Cooks Making Waves ~Theme cruises are all the fad … – All Issues Cruise

… and getting extra well-liked on a regular basis. Simply discover a well-liked area of interest that has a loyal following, and the fanbase will eagerly be a part of.

Many are music-related (Rock Legends, Soul Prepare, The 80s Cruise), together with the always-sold-out “Dave Koz and Frinds at Sea” cruises; the Turner Basic Motion pictures cruise, Star Trek, Comedian-Con and even clothes-optional cruises (we didn’t have to see that, proper?).

One of many newer entries is known as Cooks Making Waves, that includes prime superstar cooks, plus meals personalities and authors. After a profitable debut earlier this yr, the second Cooks Making Waves cruise is about for Might 5-9, 2025. Hosted on Norwegian Gem, it’s a four-day, roundtrip cruise from Miami to Cozumel.

The lineup of award-winning cooks and mixologists embody Richard Blais, Maneet Chauhan, Tom Colicchio, Scott Conant, Robert Irvine, Antonia Lofaso, Jonathan Waxman, Geoffrey Zakarian and Claudette Zepeda, with “extra expertise to be introduced quickly.” Friends will get pleasure from “cooking demonstrations, buffet spotlights, curated eating and and restaurant takeovers.”

The cruise is introduced by Sixthman, with greater than 20 years’ expertise staging festivals and music cruises, in partnership with a21 and EBG Options. I had a possibility to interview Jeff Cuellar, Sixthman CEO, in regards to the occasion:

1. How did the thought for Cooks Making Waves originate?
2. The spark of the thought began between EBG and Sixthman following different profitable occasion partnerships (Jon Bon Jovi’s Runaway to Paradise and The Broadway Cruise). EBG had a relationship with a21, the very best occasion producer within the culinary world, and pulled us all collectively. The artistic magic between the three of us was instantaneous and all backed up by our collective experience. Our purpose was to fully change the best way one may think about and expertise a meals occasion.
3. How profitable was the primary CMW cruise?
4. We got here out of the gates with a bang, blowing foodies away with a stellar lineup. They reacted by rapidly reserving cabins, and throughout the first couple of weeks, we had been basically offered out.
5. Are you able to share the suggestions from the primary cruise, each from the company and the cooks concerned?
6. Followers and the Cooks had been blown away. The quantity of interplay (dancing, singing, consuming, playing, demonstrations, and extra) between the cooks and followers was one thing that had by no means been skilled earlier than. This isn’t to say we didn’t have any first-year hiccups (all of us now have a deeper love for brief ribs) and locations we are able to make instant enhancements, however general it was a house run.
7. Based mostly on the primary cruise, have you ever made any changes or adjustments for the second?
8. After all, our largest adjustment shall be shifting from the identical chef-curated dinner for all company every evening to chef (or chef’s) restaurant takeovers, the place company could make reservations. This can permit for extra flexibility for the company and extra engagement from the cooks. Moreover, we shall be additional increasing the highlight on the buffet to offer much more immersive choices. There may also be expanded alternatives for extra intimate micro-experiences so our company can go deeper into meals nirvana. There may be extra however you’ll have to sail with us to seek out out!
9. How tough is it to coordinate the schedules of the cooks to get all of them collectively for the cruise?
10. Fortunately, we’re reserving our cooks far out so it offers them ample time to plan and make this an anchor on their schedules however, with the entire demand on them from their eating places, TV appearances, excursions, and extra, it nonetheless could be tough.
11. Is each passenger assured to get not less than one reservation at one of many pop-up eating places? What venues have been the preferred?
12. Friends will have the ability to eat at a distinct takeover every evening. It isn’t in regards to the venue however the cooks taking on. We now have but to announce the takeovers and permit for reservations.
13. Apart from CMW, do you supply another theme cruises?
14. When you’ve got a ardour and there’s a group, then we in all probability have an occasion for you. From essentially the most distinctive Broadway trip occasion ever to comedy, rock, hip-hop, EDM, Savannah Bananas, Hallmark, and extra, we really have (or can have) an occasion for each passionate group. Take a look at www.sixthman.internet/festivals for all of our occasions.
15. What are the demographics for theme cruises – do company are usually older, or is it a mixture?
16. All of it is determined by the occasion. Ardour will not be outlined by age, gender, and so forth., so our demographics symbolize the group round that particular idea.
17. What’s the associated fee vary for the CMW cruise?
18. If you happen to take a look at another multi-day occasion, we’re a price as we embody your lodging, meals, top-shelf alcohol, Starbucks, and the immersive occasion, all wrapped in a 4-night worldwide tropical trip beginning at $1420 per individual and will increase based mostly in your cabin kind.  [https://www.northpalmbeachlife.com/cruisetravel/second-chefs-making-waves-cruise-announced] Ed. Notice: Please tell us if you’re considering extra details about reserving this cruise at

Photographs of the primary Cooks Making Waves cruise courtesy of Wealthy Johnson, Spectacle Photograph and Tammy Vega, @TammyVega

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