This page is dedicated to folks who love to cruise and truly appreciate fine dining and even participating in the culinary experience.
Two cruise lines offer a truly "hand-on" culinary center experience ... Oceania & Regent. Two of Oceania's ships have culinary centers onboard their Riviera & Marina and the brand new Regent Seven Seas Explorer has a state of the art teaching center.
To get started searching for the Oceania cruise of your choice, simply click on the logo at the left and start searching for cruises on the Marina or the Riviera, or just give a call ... foodie travel consultants are standing by to answer your call.
According to Smartertravel, Oceania was named the best cruise line for foodies by both Fodor's and Berlitz in 2015. In 2014, SmarterTravel’s sister site, Cruise Critic, called it a “best dining” editor’s pick, while USA Today listed the line’s Red Ginger among the best restaurants at sea. In 2013, Oceania won “best dining” in the cruise category of Condé Nast Traveler’s readers’ choice awards.
Such consistent acclaim should be expected from a luxury line, especially when that line’s culinary director is Jacques Pepin. Pepin himself joins along for two Oceania voyages, including one that goes from Venice to Lisbon, and another that goes Venice to Rome. During both of those itineraries, guests get treated to special menus, culinary lectures, cooking demos, and other goodies designed to keep gourmand hearts (and palates) happy.
Menus may appear to include the usual beef Wellington and Maine lobster, but in the hands of Regent Seven Seas chefs the results are some of the most outstanding meals at sea.
Specialty dining varies within the fleet, but Seven Seas Voyagerand Seven Seas Mariner, have the edge with the sophisticated Signatures, featuring the most authentic French cuisine to be found outside of Paris.
Prime 7, on all three ships, is a contemporary adaptation of the classic American steak house offering fresh, distinctive decor and an innovative menu of the finest prime-aged steak and chops, along with fresh seafood and poultry specialties. In addition, Mediterranean-influenced bistro dinners that need no reservations are served in Sette Mari at La Veranda, the venue that is the daytime casual Lido buffet restaurant.
According to Fodors ... The food alone is reason enough to book a Crystal cruise. Dining in the main restaurants is an event starring a Continental-inspired menu of dishes served by European-trained waiters. Off-menu item requests are honored when possible, and special dietary considerations are handled with ease.
Full-course vegetarian menus are among the best at sea. Themed to the region you are sailing, lavish luncheon buffets take place on deck on select days at sea. Casual poolside dining beneath the stars is offered on some evenings in a relaxed, no-reservations option. A variety of hot-and-cold hors d'oeuvres are served in bars and lounges every evening before dinner and again during the wee hours in The Bistro.
But the specialty restaurants really shine. Contemporary Asian cuisine is served in Silk Road and the Sushi Bar, featuring the signature dishes of Nobu Matsuhisa. Both ships also have Prego, which serves regional Italian cuisine by Piero Selvaggio, owner of Valentino in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Exclusive Wine & Champagne Makers dinners are hosted in the Vintage Room. On select evenings, casual poolside theme dinners are served under the stars.
Crystal has an extensive wine list, including its own proprietary label called C Wines, which are produced in California. Complimentary wines are poured with meals, as is common on other luxury cruise lines. You won't pay extra for any alcoholic beverages, bottled water, soft drinks, and specialty coffees; all are included in your basic fare.
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Aboard the 62-guest Crystal Esprit, the culinary concept centers around the local ingredients of the Seychelles and the Mediterranean coast. On another ship to come, the 84-guest Crystal Ravel, whose maiden voyage departed in August 2017, a weeklong itinerary called “Bordeaux, the Wine Region & Beyond” headed into the heart of France’s wine region, including a visit to Arachon, a seaside town famous for its oysters.
Culinary and Wine Voyages
Innovative menus crafted by world-renowned chefs. Private tastings in the most distinguished wine regions of the planet. An interactive, onboard gastronomic experience presented by Relais & Châteaux®. Silversea’s food and wine cruises deliver the world’s most delectable flavours directly to you.
Fully indulge in the cuisine of your voyage’s destinations. Entice your appetite while observing chef demonstrations and savouring a grand gourmet dinner aboard our Culinary Arts Voyages. Relish onboard vintner lectures, intimate tastings, and pairings of red and white varietals with both lunch and dinner on a Wine Series Voyage. And for those craving to refine their culinary talents, the L'École des Chefs cooking school serves up a broad curriculum of tantalising events, designed exclusively for Silversea cruises by Relais & Châteaux.
