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The Flight Kitchen
Workplace · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A new chef in an airline's flight kitchen and the veteran sous-chef who has packed ten thousand trays have a long night, a missing consignment of dates and a stubborn oven. A fast, fragrant two-part workplace romance.
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- #catering
- #dubai
- #workplace
About this story
“The Flight Kitchen” is a Workplace story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 4 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Four Hundred Trays. Amira starts at an airline flight kitchen near Dubai. Tomas, the sous-chef, hands her an apron and a clipboard and says four hundred trays leave at dawn.
- Part 2: Last Plane. The last trolley rolls out at dawn and the kitchen falls quiet. On the loading bay with coffee, as the first plane lifts, the chefs stop counting trays.
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