The Mercury Award
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This page is about The Mercury Award for air catering. For the Mercury Music Prize, see that article.
The Mercury Award is an international award conferred by the International Travel Catering Association
(formerly known as the International Flight Catering Association) for setting high standards in in-flight catering.
has won a number of awards from this organisation, the latest being the bronze award (Category 2) in 2003 for finest in-flight cuisine (based on London Heathrow Airport, 1st and executive classes).
The year 2003 award was conferred for the following reasons:
(based on London Heathrow airport)
1. Air India is the first known airline to serve on-board, on a daily basis, fresh meals from a speciality restaurant. (from Veeraswamy
, the oldest Indian restaurant in the UK)
2. Change of the menu every month to include the royal cuisines of the Moghuls, delicacies of the Punjab and the coastal cuisines of Southern India.
3. Unique menu cards, which are decorated with rare prints of Indian royalty portrayed by Lala Deen Dayal
, intended as collectibles.
The Mercury Award is an international award conferred by the International Travel Catering Association
International Travel Catering Association
The International Travel Catering Association, formerly the In Flight Catering Association is a trade association for travel catering. They provide educational services, competitive awards and publish a regular magazine Onboard Hospitality.The ITCA endows a chair in Production and Operations...
(formerly known as the International Flight Catering Association) for setting high standards in in-flight catering.
Air India's wins
Air IndiaAir India
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is part of the government of India owned Air India Limited . The airline operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Its corporate office is located at the Air India Building at Nariman...
has won a number of awards from this organisation, the latest being the bronze award (Category 2) in 2003 for finest in-flight cuisine (based on London Heathrow Airport, 1st and executive classes).
The year 2003 award was conferred for the following reasons:
(based on London Heathrow airport)
1. Air India is the first known airline to serve on-board, on a daily basis, fresh meals from a speciality restaurant. (from Veeraswamy
Veeraswamy
Veeraswamy is an Indian restaurant in London, located at 99-101 Regent Street. It was opened in 1926 by Edward Palmer, the great-grandson of an English soldier and an Indian princess, and is the oldest surviving Indian restaurant in the United Kingdom...
, the oldest Indian restaurant in the UK)
2. Change of the menu every month to include the royal cuisines of the Moghuls, delicacies of the Punjab and the coastal cuisines of Southern India.
3. Unique menu cards, which are decorated with rare prints of Indian royalty portrayed by Lala Deen Dayal
Lala Deen Dayal
Lala Deen Dayal was an Indian photographer. His photography career began in the mid-1870s as a commissioned photographer, eventually he set up studios in Indore, Mumbai and Hyderbad; he became the court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI, who awarded him...
, intended as collectibles.