Estonian Air welcomes you in Sky Restaurant!
Estonian Air Sky Restaurant started on 1 September 2011. In May our Premium class passengers will be served food that is made by using the recipes of restaurant Egoist’s Chef de Cuisine Heidi Pinnak.
Welcome to Sky Restaurant
Estonian Air Sky Restaurant is part of Estonian Air renewal. Our goal is to introduce our customers the high level of Estonian restaurants and make it in an extraordinary way – on board of Estonian Air aircraft. We want to turn a flight into a memorable event by offering tasteful food and turning in-flight catering service into a sky restaurant experience.
Restaurant Egoist has prepared menu that will be on board in May. This menu consists of twelve different meals, but the serving of the meal depends on the length of the flight.
Once a month restaurant Chef de Cuisine will be personally on board. On 14 May a very special gourmet flight will take place from Tallinn to London and backwards. Meals will be prepared in restaurant Egoist and Heidi Pinnak personally will serve and talk about the food and its concept.
Restaurant Egoist
Dimitri Demjanov and his restaurant Egoist are well known in Estonia and abroad, yet few have actually visited. Since its founding at the end of 1990s, it has held an image of high-class luxury and attention to detail fit for the most special occasions. Egoist has made it to the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants and this makes it the first restaurant in the Baltic area ever mentioned in that list.
Egoist has grown to fill a lovely 14th century Baron Girard de Soucanton's house in the middle of Tallinn Old Town, just a short walk away from the bustling town square. Thick walls isolate the outside noise and private dining rooms invite you to relax and enjoy. Time seems to move in a much slower pace once you step inside and look around.
Once home for a famous explorer and merchant with love for everything French, the tradition is proudly being carried on by Demjanov and his team of top culinary talents. The menu focuses on classic French dishes with top quality Estonian ingredients honoured by traditional methods. Instead of modern minimalism, the interior reminds of famous Parisian bistros with golden chandelier light bathing the old, solid furniture in warm glow.
The chef Heidy Pinnak has achieved a lot in a short time. Her skilful combination of Nordic and French culinary traditions earned her in March a place in the 2013 finals of the famous Bocuse d'Or World Cooking Contest, an extremely important event in the world of professional cooking. Only a handful of female chefs have ever competed there and Heidy managed to beat the teams from Spain, Italy and Luxembourg among others, to become 11th in Europe.
Bocuse d'Or is often called the Olympics of culinary art, taking even the best chefs away from their restaurants for a year to train and prepare. Governments get involved, crowds of fans wave their national flags in the audience and cheer as giant, fabulous, Louis XIV style competition dishes are presented to the jury. The Egoist team included even a professional graphic designer and a smith to create the decorations on the spot. Thee competition was hard, even tougher than we had imagined,“ says Heidy Pinnak. „We succeeded thanks to our amazing team and we certainly hope to perform more miracles at the finals in Lyon, France.“
Video about Bocuse d'Ori can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kcQF5NTKzs
Meanwhile you're invited to Egoist for an experience built on decades of work and imagination, by a team passionate to deliver the very best. French style long dinners and relaxed hospitality in the fast and furious 21st century are truly unique. Enjoy!
Restaurant Egoist is located in Tallinn, Vene 33. Read more at www.egoist.ee
A good reason to buy Premium Class ticket