Carney and team’s $160K in-flight menu includes chicken chasseur, Chilean sea bass and ‘death by chocolate’: CTF

A menu obtained by Canadian Taxpayers Federation shows Carney and other passengers dined on stuffed chicken, Chilean sea bass and tiramisu. Photo by Canadian Taxpayers Federation/HYUNGCHEOL PARK/Postmedia

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Prime Minister Mark Carney spent almost $160,000 on airplane food during a single trip last November, according to documents seen by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

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The advocacy group reports that the PM and his “entourage” dined on chicken chasseur (French chicken stew), Chilean sea bass and “death by chocolate” dessert during a single trip last year, spending a total of $159,800 on meals.

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Other information in the records from the trip shows that $90 was spent on orange juice, $45 on apple juice, $30 on whole fruit, $11 on hot sauce, and $176.25 on a case of 500ml bottles of water.

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This information comes from government records obtained by CTF that reveal the in-flight catering bill was racked up during one week-long trip to Athens, Abu Dhabi, Johannesburg and the Canary Islands in November 2025.

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Carney was accompanied by a 55-person entourage, meaning the food came in at a cost of $2,850 per passenger, according to CTF.

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Menus obtained by the CTF showed that other items served to passengers included breakfast options of sundried tomato and mozzarella omelette or French toast with cinnamon and berries, while main courses were beef tenderloin with pepper sauce, chicken supreme with morel sauce and potato gratin dauphinois, and slow roasted cod with tarragon cream sauce.

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For dessert, options included tiramisu, cheesecake and a parfait with two types of chocolate mousse and maraschino cherries.

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Dishes that Carney and his entourage dined on included chicken chasseur, Chilean sea bass and a “death by chocolate.” Photo by Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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Carney’s 55-person entourage meant the food for the trip came in at a cost of $2,850 per passenger. Photo by Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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“Carney spent more money on airplane food during one trip than the average family will spend on groceries in almost a decade,” Franco Terrazzano, CTF federal director, said in a press release on Wednesday.

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“Carney keeps promising to spend less, but if he isn’t willing to cut back on airplane food, then what will he spend less on?”

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The CTF cites a CTV report from December 2025 that estimated that the average Canadian family of four will send $17,571.79 on food this year. That’s roughly $140,000 less than Carney spent on in-flight catering for the week-long November trip.

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And the high cost cannot be justified by the 55-person entourage, the CTF argues, because during a trip to Poland, Germany and Latvia in August 2025, Carney, along with 62 passengers, spent only $9,270 on airplane food, according to government records.

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Meanwhile, more government documents show that a 13-person trip led by the chief of defence staff in January 2025 spent just $2,348.76 on in-flight catering for a 12-day trip. The same document revealed that several day-long trips taken by members of the government, including Carney, didn’t bill taxpayers a single dollar for catering.

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“If other politicians and bureaucrats can travel without racking up these outrageous bills, then Carney can spend less while flying abroad,” Terrazzano said.