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Holland
America Line has long been known for some of the finest dining at
sea. And now, in addition to enjoying exquisite dishes, you can learn
from and mingle with top chefs, experts in wine, chocolate and cheese,
and leading cookbook authors. Introducing an onboard enrichment program
that gives you a firsthand glance at chefs in action through demonstrations,
tasting events, and intimate hands-on cooking classes.
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ms Volendam
10-day Southern Caribbean & Panama Canal Sunfarer
Nov.
3 2007 |
Kent Rathbun
Executive Chef, Abacus and Jaspar Restaurants, Dallas,
TX
Kent's restaurant, Abacus, has been a hit from its inception in 1999.
Abacus currently holds the Mobil Four Star and AAA Four Diamond awards
and a Five Star rating from the Dallas Morning News. Food & Wine Magazine
honored Abacus for offering "one of the 10 most original, food-friendly,
value-conscious new wine lists in America." Kent was nominated as the
James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Southwest in 2000 and 2002. He appears
regularly on the Food Network's "Chef du Jour", "Cooking Live with Sara
Moulton", and "Ready Set Cook". Kent has been featured in Bon Appetit,
Southern Living Magazine, Nation's Restaurant News, USA Today, Elle,
Veranda Magazine. He was one of the featured chefs for the George W.
Bush 2001 Inaugural Ball. |
ms Prinsendam
21-day European Farewell
Nov.
3 2007 |
Paulette Mitchell
Culinary Instructor and Author of 11 Cookbooks
Paulette is known internationally for her quick-to-prepare healthful
recipes with a gourmet flair. She most recently published A Beautiful
Bowl of Soup and The Spirited Vegetarian, which was awarded "Best Book
in the World on Cooking with Wine" at the 2005 Gourmand World Media Awards.
Paulette's 15-Minute Gourmet cookbook series was honored as "Best Cookbook
Series" at the 2000 World Cookbook Fair in Perigueux, France in November,
2000. She also contributes to numerous culinary publications, including
Cooking Light Magazine and Cooking Pleasures Magazine. Her daily column
of cooking tips and recipes appears on over 100 television station web
sites coast-to-coast.
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Culinary Guest Biography
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ms Statendam
14-day Australia and New Zealand
Nov.
4 2007 |
Michael Bloise
Executive Chef - WISH, Miami
At the helm of Wish in Miami, Florida is executive chef Michael Bloise,
a chef with an eclectic cooking style that is artful yet unpretentious.
Half-Italian and half-Vietnamese, his cuisine embraces the robust flavors
of American cooking and the subtle nuances of haute Asian cuisine. Selected
as one of the country's "Rising Star" chefs by Restaurant Hospitality,
Bloise has been drawing critical and popular acclaim since he was appointed
in December 2003. Prior to Wish, the Johnson & Wales graduate worked
under chef Frank Randazzo as executive sous chef at The Gaucho Room,
the restaurant formerly located in Miami Beach's Loews Hotel.
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Culinary Guest Biography
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ms Zuiderdam
7-day Eastern Caribbean
Nov.
17 2007 |
Seis Kamimura
Chef, BOKA - Seattle, WA
Seis Kamimura spent five years as a sous-chef at Spago in Los Angeles
before making a mark in Seattle at Bada Lounge. He then established Les
Cadeaux Gourmets, a gourmet shop inSeattle's Queen Anne neighborhood
with his wife Pia. Les Cadeaux closed its storefront and became Internet-only
so that Kamimura could return to the kitchen. At BOKA, in the Hotel 1000
in downtown Seattle, Kamimura reinvents urban American cuisine by marrying
the eclectic, global influences of his adopted home, Seattle, with creative
interpretations of classic American favorites.
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