Chef Lineup for Celebrity Cruises

In 2011, Celebrity will present a total of 12 guest chef theme cruises on its award-winning Solstice Class ships with food-and-wine themed activities emphasizing the love of fine food and wine.

Activities may include a meet-and-greet cocktail reception, guest chef-led cooking demonstrations highlighting techniques and ingredients, book signings, and a “Star Chefs” cook-off featuring an interactive cooking competition, complete with a special recipe booklet featuring the guest chef’s creations. For a fee, guests also can participate in hands-on cooking classes led by the guest chef in the ship’s galley, or enjoy an exclusive food-and-wine-pairing dinner designed and presented by the guest chef in either Murano or Tuscan Grille, two of the five specialty restaurants onboard.

Guest chefs include celebrity Chef Sara Moulton; Chef Dean James Max of 3030 Ocean in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and five other restaurants; Chef Timon Balloo of Sugarcane in Miami; Chef Govind Armstrong of 8 Oz. Burger Bar in Louisiana, Los Angeles, and Miami’s South Beach;
Chef John Suley of Gotham Steak at Miami’s Fontainebleau Resort; Chef Angel Palacios of La Broche in Madrid, Spain; and Chef Jordi Valles of The Ritz-Carlton in Cancun, Mexico.

Rates for the remaining 2011 Savor Your Destination guest chef theme cruises start at $699 per person.

More information is available at www.celebritycruises.com. and for the latest in cruise food news from all the cruise lines take a look at Prow's Edge Cruise Magazine Food News