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Cruise Line Style Food That you can Make at Home

Continuing on with our series of how to re-create cruise line quality food in the comfort of your own home (you can read our last post here) we bring you the recipe for Jacques rotisserie chicken, a main dining room staple on all of Oceania’s ships as well as featuring in Jacques restaurant Bistro on-board Marina and Riviera Jacques Pepin is a world famous, Michelin starred, French chef who lives in America. As well as appearing as a guest chef on numerous TV shows, writing countless cook books, running his own line of restaurants and working as the personal chef to Charles De Gaule he’s partnered with Oceania Cruises to create some of their most famous (and tasty) signature dishes…. Whilst technically this recipe works best on a rotisserie, don’t worry, it will taste almost as good done in a traditional oven. We can’t guarantee your chicken will be as good as Jacques (for that you’ll need to book your own Oceania cruise) but they have shared the recipe with us so you can give it a go at home…. Ingredients (to serve four) Secret (or not so secret now) Dry Rub blend Two bay leaves Two tablespoons dried Thyme A tablespoon AND a teaspoon of dried rosemary A tablespoon AND a teaspoon of dried sage One and a half teaspoons of dried basil One teaspoon of dried oregano...

The Definitive Guide to Ultra Luxury Cruising

By it’s very nature, cruising is luxurious. How could it not be? A cruise holiday always has and always will be one of, if not the most luxurious forms of travel. However, to paraphrase George Orwell – All cruise ships are luxurious but some are more luxurious than others, and there is exactly where choosing a cruise line can be difficult some times. What is luxury? How do you define it? It’s easy enough to say you recognise luxury once you’ve experienced it, but that doesn’t help when you’re trying to choose between ultra luxury, six star cruise ships. It was with that in mind that the www.CRUISE.co.uk team have put together the definitive guide to ultra luxury cruising… Five of the Poshest Spas at Sea – What could ever be more luxurious than being pampered hand and foot in a spa? With that in mind we put together our top five most luxurious spa’s at sea. Seabourn Seabourn’s Signature Experience’s – It’s hard to define that ‘je na sais quoi’ that makes cruising so luxurious but Seabourn have tried and even given them a name – Their signature experiences. Find out what makes them so special here. Seabourn Dining – Nothing say’s elegance quite like dining on a cruise ship – You can find out what makes Seabourn’s dining experiences so unique here. Seabourn’s Suites – Even Seabourn’s most...

Breaking News From Norwegian Cruise lines

It was announced today that Kevin Sheehan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Norwegian Cruise Lines has stepped down in favour of Frank Del Rio. Franck Del Rio is the CEO or Prestige Cruises which was purchased by Norwegian Cruise Lines in Nov 2014 (as we reported here). Del Rio is one of the co-founders of Oceania cruises and has over twenty years of experience in the cruise industry. “Frank Del Rio has established himself as a leader and innovator in our industry,” said Steve Martinez, member of Norwegian’s Board of Directors. “Norwegian is poised for continued growth and we are delighted to have Frank lead our team during the next phase of the company’s evolution. We also thank Kevin Sheehan for his service to the company. Kevin has built Norwegian into the highly successful company it is today – a company that has reported 25 consecutive quarters of growth in trailing twelve month Adjusted EBITDA coupled with consistent margin improvement. Most recently, Kevin was integral to the Prestige acquisition, assembling a diversified portfolio of brands that spans all market segments in the cruise industry, which we believe puts the company in a strong position for the future.” Kevin Sheehan also added: “It has been a privilege to lead Norwegian over the last seven years. I am proud of what we have accomplished, and take comfort in the knowledge...

Which Ships Are Coming Soon?

2014 has been a great year for cruising; we’ve had fantastic new ships from Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Line and Princess Cruises with Quantum of the Seas, Norwegian Getaway and Regal Princess, respectively. New ships get everyone excited, whether it’s because of the fabulous new tech on show aboard Quantum of the Seas or a new selection of restaurants, there are plenty of reasons to get excited for new ships. Which is why, with the end of 2014 nearing ever closer, we’re already getting excited for the new ships that’ll be ready for 2015 and beyond! Below we’re...

Re-creating cruise line food at home

There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about how advanced new cruise ships like Anthem of the Seas are. Whilst it’s true, we all know the one thing cruise lines have been and always will be famous for and that’s their food! Up until now though the only place you’ve been able to get cruise quality food has been on a cruise ship. However……. Being the helpful people we are we thought we’d share some of our behind the scenes knowledge and get some of the amazing recipes on-board and share them with you here. We...