WINE SERIES VOYAGES 
Enjoy lectures, tastings and optional private tours to renowned vineyards & world-class wineries — a famous château in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, for example, or a winery in the Barossa Valley in Australia. On board, you'll enjoy an extensive selection of fine red & white wine pairings with both lunch and dinner.
L'ÉCOLE DES CHEFS BY RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX 
On select voyages, Silversea guests can experience a unique cooking school concept, L'École des Chefs by Relais & Châteaux. A broad curriculum of tantalising culinary events has been designed exclusively for Silversea by Relais & Châteaux.
- Cooking Demonstrations — Watch the chef at work creating his favourite dishes, which are then paired with the perfect wine by the head sommelier.
- Lunch & Learn — Join a small group of fellow epicureans at this intimate cooking and lunching event. The chef will demonstrate preparation of your appetiser, main course and dessert, serving each course while preparing the next.
- Market to Plate — Embark on a market tour to shop for fresh ingredients that will later be skilfully transformed into masterpieces of regional specialities — either during a cooking class on board or at an actual Relais & Châteaux property. This unique shoreside event is offered in select ports only.
- Cooking Competitions — Guests will be entertained and educated by inspiring cooking demonstrations that showcase the very best in culinary finesse.
- Knife Skills Workshop – Learn and practice expert cutting techiniques
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According to CruiseCritic, Seabourn passengers are a discriminating lot when it comes to food and wine. Expectations are high, for all venues. We experienced few missteps in the kitchen on our 14-night sailing; most passengers we talked to seemed happy with the choices and rated the culinary experience favorably with Sojourn's competition. Portion sizes are kept small and European, which means you'll never have that uncomfortable "stuffed" feeling that's a hallmark of other cruise lines. (If you're really worried about being hungry, order multiple appetizers.)
When asked to describe Sojourn's signature offerings, Seabourn Executive Chef Tony Egger didn't hesitate. "Lobster, Champagne and caviar." All three are served copiously and on demand. In the late afternoon, you'll see Seabourn regulars ordering little trays of caviar, complete with egg yolk, egg whites, red onion, creme fraiche and crakers. We didn't find out about this until the end of the cruise -- don't make that mistake!
A Taste of France was crafted by Tauck and Churchill and Turen Ltd., named "World's Best Culinary Tour Specialist" by Condé Nast Traveler. Focusing on French cuisine and village life, the trip features a 7-night Rhône River cruise aboard ms Swiss Emerald through vineyard country that's home to some of the world’s most exceptional wines.
Tauck's epicurean delights begin with dinner at Fouquet’s, the celebrity hotspot in Paris. From there, you'll enjoy a gourmet cooking class at École de Cuisine, the school founded by world-class chef Alain Ducasse... riding the high-speed TGV through the French countryside to Lyon... tasting your way through Les Halles, Lyon's famed covered food market with its eye-popping vertical garden... cruising in search of culinary adventures in medieval villages along the Rhône... sipping Beaujolais in Beaujolais... sampling Provençal specialties in picturesque Viviers... and dining al fresco at the Pont du Gard.
Add the Provençal pleasures of Avignon, Arles and Roussillon, and you have the ultimate Rhône River cruise on which to discover the soul of French haute cuisine!
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Uniworld’s culinary staff is devoted to creating the ultimate dining experience perfectly tailored to your personal tastes. We do this by getting to know your preferences to ensure every meal is delicious and memorable.
So whether you like your filet rare or well-done, have dietary restrictions or prefer to be a little adventurous, we provide a generous selection of menu items sure to please the most discerning of palates. Our goal is to constantly exceed the standards of our most important critic—you.
Pack up your best sailing attire and your appetites because Top Chef at Sea will sail the high seas again. Bravo and Celebrity Cruises have lined up a who's who of Top Chef cheftestants to partake in this year'sTop Chef Signature Sailing. Guests will be able to participate in intimate culinary experiences with Season 13 winner Jeremy Ford, Doug Adams (who competed during Top Chef Season 12 in Boston), two-time Top Chef contestant Tiffany Derry, and Ash Fulk (from Top Chef Season 6 in Las Vegas).
In addition to guests getting some one-on-one time with the chefs, the foursome will also combine their culinary forces for a one-night pop-up style restaurant. The eent will include the cheftestant's cooking up their best dishes and then mingling with the guests.
