Chefology is a Nashville performance chef team that caters private and charter flights out of Nashville International Airport (BNA). Performance Chef Jesse Brown and our kitchen in Nashville build full team travel menus for professional sports teams, private jet charters and corporate groups: hot entrées packed in foil aircraft pans, cold power bowls, boarding sandwiches, appetizer trays, labeled special meals and the drinks to go with them. We deliver airside to the ramp, timed to departure.
A performance chef behind every flight
Jesse Brown has cooked as a performance chef for more than ten years. Feeding elite athletes is what he has always done, and it shapes how every Chefology flight menu is built. Pro athletes travel on tight schedules, and the meal on the plane is often the one that has to carry them to the next practice or game. Jesse plans each menu around the team: a lean protein main, a second main for variety, a cold bowl for players who would rather eat light, and options for every dietary request on the roster.
When a professional team flies out of Nashville, the menu comes from the same kitchen that feeds athletes across Middle Tennessee every week. Real food, made by real chefs, cooked for the people who depend on it to perform.
Made for the galley, built to stay moist at 35,000 feet
Food that tastes great in a restaurant can come out of an aircraft oven dry and tired. Jesse cooks flight menus with the galley in mind:
- Hot entrées are cooked, chilled fast and packed in foil aircraft pans so flight attendants can heat them in the galley oven and serve them the way the kitchen intended.
- Proteins go out with their pan juices, like citrus-herb grilled chicken breast with light pan juices, so they reheat moist instead of drying out.
- Dressings and vinaigrettes ride on the side in portion cups, so salads and power bowls stay crisp until someone is ready to eat.
- Grains and vegetables are chosen to hold: jasmine and cilantro-lime rice, roasted baby red potatoes, haricots verts and roasted Brussels sprouts travel and reheat well.
What a team travel order looks like
Here is a recent pre-flight lunch Jesse built for a professional team's midday departure from BNA:
- Hot appetizers: chicken and apple meatballs with fresh sage and maple glaze, and baked sweet potato and black bean taquitos with charred salsa verde.
- Hot mains in aircraft pans: citrus-glazed chicken breast with cilantro lime rice and haricots verts, and marinated grilled flank steak with herb-roasted baby red potatoes and roasted Brussels sprouts.
- Cold power bowls: chilled lemon-dill salmon with jasmine rice, charred sugar snap peas, cucumber and blistered grape tomatoes.
- Vegetarian salad bowls: southwest black bean and roasted corn salad with chili-lime vinaigrette.
- Galley protein: pre-sliced seasoned chicken breast in foil pans.
- Labeled player meals: individual mains made to each athlete's dietary needs, labeled by name.
- Boarding sandwiches: herb-roasted chicken on gluten-free, dairy-free bread, and shaved roast beef and Swiss on ciabatta, each wrapped.
- Dessert: Performance Chef Jesse's chocolate chip cookies, individually wrapped.
Drink and snack concierge
One order covers the food and the cooler. We source the drinks a traveling party asks for and deliver them with the meals, so no one on the crew makes a store run: Gatorade, Gatorade Zero, Gatorade Water, Propel and LMNT, Smartwater, Fiji and Core, Naked Juice and Tropicana, Celsius, Alani Nu and Bloom, canned coffee from Starbucks, Black Rifle and La Colombe, and Coke and Pepsi products. Local Nashville items? Just ask.
Serving Nashville airports and private terminals
Chefology delivers to Nashville International Airport (BNA) and its private aviation terminals, and we are building service to the other airports around Middle Tennessee, including John C. Tune Airport (JWN), Smyrna Airport (MQY) and Murfreesboro Municipal Airport (MBT). Our kitchen is in Nashville, and we work across Franklin, Brentwood and Williamson County every day. As Chefology grows into new cities, the same performance chef standards travel with us.
Download the private aviation catering one-sheet
Open the Chefology private aviation catering one-sheet (PDF). Share it with your flight department, FBO or team operations staff. It covers what we deliver, how we work with crews and the full drink list.
Frequently asked questions
Does Chefology cater private jet and charter flights in Nashville?
Yes. Chefology caters private, charter and team flights departing Nashville International Airport (BNA), with airside delivery to the ramp timed to your departure.
Who cooks the food?
Performance Chef Jesse Brown and the Chefology kitchen team in Nashville. Jesse has cooked for elite and professional athletes for more than ten years.
Can you handle dietary requests?
Yes. Gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free and vegetarian meals are planned into the menu, and any passenger with a special meal gets it labeled by name.
How far ahead do we need to order?
Please order 7 days before departure.
How is pricing set?
Every group comes with a budget. Send us the date, headcount and budget, and we build the food and drink order to hit it.
Can you help with food that flew in with the team?
Yes. We can pick up food that arrived on the aircraft, reheat it in our kitchen and redeliver it.
Plan your next flight
Have a team or charter flying out of Nashville? Send the date, headcount and budget, and we will send back a menu. Call 615-522-6000 or email leadership@chefology.com.