Air Chef, launched just two years ago, is bidding to become the premier business aviation caterer in the U.S., and it is making plans to expand abroad as well. The company, headquartered in the Columbus, Ohio suburb of Worthington, was the brainchild of president Paul Schweitzer and CEO Scott Liston, who created the business plan and raised the outside capital.
Air Chef now has kitchens serving more than 60 airports and 50 FBOs nationwide, and it is continuing its ambitious expansion plans. Since June Air Chef has opened two kitchens in the Chicago area, one serving Midway Airport and another for O’Hare International, “dividing the area into southern and northern service areas for other Chicago airports,” said Liston. Additionally, it has opened a facility in West Palm Beach to serve southeast Florida airports, and started another at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport to serve the entire New York City metro area as far as Farmington, Long Island.
