri. She introduced me to her signature chicken machboos dish. At the end of the tour, I was shown how they’re treating all the food wastage from production by turning food waste into water.

[SamChui]

My channel promotes commercial aviation. 2 years ago, I started a series called “Airlines Uncovered” to cover more behind-the-scenes such as the operation or catering of an airline.

Qatar Airways has provided access for me in this video to show their operation “as is” from a discovery and neutral angle. This is not a paid PR campaign.

[stevejohn]

These workers ARE the TRUE MASTERCHEFS! Hands

[KaspaMaximus]

An absolute insane operation. Wow I did not expect this to be so grand. Qatar really goes above and beyond.

[surlysportscards]

This is absolutely mind blowing I never really gave much thought to the food production of major airlines. Great video Sam!!

[luxelist]

The scale of the work that goes into each flight is massive. Thank you for this perspective.

[sonychauhan]

My husband and I recently traveled in Qatar airways flight from Delhi - Doha-Istanbul. What stood out for both of us was the delicious food. Good job team

[ansaraziz]

I'm so proud to be a part of this great kitchen QACC. I was worked as finance officer / accountant making payables and receivables, finance accounting closing. You can't imagine the number of vouchers & invoices. 2 days i need for segregation of all invoices.my colleagues Mrs. Shashikala still there.... Good Wishes all of them.

[gunm]

seeing mass production is always fascinating, but when it's high end airline food, it's especially incredible to watch. Thanks Sam, great video!

[tomawen]

Qatar is such a tiny country and yet the airline and its catering company is a gargantuan colossus in the flying realm. Fantastic video and insightful visit.

[aronkhong]

Sam! Please follow the rules and mask up when you go into the kitchen. especially when you are standing over the food!

[heavenlykid]

watching this gave me flash backs of all those that were affected by covid19, its good to see everyone back to business. god bless

[zacharykondo]

Everything looks like it's made from scratch. Incredible!

[superweedenjoyer]

It makes sense that they would need a massive operation to feed all their passengers but this is pretty mind blowing. This is SO much food every single day. Incredible. The way they have every single process down to a science is fascinating. Awesome video thank you Sam

[caroldeking]

Love behind the scenes operations of air travel. Very complex, modern & clean. Gives me faith in eating airline food.

[purniarunvlog]

Even with this mass scale of production, Qatar Airways team have always managed to serve the tasty food. Absolutely love their overall customer service. And a big thanks to Sam for sharing the inside story.

[anneestrada]

People work tirelessly to make sure the food they are preparing are clean. Please be courteous enough to do the same!

[joanyharkisoen]

Sam, what do you think the mouthcap is for? Also the other man has to cover his mouth while speaking.
You all have to follow the hygienic rules.

[Erickeyy]

Am proud to be part of the team providing world class mouth watering food

[masofiaalberto]

Thank you for showing us the preparation of food we eat onboard. Kudos to all the crew! 🙌🏻

[andybrimer]

I love this. This WAY behind the scenes content is great. It's amazing to see how much time and manpower goes into what gets served on your tray. Thanks to Sam and Qatar Airways