Welcome

Bordering 5 countries, Ethiopia is the largest country in the region, rich and harbours with a wealth of cultures and traditions going back thousands of years.

This beautiful country has a tradition of travellers, lending hospitality to those who plied the trails and fabled Blue Nile, which journeys to the sea from the serenity of Lake T’ana.

Addis Ababa, the central point in Ethiopia continuing the travellers legacy with the newly built International Airport. Addis International Catering is a facility centred in excellence, equipped to the highest international standards, offering world class cuisine, state of the art production methods, highest standards of HACCP, and with the strictest Security control.

In June 2008 Addis International Catering opened its state of the art Inflight kitchen. The unit is 54,000 sq ft, built to the highest standards.

See in the NEWS section latest information on the unit.

Facilities

The kitchen will facilitate:

• Inhouse laboratory
• Inhouse bakery
• Inhouse butcher
• Water treatment plant
• Conference facilities
• 24 hour security coverage
• Hot Kitchen
• Cold Kitchen
• Bonded warehouse

Management

Deputy General Manager
Mr. Hamish Ledingham
Phone: +251 116 620079
Mobile: +251 911508539
email: h.ledingham@addiscatering.com.et

Assistant Deputy General Manager
Ms. Makeda Yohannes
Phone: +251 116 620078
Mobile: +251 911508538
email: m.yohannes@addiscatering.com.et

Senior Manager Operations
Mr. Kamal Amarasinghe
Phone: +251 116 610661
Mobile: +251 911508584
email: k.amarasinghe@addiscatering.com.et

Senior Manager Finance
Mr. Alastair Smith MBA
Phone: +251 116 610282
Mobile: +251 911508558
email: a.smith@addiscatering.com.et

Executive Chef
Mr. Willy Riesen
Phone: +251 116 620311
Mobile: +251 911 508584
email: w.riesen@addiscatering.com.et

Purchasing & Stores Manager
Mr Gamini Salgado
Phone: +251 116 620236
Mobile: +251 911 508557
email: g.salgado@addiscatering.com.et

I.T. Administrator
Mr Jerome Tonta
Phone: +251 116 620390
Mobile: +251 911508586
email: j.tonta@addiscatering.com.et

Senior Accountant
Mr. Arif Ahmed
Phone: +251 116 610315
Mobile: +251 911005718
email: arif.ahmed@addiscatering.com.et

Hygiene & QA Manager
Mr. Aschalew Wondie
Phone: +251 116 610596
Mobile: +251 912 204004
email: a.wondie@addiscatering.com.et

Secretary - Main Office
ADDIS INTERNATIONAL CATERING
Phone: +251 116 620072
email: aic.sec@addiscatering.com.et

Executive Sous Chef
Mr. Ranasinghe Bandara
Phone: +251 116 620072
Mobile: +251 911509626
email: r.bandara@addiscatering.com.et

Executive Pastry Chef
Mr. Arturo Ramilo
Phone: +251 116 620072
Mobile: +251 911508585
email: a.ramilo@addiscatering.com.et

News

ADDIS CATERING - CATERS TO AFRICA'S LEADERS
At the recent Heads of State meetings held in Addis Ababa, ADDIS INTERNATIONAL CATERING was pleased and honored to entertain the First Ladies of the visiting leaders to a lunch at the facility. The menu was of the highest standards and showed the skills and quality acheivable by the catering. There was excellent feedback and the lunch greatly impressed the visitors. In addition to the lunch, Addis Catering provided catering to the VIP flights as the meetings concluded and the leaders returned to their countries. This was a very busy period and thanks to the excellent resources - including 9 brand new high-loaders, Addis Catering was able to meet the full demands satisfactorily.

ADDIS CATERING WELCOMES KLM AS ITS LAUNCH CUSTOMER.

October 28th 2008 was an historic moment in for Addis International Catering as it uplifted its first commercial flight to KLM.
The nonstop flight ADD-AMS was delivered without incident and KLM's own Cees van der Lelie was on hand to oversee the process which was supervised by Addis Catering's Operations Manager Kamal Amrasinghe.

Mr van der Lelie was delighted with the quality and service and Addis International Catering is proud to have KLM as its launch customer. DGM Mr Hamish Ledingham commented on the great efforts made by all the team in achieving this success in a very challenging environment.

AIRCRAFT INTERIORS EXPO - HAMBURG
A delegation from Addis International Catering will be attending this event held March 30 - April 1st.