Regent Seven Seas Cruises Announces New Culinary Experiences for Seven Seas Explorer

Regent Seven Seas Cruises will offer a new collection of authentic and immersive culinary experiences as part of its Epicurean Perfection program to celebrate Seven Seas Explorer’s inaugural season in Alaska.

The three carefully curated Epicurean Explorer Tours and three new Culinary Arts Kitchen classes will be themed around the cuisine of the Pacific Northwest. Highlights on land include a visit to a sustainable oyster and kelp farm, a catamaran ride through a glacier carved fjord to a sustainable wild Alaska salmon hatchery as well as numerous opportunities to sample local delights such as a seafood and artisan crafted beers pairing lunch.

New classes on board showcase recipes from dishes found in the Vancouver BC and Seattle area, how to make sustainable seafood selections, and for the first time ever, the Culinary Arts Kitchen team, led by Chef Kathryn Kelly, Executive Chef Director of Culinary Enrichment for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, have designed a class specifically for 6–16-year-olds.

Highlights of the new Epicurean Explorer Tours and Culinary Arts Kitchen Classes are as follows:

Epicurean Explorer Tours

Ketchikan 
Join a Chef Instructor for a visit to a family-owned sustainable oyster and kelp farm. Learn how the oysters are nurtured as they grow from thumbnail size to market size. The company is also the first in Alaska to harvest kelp, another sustainable endeavor only possible because of the bay’s extraordinary water conditions. Guests may learn how conditions affect oysters and kelp by tasting them. After a visit to the farm, participants return to the Culinary Arts Kitchen for a 90-minute class covering 7 culinary techniques for flawless fish cookery at home.

Sitka 
This tour is an immersion into the salmon industry in Alaska. On the way to a local fish hatchery, guests will pass many of the scenic highlights of the historic Silver Bay region. Enjoy a covered catamaran ride through a glacier carved fjord to arrive at the sustainable wild Alaska salmon hatchery for an immersion into all things Alaska salmon. The tour concludes with a seafood-centric lunch at an in-town restaurant hosted by a famed local chef.

Juneau 
What’s better than scenery, beer, and seafood? Regent have curated a tour in Juneau that combines a scenic tour of the surrounding beauty with a tasty lunch of local seafood paired with artisan crafted beers. Hosted by one of our chef instructors as well as a renown local chef, guests will enjoy a relaxed visit to Juneau while learning about the seafood industry and the local passion for craft beers. The tour ends with a guided tour of the local town pointing out gourmet shops with delectable smoked salmons to take home to remember an unforgettable day.

Culinary Arts Kitchen Classes 

Taste the Northwest Kitchen 
Offered for the first time on Regent Seven Seas Cruises is Taste the Northwest Kitchen with recipes inspired by acclaimed chefs and restaurants found in Vancouver BC and Seattle.

Master Chef Junior 
For a fun twist, Seven Seas Explorer will offer a new class – Master Chef Junior – where grandparents or parents serve as sous chefs for their 6 to16 year old chefs.

Find Another Fish 
To round out the Alaska season on Seven Seas Explorer, our culinary enrichment team will be offering demonstrations and lectures entitled Find Another Fish which is intended to guide guests in choosing more sustainable fish at local markets when at home or at restaurants ordering a seafood or fish entrée.

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