United Airlines and Culinary Institute of America announce exclusive and unique catering partnership.ASPEN, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1996--United Airlines announced today that it has teamed up with the country's largest and most influential cooking school A cooking school or culinary school is an institution devoted to education in the art and science of food preparation. It also awards degrees which indicate that a student has undergone a particular curriculum and therefore displays a certain level of competency. , the Culinary Institute of America (CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). ), to bring the finest in dining to First and Connoisseur Class customers on United's coast-to-coast flights, and to assist the airline in special training for its flight attendants and caterers. Under terms of the culinary partnership, United Airlines executive chefs and caterers will work with the CIA's Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). Department to create meals for air travelers that combine the CIA's and United's standards for quality, innovation and worldwide culinary scope. "We are looking to take world-class dining to a whole new level -- 35,000 feet," says Larry De Shon, United Airlines director-onboard service-North America. "Throughout its long history, the Culinary Institute of America has been a leading force in educating the world's best chefs, and United now is tapping into this expertise to support our flight kitchens with meal preparation and our flight attendants with meal presentation." "The CIA welcomes the opportunity to work with United Airlines in meeting the unique challenges of airline catering," says William Reynolds William Reynolds may refer to:
In addition, as part of the agreement, United plans to link its onboard menus with menu items served at the CIA's five public restaurants: the Wine Spectator Wine Spectator is a lifestyle magazine that focuses on wine. Founded as a newsprint tabloid by Bob Morrisey in 1976, it was purchased three years later by publisher Marvin R. Shanken. In 2005, paid circulation was over 382,000 and the magazine reached an estimated 2. Greystone Restaurant in St. Helena, Calif.; and The American Bounty Restaurant, The Escoffier Restaurant, The Caterina de Medici Medici, Italian family Medici (mĕ`dĭchē, Ital. mā`dēchē), Italian family that directed the destinies of Florence from the 15th cent. until 1737. Dining Room, and St. Andrew's Cafe in Hyde Park Hyde Park, park, London, England Hyde Park, 615 acres (249 hectares) in Westminster borough, London, England. Once the manor of Hyde, a part of the old Westminster Abbey property, it became a deer park under Henry VIII. , NY. With service to 30 countries and 3 territories on five continents, United Airlines provides one of the most extensive inflight Catering Services in the world. Each day, United serves more than 200,000 meals to air travelers on 2,200 flights across the globe. In addition, United offers healthy and nutritional special meal selections that have earned the Heart Smart stamp of approval, and enjoys an exclusive arrangement to serve Starbucks coffee on all flights in all classes of service. Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is an independent, not-for-profit college which offers associate and bachelor's degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts. Continuing education courses for food service professionals are offered at the college's main campus in Hyde Park, NY, and at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, California is a branch campus of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone is dedicated to continuing education and career development for , located in St. Helena, Calif. United Airlines internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is http://www.ual.com The CIA's internet address is http://www.ciachef.edu/cia.html NOTE: There should be two forward slashes between "http:" and "www" in the World Wide Web addresses listed in this release. These symbols may not print properly on some computer systems. CONTACT: United Airlines, Chicago Tony Molinaro, 847/700-4971 Night/Weekend 847/700-4088 |
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