United adds 30 new chef-created dishes to Polaris business-class menus

United has announced the next menu rotation from its collaboration with Chef's Table, the brand behind the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series. The new menus feature 30 dishes, including salads, appetizers and entrees, from 11 chefs across ten cities. They are meant to give United Polaris international business class customers more chef-created options inspired by the airline's hub cities and key international gateways.

According to United, more than 60,000 customers have enjoyed the meals since the first rotation launched on August 1, with satisfaction scores nearly 20 points higher than for other preordered meals. The new menus draw on seven U.S. hub cities, plus London, São Paulo and Tokyo. Chefs include Nancy Silverton for Los Angeles, David Barzelay for San Francisco, Tomos Parry for London, Manu Buffara for São Paulo and Tashi Gyamtso for Tokyo.

Each chef's meal is offered on flights serving lunch or dinner that depart from the city that inspired the recipes. Polaris customers can pre-order the meals on United.com or in the United mobile app, starting five days before departure and up to 24 hours prior.

The new menus will be served onboard from November 1 until December 31, and the program will keep rotating seasonally into 2027. United also offers exclusive Chef's Table content on seatback screens, including select episodes of the Chef's Table: Talks podcast. The airline says it invested more than $150M in 2025 to improve its food and beverage offerings onboard and in its Clubs.