Whatever your interest - music, photography, art, fitness or food and wine, we have just the Personal Enrichment Vacation for you! There is nothing more valuable than a memory of a life time, particularly those created while on a vacation with loved ones. Our Personal Enrichment Series will provide just that. We have created a collection of specialty themes designed to enhance your vacation experience by providing exclusive, authentic and intimate experiences on both land and sea. |
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Taste a rich new Bordeaux.
Enjoy hands-on preparation of culinary creations.
Discover an unexpected way to pair food and wine.
Personal Enrichment Series' customized new Food and Wine sailings sailings have been designed to excite and surprise you with intimate wine and culinary experiences on board and in port. Food And Wine At Sea participants will enjoy a variety of unique experiences and amenities not available to other cruise passengers.
Celebrated chefs, distinguished wine experts and other culinary connoisseurs will share their secrets and personally enrich your luxury cruise to some of the world's most exotic destinations.
Featured Food and Wine at Sea Experts
 Two time Emmy Award winner | Jan Wahl
"Food and Wine in Film" Guest Speaker Jan Wahl is an Emmy Award-winning producer, film critic and beloved San Francisco television personality who shares her expertise and wit about food and wine in her exclusive program entitled "From Babette's Feast to Bottle Shock: Food And Wine in Film." Her keen knowledge and love of film, especially movies set in and around the world of food and wine, make for a fascinating and unique experience, exclusive to our program on this River Royale cruise through Burgundy and Provence. Ms. Wahl's sharp wit and irrepressible personality enrich all who meet her, and participants in this special Personal Enrichment Series sailing will enjoy an unforgettable river voyage with her.  7 Nights from $3,097 / Burgundy and Provence / September 19, 2009 Click here to view a video on Uniworld Cruises
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 | Adam F. Chase, Associate Dean of Wine Studies
Adam F. Chase has worked in the wine industry for 10 years as an educator, retailer and consultant. Adam is the Approved Program Provider for the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) in Boston and an Associate with the Institute of Wine and Spirits and holds the WSET Honors Diploma certification. Adam has an MBA from Harvard University, and is a candidate for the Master of Wine.
Our Personal Enrichment Series program on this Crystal Symphony sailing will include exclusive wine tastings with expert Adam Chase, plus a special Vintage Room dining experience only for Personal Enrichment Series guests. 
12 Nights from $4,525 / New York to Miami / November 10, 2009
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Additional itineraries and sailing dates are available. Prices are per person, based on double occupancy, subject to availability and change without notice, and are not guaranteed until paid in full. Airfare, except for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, is additional. Taxes and fuel supplements are additional. Exclusive Amenities are per double occupancy stateroom. Events are capacity controlled. Celebrity guests listed are subject to change or cancellation.
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Holland America to Host 60 Culinary Experts In 2009
Published on: February 18, 2009; www.travelpulse.com
Holland America Line’s Culinary Arts Center will host more than 60 chefs from around the country this year, making them part of the guest enrichment program. While onboard, the guest chefs and experts offer culinary demonstrations, tastings and hands-on cooking classes to guests, in addition to participating in question-and-answer sessions. In partnership with “Food and Wine” magazine, Holland America has scheduled approximately 60 celebrated chefs and wine experts to sail in 2009. On cruises that do not have a guest chef on board, classes and demonstrations in the show kitchen are scheduled with Holland America’s own chefs.
This season Holland America will welcome personalities such as Capt. Keith Colburn from Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” sailing on Westerdam June 7-14 in Alaska, George Duran of “Ham on the Street” on the Food Network sailing aboard Amsterdam Aug. 29-Sept. 5 in Alaska, “Top Chef” contestant Richard Blaise on Maasdam Oct. 23-Nov. 6 in the Caribbean, and Christina Pirello of “Christina Cooks” on a PBS sailing in Alaska on Zuiderdam Aug. 8-15. In addition to famous chefs, the Culinary Arts Program includes cookbook authors as well as chocolatiers and tablescape experts.
A selection of participating chefs and experts in the continuing 2009 season include:
- Ryan Hardy, executive chef of Little Nell in Aspen, Colo., Rotterdam, Oct. 3-17, Mediterranean
- Jacques Torres, master pastry chef and chocolatier, Oosterdam, Oct. 17-Nov. 2, trans-Atlantic
- Maria Hines, executive chef of Tilth in Seattle, Zuiderdam, Oct. 24- Nov. 3, Panama Canal.
The program began in 2005 when the line installed state-of-the-art Culinary Arts Centers aboard each ship. The Culinary Arts Centers resemble the show kitchens used by celebrity chefs on television cooking programs. Each facility features a theater-style venue, with two large plasma video screens and a large cooking display counter. Holland America Line also offers a youth Culinary Arts Center activity program to teach kids and teens how to cook. The program incorporates dishes from breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in complimentary 45-minute classes. Kids under 8 years old learn to make theme cookies, fruit roll-ups, ice cream sandwiches, salad people art and scones. Kids 8 and over make soft pretzels, granola bars, pita chips and hummus, and saltwater taffy. Teens also can attend adult culinary demonstrations.
