'Wake Up Air India': Celebrity Chef Sanjeev Kapoor Calls Out Airline For Scant In-Flight Meal

Flights are rarely a five-star experience, but the least a passenger could hope for is warm food. However, it appears that this may not be as simple as we think.

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor Criticises Air India's In-Flight Meal In A Viral Tweet

Twitter/@SanjeevKapoor

Recently, celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor was on his way to Mumbai from Nagpur on an Air India flight when things went south. During the flight, the iconic chef was served food that was apparently not masterchef-level cuisine. Kapoor took to Twitter to call out the airline and lodge his complaint.

In his tweet, he wrote, "Wake Up @airindiain." Kapoor then added a detailed description of the food he was served on the flight: "Cold Chicken Tikka with watermelon, cucumber, tomato & sev. Sandwich with minuscule filling of chopped cabbage with mayo. Sugar syrup Sponge painted with sweetened cream & yellow glaze."

The celebrity chef was visibly dissatisfied with the scant meal he was served while en route to Mumbai. Kapoor slammed the airline and added in another tweet, ¡°Really !!! Is this what Indians should eat for breakfast??¡±

Wake Up @airindiain.

Nagpur-Mumbai 0740 flight.

Cold Chicken Tikka with watermelon, cucumber, tomato & sev

Sandwich with minuscule filling of chopped cabbage with mayo

Sugar syrup Sponge painted with sweetened cream & yellow glaze. pic.twitter.com/2RZIWY9lhO

¡ª Sanjeev Kapoor (@SanjeevKapoor) February 27, 2023

Indian Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee Also Spoke Out Against The Airline

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Seeing as the celebrity chef was served such a skimpy meal, it is safe to say that the commoners can expect worse. Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee also chimed in and reprimanded the airline, ¡°What are you doing guys? Not to forget you¡¯re representing India. Enough damage happened lately. Wake up.¡±

@airindiain what are you doing guys ? Not to forget you¡¯re representing India. Enough damage happened lately. Wake up.

¡ª Devoleena Bhattacharjee (@Devoleena_23) February 27, 2023

Many others online took this chance and shared their own experiences on the airline in the thread, quickly picking up steam on the micro-blogging site. One user wrote, ¡°A year back I was travelling from Mumbai to Calicut. I dosed off, they did not serve me anything. When asked they said they don¡¯t have anything left. Gave them an earful. Shameless cabin crew stood their smiling from ear to ear. After that I promised will never enter air India.¡±

a year back I was travelling from Mumbai to Calicut. I dosed off, they did not serve me anything. When asked they said they don¡¯t have anything left. Gave them an earful. Shameless cabin crew stood their smiling from ear to ear. After that I promised will never enter air India.

¡ª Jose Kottanani (@josekottanani) February 28, 2023

Another user thought the chef got the longer end of the stick, ¡°Oh you got much better deal. They served that for domestic travel. See what they served in JFK DEL flight. First one is rotten fish. Second one Biriyani with Dal. Don¡¯t know to which culinary school that great cook went. And they give canned response and nothing will change.¡±

Oh you got much better deal. They served that for domestic travel. See what they served in JFK DEL flight. First one is rotten fish. Second one Biriyani with Dal. Don¡¯t know to which culinary school that great cook went. And they give canned response and nothing will change pic.twitter.com/nKFwf9WEgJ

¡ª Tom Hagen (@TomHagen76528) February 27, 2023

A third shared their experience when they got served cold food on a domestic flight, "I got served cold sandwiches on bangalore mumbai flight today that was not even served in a plate, n best part after landing flight was held for 20mins as no ground bus to carry passengers to terminals @airindiain what an experience."

I got served cold sandwiches on bangalore mumbai flight today that was not even served in a plate, n best part after landing flight was held for 20mins as no ground bus to carry passengers to terminals @airindiain what an experience

¡ª Aski De Casta (@Aski_de_casta) February 27, 2023

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