A view of the Space Perspective craft set to carry diners.
Rasmus Munk, famous for his immersive approach at Copenhagen’s Alchemist, has teamed up with SpaceVIP, a luxury space travel group, and Space Perspective, described as a carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company, to offer ‘stratospheric dining’ on a six-hour flight taking off from Florida, US, in 2025.
Only one table for six people is available, however, ‘starting at the price of $495,000 per ticket’, said the partners.
Guests will ascend to 100,000 feet above sea level aboard Space Perspective’s Spaceship Neptune craft, which features a capsule lifted by a ‘SpaceBalloon’, not a rocket.
An example trajectory of the journey. Photo credit: Courtesy of Alchemist, SpaceVIP and Space Perspective.
Dressed in made-to-measure outfits from fashion house Ogier, guests will then enjoy ‘the meal of a lifetime’ above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, dining ‘as they watch the sunrise over the Earth’s curvature’, the partners said.
Alchemist has an award-winning wine list, and a restaurant spokesperson said that wine and other beverages will be offered to diners during the journey.
‘The cabin is pressurised, so it’s basically like drinking wine on an airplane,’ the spokesperson added.
Room is tight onboard, so several food components will be prepared in advance, just before take-off. Chef Munk will then have a ‘mini-kitchen’ on the craft itself; there will be no open flame, but this will be used to heat, finish and garnish the dishes
