British Airways creates the First Class hamburger

100% British Beef is the nature of the new BA First Class burger

British Airways is now offering a new hamburger to all its First Class passengers.

This is not just any gourmet hamburger. The British Airways burger is elevated to 100% British Beef and Monterey Jack Cheese.

BA's high-flying hamburger will appear on the first class menu of British Airways' long-haul international flights from June.

BA says the recipe has been honed by its chefs over the past ten months and uses three different cuts of British beef (onglet, chuck & cheek) to ensure full flavour even at 35,000 feet. This is where your ability to taste reduces by 30 per cent.

Ingredients in BAs Flying Burger include:

• 100% British Beef – three cuts of British beef to create a succulent juicy burger that keeps moisture even at altitude

• Monterey Jack Cheese – a semi-hard cheese, particularly favoured by American travellers

• Gherkins – also known as ‘pickles’, these are most popular with customers from Poland and Germany

• Tomato Relish – using tomatoes, raisins and paprika, the smoky relish is popular with British, American and Canadian palates

• Brioche Bap – a sweetened pastry especially popular with French and Italian flyers.

It is all served with a side of triple cooked chips and choice of relishes.

British Airways chef Mark Tazzioli says ' Burgers are experiencing a renaissance right now, with pop up burger bars and food trucks opening in all the major cities. Therefore it is only right that BA offers the type of comfort food which many passengers enjoy. '

'It has taken months of trials to ensure we get the perfect texture and succulence, not just for the British palate, but for the hundreds of other nationalities that fly with us. As taste buds are affected at altitude, we have created an original patty, which has proven extremely popular in taste-tests. '

BA will also offer a Grounded Burger in the First Class and Concorde lounges at JFK and LHR, featuring a different recipe for pre-flight dining.