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Holland America’s Culinary Arts Programs at Sea
 The
Culinary Arts Center program is a groundbreaking program
that integrates guests' love for fine food and wine
with a unique and entertaining experience. From wine-country
cuisine to the re-invented wholesome fare of early American
taverns to Southern-influenced prime seafood, Holland
America Line opens its on-board kitchens to over 70
guest chefs from around the country throughout its 2009
cruise season.
Holland
America Line launched its innovative culinary program
in 2005 with the installation of state-of-the-art Culinary
Arts Centers aboard each of its 13 premium cruise ships
offering culinary demonstrations, tastings and hands-on
cooking classes aboard every sailing. The line then
took the concept further by providing guests on select
Holland America Line cruises an opportunity to experience
demonstrations and seminars conducted by guest culinary
experts Holland
America Line showcases its own culinary stars during
each of more than 500 annual cruises where one can sample
fine wines from around the world or learn to make a
new gourmet dish in a hands-on cooking class taught
by their own Master Chefs or Culinary Guests. Plus,
with the release of the premium line's new cookbook,
A Taste of Excellence, guests can learn preparation
techniques for some of Holland America's most delectable
dishes and lavish libations as part of the Culinary
Arts Center experience. A
state-of-the-art "show kitchen at sea," the
Culinary Arts Centers resemble the elaborate show kitchens
used by celebrity chefs on television cooking programs.
Each facility features a theater-style venue, with two
large video screens to display overhead and close-up
video views of food preparation, and a large cooking
display counter where guests can learn from the masters.
Culinary demonstrations also are filmed and aired on
in-stateroom televisions. Holland America Line invested
more than $13 million to create and install the Culinary
Arts Center facilities on each of its ships as part
of a $225 million Signature of Excellence initiative.
 The
Culinary Arts Center also features: An
innovative theatre-style venue with a state-of-the-art
demonstration kitchen Multiple
large plasma video screens so you don't miss the fine
details (or you can watch the broadcast from the comfort
of your own stateroom) Cooking
demonstrations and hands-on cooking classes by our own
award-winning chefs and their culinary staff Wine
and cheese experts hosting special wine tastings and
food pairing seminars Special
guest chefs, wine experts and leading cookbook author
Culinary
Demonstrations: One-hour complimentary culinary
demonstrations are scheduled on all cruises. On-board
chefs lead a variety of events. Demos take place
a minimum of two times on a seven day cruise. Longer
voyages add additional demos. Culinary
Cooking Classes: Private cooking classes with the
ship’s chef are offered at a minimal charge of
$29 per person. Maximum of 12 people per class. A
minimum of two classes will be offered on a 7-day cruise. More
on longer sailings. More sessions will be added
as demand dictates.
Holland
America Exclusive Guest Chef/Culinary Arts Experts Series
About
Holland America Line
For
the ninth year in a row, Holland America Line has been
voted "best overall cruise value" by the World
Ocean and Cruise Liner Society, the experienced travelers
who know cruising best. Service, ambience, cuisine,
personal attention - only Holland America offers you
such consistent quality and more "five-star"
ships than any other major cruise line. Spacious
and Intimate floating resorts. Holland America ships
are fabulous destinations in themselves, offering everything
you would expect in a great resort on land, and more.
Delicious
Adventures. Master chef, world-renowned Reiner Greubel,
a member of the prestigious society Confrerie de la
Chaine des Rotisseurs, leads the award-winning culinary
staff in the creation of exciting new dining options.
Lovingly prepared, exquisitely presented. Activities
from Dawn to Dusk. Life on board your Holland America
ship is always exciting, because there's always something
happening. Join in a myriad of planned activities, or
enjoy quiet time in superb surroundings. Worldwide
Cruising. Holland America Line offers a five-star
resort in 253 ports and scenic cruising areas throughout
the world: Alaska, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii,
Panama Canal, Orient, South America, South Pacific,
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SevenSeas Featured Wine and Food Festival Voyage on
Crystal Cruises
Crystal
Cruises' A Taste Of The MED- 12-Day Sailing on the Crystal
Symphony
Enjoy cooking demonstrations by our
celebrity guest chefs, specially prepared four-course
dinners featuring the chef's unique dishes, and complimentary
wine tastings led by our master sommeliers and guest
wine experts.June 7, 2009 - Rome To London (Voyage 9213)
View
more Crystal Cruises Wine & Food Festival sailings  About
Crystal Cruises
Imagine
that a floating luxury resort, filled with everything
you ever could desire, is waiting to carry you on the
journey of your dreams. Crystal Cruises takes pride
in navigating that magical highway of the sea, transporting
you to the best the world has to offer.
