Luxury cruise line Regent Seven Seas Cruises elevates its popularity for world-class culinary journey with 12 new Epicurean Explorer Tours.
These new voyages will see travellers indulging in cuisine-focused shoreside excursions in locations world wide together with Asia, Europe, in addition to Canada and New England.
Incoming chief luxurious officer Jason Montague mentioned of those upcoming journeys: “With these thoughtfully designed Epicurean Explorer Tours we’re providing a transformative experience that connects ultra luxury travelers deeply with the cultural heart of each destination through its most fundamental expression: food.”
Combining Regent’s promise of Epicurean Perfection and Immersive Exploration, the new excursions current adventurous foodies the chance for unrivalled and genuine gastronomic adventures, from foraging in Invergordon, Scotland for substances to make the right Cullen Skink, to savouring premium Kobe beef ready by a teppanyaki grasp chef in a restaurant overlooking Osaka Castle in Japan.
A hands-on strategy to gastronomy
Limited to 18 company per session, the intimate Epicurean Explorer Tours permit company to take a hands-on strategy to participating with international gastronomy and traditions.
The new excursions vary from US$129 to US$489 per particular person and are between three to seven hours in period, providing tailor-made experiences designed to spark the curiosity of epicureans, with some experiences together with an onboard cooking class on the ships’ Culinary Arts Kitchen.
Regent’s govt chef and director of culinary enrichment Kathryn Kelly mentioned: “Our Epicurean Explorer Tours represent the pinnacle of culinary exploration and are designed following painstaking in-destination research by our team of esteemed and accomplished chefs. We are a team of passionate professionals who love nothing more than sharing in-depth culinary and destination knowledge with our valued Regent foodie guests.”
Available to ebook for voyages on board Seven Seas Grandeur, Seven Seas Splendor, and Seven Seas Explorer, the addition of those new excursions brings the great assortment to 46 immersive experiences and represents a big milestone in experiential ultra-luxury journey, providing company unprecedented epicurean exploration throughout international locations.
12 distinctive experiences
Mediterranean & Northern Europe
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Plant-to-Plate Luncheon
Experience a unprecedented chef-led lunch journey at Amsterdam’s Restaurant De Kas, set in a meticulously restored, century-old greenhouse, the place substances harvested from the on-site gardens remodel into an beautiful four-course meal paired with wines on this luxurious plant-to-plate eating journey.
Belfast, Ireland: Coastal Flavours of County Down
Join superstar chef and BBC cooking sequence “Great British Menu” competitor Paul Cunningham for coastal foraging alongside Dundrum Bay, the place company will uncover native seaweeds and herbs earlier than savouring contemporary seafood and chowder paired with an ideal pint – all set towards the backdrop of Northern Ireland’s majestic Mourne Mountains.
Invergordon, Scotland: Foraging & Onboard Scottish Cooking Class
Learn the artwork of constructing conventional Scottish Cullen Skink whereas looking for substances at native distributors in Invergordon, Scotland. Sample award-winning haggis at a butcher store and choose natural greens at Black Isle Brewery, earlier than returning to the ship for a hands-on cooking class paired with Scottish whiskey.
Valencia, Spain: Albufera Lake and Paella
Guests will be part of a chef for a scenic boat tour of Lake Albufera’s rice fields, adopted by a hands-on demonstration of genuine Valencian paella at Restaurant El Redoli, the place travellers will be taught the secrets and techniques of this iconic dish earlier than having fun with it contemporary from the wooden fireplace.
Valletta, Malta: Artisanal Malta Treasures
Join a chef-led culinary journey via Malta’s heritage, from hands-on bread making at a multi-generational household bakery to watching pastizzi preparation in a historic grotto that when served as a WWII shelter.
Canada & New England
Halifax, Nova Scotia: Cider and Chowder: Authentic Nova Scotia
Experience Nova Scotia’s culinary evolution via a tasting flight at an artisanal cidery, adopted by lunch at a classy Dartmouth restaurant the place you’ll savour their signature seafood chowder and innovatively scrumptious “crobster” roll whereas watching the cooks at work.
Quebec City, Canada: Culinary Journey via Ile D’Orleans
Discover Quebec’s Island of Orleans wealthy culinary heritage via visits to the intimate La Maison de thé, an enthralling tea home providing fragrant natural teas, contemporary pastries, and a conventional sugar shack for sampling artisanal maple merchandise on this fertile foodie paradise.
Victoria, British Columbia: Infusions: Flowers, Tea and Honey
Join a grasp chef for a chic garden-to-table journey, beginning with a conventional afternoon tea at Butchart Gardens’ personal mansion room, adopted by a backyard tour and artisanal gelato tasting, earlier than discovering the artwork of beekeeping and honey manufacturing on the Country Bee Honey Farm.
Asia
Busan, South Korea: Busan Markets Tour
Join a Regent chef on a culinary exploration via Busan’s well-known Jagalchi Fish Market and Gukje Market, discovering distinctive seafood and native substances earlier than returning to the ship’s Culinary Arts Kitchen to rework company’ market finds into genuine Korean dishes.
Kobe, Japan: Culinary Journey via Kobe
Immerse within the artistry of Japanese culinary craftsmanship on this night tour, from discovering conventional knife-making strategies to savouring premium Kobe beef ready by a teppanyaki grasp chef at a restaurant overlooking Osaka Castle.
Kochi, Japan: Tataki Culinary Tradition
Follow a culinary discovery via Kochi’s vibrant Hirome Market, sampling native delicacies earlier than studying to prepare dinner the area’s signature dish “katsuo no tataki” – a wonderfully seared contemporary bonito fish over an open flame at restaurant Tosa Tataki Dojo.
Shimizu, Japan: Japanese Fish Essentials Tour
Join a neighborhood grasp chef for an genuine Japanese culinary journey at Shimizu’s bustling Kashi-no-Ichi fish market, adopted by a hands-on sushi-making class the place company will be taught to craft their very own sushi utilizing the market’s contemporary seafood.
