I don't think the Top Brass have been taking the core menu options at meal times!
Looking at the costs for MOD Top Brass dinners over the past 2 years, and linking it in to the other story about Pax going up to 1K, the total spent on food would provide almost 10,000 service personnel with life insurance in the event of Pax putting their rates up.
That would be almost every one currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan covered in the event of the worst happening. But I guess dinner with Grauniad columnists is more important.