Your
days and nights on a Crystal cruise are effortless and
carefree. You will revel in a wealth of time, a luxurious
sense of leisure and ease; your hours are your own,
to spend as you see fit. Released from the pressure
of schedules and routines, you are free to play, to
rest, to mingle and relax - to allow for the luxury
of serendipity. Like the open sea, each day is limitless.
You can chart a course, then change it at your whim.
Let possibility fill the sails of your imagination and
see what magic might appear.
Crystal Cruises
gives you space to stretch out and explore. They have
broad, sunny decks to stroll and inviting corners to
settle into. There are cozy nooks where you can be alone.
You can join a spellbound audience at an exciting Broadway-style
show or get together with a few new friends over a frothy
cappuccino. Your stateroom is a comforting place to
call your own, where you can snuggle in and dream.
With skilled and practiced sleight-of-hand, their
chefs prepare the finest cuisine from around the world.
Their guests may begin a cruise alone, but within days
they find themselves greeting new-found friends. There
is a spirit of cheerfulness and good humor to be found
wherever you are on the ship. Guests say that is the
real magic of a Crystal cruise. There is no mystery
to it; its simply their commitment to heartfelt service
that lets them create an atmosphere of enchantment,
every day.
Please
call 1-800-951-5581
for reservations.
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Oceania Launches "Epicurean Immersions" in
Europe.
Oceania Cruises launched a series of
specialty food and wine-focused shore excursions called
Epicurean Immersions. Produced in conjunction with culinary
experts at Food & Wine Trails of Sonoma, Calif.,
these tours offer in-depth looks at local food and wine
legacies.
Each tour showcases culinary treats
at estates, centuries-old wineries and traditional restaurants;
many are not open to the general public or only known
by the most seasoned of travelers. Many of the tours
include meals at wineries or private homes.
Culinary tours are offered in Italy, Greece and the
south of France in virtually all 2009 western Mediterranean
voyages. A variety of half- and full-day tours are available
in Venice, Florence, La Spezia, and Sorrento, Italy;
Corfu and Santorini, Greece; and Provence, France. Participation
is typically limited to 25 or 30 guests. Each
tour is led by wine experts, cookbook authors, and food
and wine academe such as Judy Francini, Pamela Sheldon,
Judy Witts, and Padraig Fournier. Call SevenSeas Travel
today for more details about these exclusive food and
wine shore excursion offerings from Oceania Cruises.
About
Oceania Cruises
In each and every destination
we call upon, our goal is to provide you with the most
rewarding, enriching destination experience possible.
Oceania Cruises is the world’s only upper-premium
cruise line and offers a unique combination of the finest
cuisine at sea, luxurious accommodations, exceptional
personalized service and extraordinary value.
As
the leader in destination cruising, Oceania Cruises
sails to more than 180 ports in Europe, China and the
Far East, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Central
America and the Caribbean. Featuring three intimate
and elegant mid-sized ships, Regatta, Insignia and Nautica,
the line will introduce two new mid-size Oceania-Class
ships to its award-winning fleet in 2010 and 2011. For
the fourth year in a row, in a testament to the exceptional
quality and outstanding value that Oceania Cruises provides
its guests, the savvy and sophisticated readers of Travel
+ Leisure Magazine and Condé Nast Traveler have ranked
Oceania Cruises as one of the world’s finest cruise
lines.
Oceania - The Finest Cuisine at Sea
- You will enjoy the flexibility of four open seating
restaurants; you dine when, where and with whom you
choose. Our 5 Star menus are crafted under the meticulously
watchful eye of renowned master chef Jacques Pépin,
our Executive Culinary Director. Host of numerous public
television series, he is one of America's best known
chefs, food columnists and cook book authors. He has
also served as the personal chef to no less than three
French heads of state, including Charles de Gaulle. 
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