Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) has been named as ‘Airline Caterer of the Year’, Middle East, for the fifth consecutive year at the PAX International Readership Awards. Faysal Moufarrej, Chief Operations Officer, accepted the award on behalf of Emirates Flight Catering in Hamburg, Germany.

Faysal Moufarrej, Chief Operations Officer of Emirates Flight Catering, said: “This achievement could only have been made possible through our team’s commitment to providing the highest standards of product and service excellence to our customers. We are immensely proud to have received this award for the fifth year running. Our customers expect the same standard of food on board as in a five-star hotel and to provide this experience, we have recruited from high-end restaurants. We have a pool of talented, skilled chefs from around the world who are versed in traditional and authentic dishes, but with a flair for the latest trends.”

As one of the world’s largest airline catering operations, Emirates Flight Catering constantly looks at innovation, and ways to improve productivity, product and service quality by introducing the latest technology to its operations.

Offering airline, events and VIP catering as well as ancillary services including laundry, food production and airport lounge food & beverage, Emirates Flight Catering is a trusted partner of over 100 airline customers, hospitality groups and UAE government entities. Each day, the company’s 11,000 dedicated employees prepare an average of 225,000 meals and handle 210 tonnes of laundry.