Internationally renowned chef to design new menus and a speciality restaurant for 18 ships
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Rebecca Gibson |
Princess Cruises has partnered with restaurateur, New York Times bestselling author and TV chef Curtis Stone to offer new menus and speciality restaurants on its 18 ships.
As part of the exclusive partnership, Stone will design a ‘Crafted by Curtis’ menu, which will be available in the main dining room; a new speciality restaurant and menu; and a ‘Chef’s Table by Curtis Stone’ experience.
Debuting on Golden Princess this autumn, the ‘Crafted by Curtis’ menu will roll out fleet-wide by the end of 2015, while the first speciality restaurants will debut in December on Emerald Princess, Ruby Princess, Coral Princess and Sun Princess. Stone’s Chef’s Table experience will be offered across the fleet in early 2016.
“We take tremendous pride in preparing and serving our guests freshly made dishes served with passion and care,” said Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises. “This is an exciting step for Princess and sure to delight our guests since Chef Stone also believes that great meals bring people together to create lifelong memories, much like travel.”
Now an internationally renowned chef, Stone began his career at the age of 18 in his native Australia and has since worked at Michelin-starred restaurants in London, UK, appeared on various cookery programmes, written six cookbooks and opened his first solo restaurant, Maude, in the US last year.
”Princess Cruises is known for visiting great worldwide destinations and I’m set on bringing a new culinary experience to the sea to enhance and complete a cruise vacation,” said Stone. “Since I travel often, I know that discovering delicious food and sharing a great meal can create some of the most memorable moments and I’ve designed my restaurants with this in mind. It’s important to me that guests have the experience that I would want and food that I’d be thrilled to eat myself, at sea or anywhere else in the world.”
More programme details, including the menu items, specialty restaurant name and concept, as well as a complete roll out schedule will be revealed soon.