Holland America Line is mixing world-class journey and distinctive culinary experiences with new “Culinary Ambassador” cruises in 2025 and 2026. These particular sailings on segments of Grand Voyages and different choose cruises will function unique experiences hosted by one among Holland America Line’s Culinary Ambassadors — a group of world-renowned cooks, beverage consultants and culinary visionaries who enrich the onboard eating and beverage choices fleetwide by way of signature dishes and cocktail recipes.
Cruises that includes a Culinary Ambassador will provide thrilling actions the place the consultants share their information, methods and suggestions. For the chef ambassadors, company can attend a stay cooking demonstration led by the chef, be a part of a espresso chat to be taught extra about them, and dine at an intimate reservation-only dinner with a curated menu hosted by the chef. The beverage consultants will provide tastings, particular occasions and host a pairing dinner in a specialty restaurant.
“Eating has grow to be an important a part of how individuals discover the world, and our Culinary Ambassador program permits us to supply one thing actually particular — an expertise that goes past the plate,” mentioned Michael Stendebach, vp of meals, beverage and rooms division for Holland America Line. “By way of the Culinary Ambassador cruises, we will carry a few of the world’s most celebrated consultants on board to raise the journey. It’s not nearly consuming nicely for our company — it’s about studying, tasting one thing new, having enjoyable and maybe getting some suggestions to make use of in their very own kitchens.”
Holland America Line Culinary Ambassador cooks embrace David Burke, Masaharu Morimoto, Ethan Stowell and Jacques Torres. Culinary Ambassador beverage consultants, who created regionally impressed cocktails for the cruise line’s bars and menus, embrace Sam Ross (Alaska), Ivy Combine (Mexico), Tess Posthumus (Northern Europe), and David Wondrich and Jeff Berry (Caribbean). Grasp Tea Blender Steve Schwartz additionally will be a part of a Culinary Ambassador cruise in Asia.
2025 and 2026 Culinary Ambassador Cruises:
- Zuiderdam, Voyage of the Vikings, Chef Burke can be on board a section of the cruise Aug. 7-12, 2025, from Dublin, Eire, to Reykjavik, Iceland.
- Nieuw Amsterdam, 7-Day Baja Peninsula, Bartender Ivy Combine can be on board Nov. 15-22, 2025, crusing roundtrip from San Diego.
- Volendam, 2026 Grand World Voyage, Grasp Tea Blender Schwartz can be on board March 25-30, 2026, from Singapore to Halong Bay (Hanoi), Vietnam.
- Volendam, 2026 Grand World Voyage, Chef Morimoto can be on board whereas the ship is in Japan, dates to be introduced.
- Volendam, 2026 Grand World Voyage, Chef Stowell can be on board April 29 – Might 3, 2026, from Seattle, Washington, to San Diego, California.
About Holland America Line Culinary Ambassador Cruise Hosts
Chef David Burke enhances the menu at Pinnacle Grill, including modern flavors and signature recipes. Presently, Burke and his David Burke Hospitality Administration crew function or orchestrate the culinary element of 18 eating places, a historic occasion venue and a bakery. Additionally they oversee a rising roster of David Burke-branded merchandise, together with cookware, bakeware, steak sauce, cutlery and wine. He has been featured on “High Chef Masters,” “Each Day with Rachael Ray” and NBC’s “TODAY.”
Chef Ethan Stowell incorporates the flavors of the Pacific Northwest on ships crusing in that area, utilizing contemporary, sustainably sourced Alaska seafood. His fare is also featured at New York Pizza and Lido Market throughout the fleet, utilizing pasta and pizza crust made contemporary on board. Stowell is founder and CEO of ESR with a formidable roster of extremely acclaimed eating places. He was named one of many Finest New Cooks in America by Meals & Wine journal and one of many Finest New Chef All-Stars.
Chef Masaharu Morimoto is Holland America Line’s World Contemporary Fish Ambassador, bringing his signature model to dishes within the Eating Room and at Morimoto By Sea. This unique restaurant is featured on Nieuw Amsterdam and as a pop-up throughout the remainder of the fleet. Moreover, a Morimoto By Sea sushi counter is out there throughout the Tamarind Restaurant on Pinnacle- and Signature-class ships. Chef Morimoto — recognized to thousands and thousands because the star of “Iron Chef” and “Iron Chef America” and government producer and head choose for Roku’s “Sushi Grasp” — has garnered essential and widespread approval for his seamless integration of Western and Japanese substances. He has eating places world wide, is a cookbook writer and the recipient of quite a few awards.
Bartender Ivy Combine’s cocktails are featured on cruises to Mexico and South America, the place her distinctive information of the agave spirits area shines by way of. In 2015, she co-opened her bar, Leyenda, with Julie Reiner in Brooklyn, New York, in addition to her bottle store Fiasco! Wine + Spirits. She is the writer of “Spirits of Latin America” and the recipient of quite a few awards. Combine is the co-founder of Velocity Rack, a woman-only, high-speed bartending competitors that has raised greater than $1 million for breast most cancers analysis.
Grasp Tea Blender Steve Schwartz is founding father of Artwork of Tea. He’s recognized by many authoritative figures within the tea trade as a Grasp Tea Blender. He has blended award-winning teas below the Artwork of Tea model, and his blends are provided below the corporate’s private-label program for tea firms world wide.
Schwartz will host a tea tasting expertise, a “Rituals of Tea” seminar and an unique Excessive Tea with Artwork of Tea occasion on his Culinary Ambassador cruise.
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About Holland America Line [a division of Carnival Corporation and plc (NYSE: CCL and CUK)]
Holland America Line has been exploring the world for greater than 150 years with expertly crafted itineraries, extraordinary service and real connections to the locations. Providing a perfectly-sized ship expertise, its fleet of 11 vessels visits almost 400 ports in 114 international locations world wide and has shared the fun of Alaska for greater than 75 years — longer than another cruise line. Savour the Journey isn’t only a tagline, it’s a reinforcement that the cruise line offers experiences too good to rush by way of, connecting vacationers to the world and one another. Award-winning enrichment programming, leisure and delicacies that brings every locale on board, together with a revolutionary World Contemporary Fish Program, put Holland America Line on the forefront of premium cruising.
