Presenting Food & Beverage Aficionado Cruises

Explore your passion for the pleasures of the table with some of the world’s leading food and wine aficionados, including members of the Holland America Line Culinary Council®.

A journey for the senses

A Food & Beverage Aficionado cruise offers an ideal opportunity to explore your culinary interests—with cooking classes, a cocktail or wine-making demonstration, a wine tasting, a lavish dinner with wine pairings and a chance to meet the experts.

Culinary Aficionado Cruises

Each Culinary Aficionado Cruise will feature a member of our Holland America Line Culinary Council®, a diverse group of highly acclaimed chefs from different culinary traditions who help guide our cuisine and inspire our guests.

Sodamin was born in Austria and trained in France. The Master Chef recently released his latest culinary masterpiece, an art table book called “Food Faces” that features more than 150 images of edible creations that display a whimsical spectrum of human emotion. His innovative approach has made him the most decorated chef on the world’s oceans.

7 Day Tropical Caribbean- Nieuw Statendam - SAILED, roundtrip
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

4 Day Pacific Coastal - Koningsdam - April 28 - May 2, San Diego, California to Vancouver, B.C.

14 Day Voyage Of The Midnight Sun - Nieuw Statendam - July 5 - 19, roundtrip from Amsterdam, The Netherlands

A French-trained Master Chef and artisan chocolatier, Torres is a James Beard award winner. After rising to executive pastry chef at New York’s legendary Le Cirque, he opened a chocolate factory and stores throughout New York. Torres is co-hosting and head judge on the new Netflix culinary show “Nailed It” with Nicole Byer.

10 Day Newfoundland & New England Discovery - Zuiderdam - Sept 7 - 17, Boston, Massachusetts to Quebec City, Canada

Burke is a restaurateur, cookbook author, inventor and consultant at ESquared Hospitality, which owns and operates the BLT restaurant brand. He has been featured on “Iron Chef America” and “Top Chef Masters.” He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and has worked with legendary chefs in France and New York.

22 Day Panama Canal - Eurodam - Sept 26 - Oct 18, Seattle to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

With an impressive roster of highly acclaimed restaurants, Stowell has helped to change the face of the Seattle food scene. He was named one of the Best New Chefs in America by FOOD & WINE magazine in 2008 and chosen as one of the Best New Chef All-Stars in 2013.

7 Day Alaskan Explorer - Oosterdam - May 24 - 31, roundtrip from Seattle, Washington

7 Day Alaskan Explorer - Eurodam - Sep. 19 - 26, roundtrip from Seattle, Washington

The “Top Chef” season 10 winner, Chef Kristen’s playful yet refined cuisine showcases French and Italian traditions. At her Austin, Texas restaurant Arlo Grey, her dishes reflect her upbringing, world travels and the bountiful ingredients of Central Texas.

7 Day Tropical Caribbean- Eurodam - SAILED, roundtrip from
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

7 Day Mexican Riviera - Koningsdam - Oct 10 - Oct 17, roundtrip from San Diego, California

Celebrated executive chef, restaurateur and two-time James Beard award-winner, Edouardo Jordan brings his classical culinary training and a passion for the flavorful Southern cuisine of his childhood to the Holland America Line Culinary Council®.

7 Day Alaskan Inside Passage - Koningsdam - May 2 - 9, roundtrip from Vancouver, B.C.

12 Day Mexico & Sea of Cortez - Maasdam - Oct 7 - 19, roundtrip from San Diego, California