MIAMI and NEW YORK,
March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Celebrity Cruises and Bravo Media have extended the popular
"Top Chef at Sea" program through 2016, and will offer "Top Chef"
fans and food lovers the opportunity to vacation with a new lineup
of cheftestants on the exclusive "Top Chef Signature Sailing" in
2015. Setting sail November 14
onboard Celebrity Reflection, the one-of-a-kind Eastern Caribbean cruise vacation will give
guests an up-close-and-personal culinary experience with six former
"Top Chef" competitors, including:
- Nina Compton: Top Chef
New Orleans runner-up
- Tiffany Derry: Top
Chef D.C. and Top Chef All-Stars contestant; Owner of TD
Concepts, Inc.
- Ash Fulk: Top Chef Las Vegas contestant; Culinary Director at
Hill Country Hospitality in NYC
- Gregory Gourdet: Top
Chef Boston runner-up; Executive Chef at Departure Restaurant +
Lounge in Portland, Oregon
- Doug Adams: Top Chef
Boston finalist; Chef de Cuisine of Imperial and
Portland Penny Diner
- Chris Crary: Top
Chef Texas
contestant; Executive Chef of Hyde Sunset Kitchen +
Cocktails in Los Angeles
New during this year's Top Chef Signature Sailing,
vacationers can choose from an array of local destination
experiences hosted by a featured cheftestant, making these
excursions a unique way to explore the Caribbean. The exclusive chef-hosted shore
excursions will be available for purchase soon.
The signature sailing also will feature new duel-style cooking
demonstrations onboard where cheftestants will battle each other
while answering fans' questions, with the winning dish chosen by
the audience. Also onboard and back by popular demand,
passionate foodies can enjoy exclusive and intimate experiences
with the chefs by booking private cooking classes and private
dinners to hone their skills and get advice on preparing sumptuous
dishes at home.
In addition to the Top Chef Signature Sailing with alums,
Celebrity will continue to offer interactive Quickfire Challenges
and "Top Chef"-inspired menu evenings on its modern luxury
vacations onboard nine ships, for all sailings departing through
June 2016. Quickfire Challenges will
put guests in the spotlight to get a taste of the pressure the
cheftestants experience on the show. Plus, guests can indulge in a
selection of the dishes the judges raved about on the series at
"Top Chef Night" in the main restaurant.
Celebrity has paved the way for the cruise industry on land and
at sea, being the first-ever cruise line to present dinner at the
prestigious James Beard House and
create land-based pop-up restaurants in San Francisco and New York. Celebrity originally partnered with
"Top Chef" in November 2014 to
launch the exclusive Top Chef at Sea experience. The extension of
Top Chef at Sea allows for guests to continually sail with
Celebrity on a modern luxury vacation with endless culinary
possibilities. For more details about Top Chef at Sea, visit
celebritycruises.com/topchef.
Bravo's Emmy® and James Beard
Award-winning "Top Chef" will return for season 13 this fall.
"Top Chef" is produced by Magical Elves with Dan Cutforth and Jane
Lipsitz serving as executive producers.
About Celebrity Cruises:
Celebrity Cruises' iconic "X" is the mark of modern luxury, with
its cool, contemporary design and warm spaces; dining experiences
where the design of the venues is as important as the cuisine; and
the amazing service that only Celebrity can provide, all created to
provide an unmatchable experience for vacationers' precious
time. Celebrity Cruises' 10 ships offer modern luxury
vacations visiting all seven continents. Celebrity also
presents immersive cruise tour experiences in Alaska and Canada. Celebrity is one of six cruise brands
operated by global cruise vacation company Royal Caribbean Cruises
Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL). For more information, dial
1-800-437-3111, visit www.celebritycruises.com, or call your travel
agent.
About Bravo Media
Bravo Media is the premiere lifestyle and entertainment brand
that drives the cultural conversation around its high-quality,
interactive original content that focuses on the network's passion
points of food, fashion, beauty, design, digital and pop culture.
The network's diversified slate includes Bravo's first scripted
series "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce," upcoming comedy "Odd Mom
Out," and unscripted favorites such as Emmy award-winning "Top
Chef," "Vanderpump Rules," "Below Deck," "Thicker Than Water" and
the popular "Million Dollar Listing" and "The Real Housewives"
franchises as well as the only live late-night talk show, "Watch
What Happens Live." Available in 92 million homes, Bravo is a
program service of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of
NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment
companies in the development, production, and marketing of
entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.
Bravo has been an NBCUniversal cable network since December 2002 and first launched in December 1980.
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