Cruises are featuring Celebrity Chefs by Frances Wood of Reid Travel

Cruise lines are going "overboard" to meet the refined culinary tastes and lifestyles of today's passengers.  Celebrity chefs, hands on cooking experiences and "healthy menus" are all part of today's culinary cruise scene.

Canyon Ranch menus offered on Cunard's Queen Mary, Regent Seven Seas and Oceania cruises.  These menus offer the fine dining experience expected by passengers while keeping heart and waistlines in mind!

Have a favorite celebrity chef?  Cruise lines have partnered with chefs from around the world to offer unique and signature menus on board:

• Cunard Ships- Todd English Restaurant
• Seabourn- menu was created by Charlie Palmer
• Crystal Cruises- restaurant devoted to cuisine by Nobu, the sushi king
• Holland America- Le Cirque experience
• Oceania's new ships have Jacques Pepin
• The Food Network partnered with Anne Burrell and Celebrity Cruises

If you not only enjoy eating but want to know how these chef's do it, you can participate in several different activities.  Special chef dinners, some held in the galley, hands on cooking classes and trips with the chef to local markets are some of the ways to discover how they deliver a superior culinary experience.