Food, Wine and Celebrities Cruise Features Barbara Walters, Marvin Hamlisch

The cruise also includes appearances by world-renowned guest chef Gualtiero Marchesi and Master Sommelier Robert Bathallows.

sevenseastravel.com/cc4d.html - April 11, 2008

The 12-day Wine, Food & Celebrities cruise sails July 31, 2008.    The cruise offers a unique opportunity for world-class culinary experiences that focus on authentic cuisine and local Mediterranean delicacies.

(PRNewsChannel) / Newport Beach, Calif. - The date has been set for a luxury sailing experience featuring popular television personality Barbara Walters and award-winning composer and famed conductor Marvin Hamlisch, SevenSeasTravel.com announced today.

The exclusive Food, Wine & Celebrities luxury sailing also features world-renowned guest chef Gualtiero Marchesi and Master Sommelier Robert Bathallows.  Passengers will be able sample fresh oysters from the famed Ston oyster beds in Dubrovnik, enjoy private cooking instruction in the South of France, and savor from 14 carefully crafted culinary excursions during the Wine and Food Festival sailing this summer on the five-star Crystal Serenity.

 

The Mediterranean voyage sails through the region known for bountiful delicacies.  Highlighting the onboard experience with cooking demonstrations and a special chef’s dinner is world-renowned Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi, the first chef in Italy to be awarded three coveted Michelin Stars. 

 

Master Sommelier Robert Bath and wine educator Philip di Belardino will also be aboard for exclusive wine tasting and wine education seminars.

 

In addition to the exclusive culinary experiences offered on this sailing, Barbara Walters will be the featured celebrity guest speaker while Marvin Hamlisch is slated to be the celebrity entertainer.

 

This luxury Crystal cruise travels from Monte Carlo to Venice, stopping in seven of the nine ports along the way for farmhouse visits in the Roman and Tuscan countryside, tapas tours and lessons in traditional Spanish cooking in Barcelona, and other special wine and food-themed excursions that allow guests to immerse themselves in the rich flavors and the culinary heritage specific to the region.

 

“This 12-day Mediterranean itinerary provides a unique opportunity for world-class culinary experiences that focus on authentic cuisine and local Mediterranean delicacies,” says cruise expert Mark Allen, of SevenSeasTravel.com.  “This Wine and Food Festival sailing aboard the luxurious Crystal Serenity offers a real treat for all culinary enthusiasts.”

 

Wine tasting in four countries and multi-course meals in spectacular settings such as the Isle of Capri and Dubrovnik’s ancient sea port round out a list of culinary shore tours and excursions including:

 

•           Exploring the underground Codorniu Cava Cellars and visiting Montserrat and its famous Benedictine monastery.

 

•           Travel to the Tuscan village of Monte Carlo to taste their local wines, cheeses and extra-virgin olive oils.

 

•           Participate in a cooking class at a scenic country farm and prepare traditional Roman dishes including fresh fettuccini.

 

•           Visit a farmhouse to see how mozzarella and Limoncello are made and lunch at a deluxe Relais hotel.

 

•           Sample Croatia's world-famous Ston oysters.

 

•           Sample Umbrian wines in Orvieto’s regional wine house in the underground passages of a former convent.

 

•           Prepare and sample Italian cuisine during a hands-on cooking lesson in Florence.

 

The luxury sailing begins with a shipboard overnight in Monte Carlo plus the following ports of call: Marseille, France; Barcelona, Spain; Florence/Livorno, Rome/Civitavecchia, and Sorrento, Italy; Corfu, Greece; and Dubrovnik, Croatia; before concluding in Venice.

 

SevenSeasTravel.com offers the exclusive 12-day Food, Wine & Celebrities sailing July 31, 2008, aboard the Crystal Serenity from $4,995 per person including the cruise, prepaid gratuities and $250 shipboard credit.

 

Call (800)951-5581 or go to www.SevenSeasTravel.com for reservations and additional information.

 

About Barbara Walters:

Barbara Walters has arguably interviewed more statesmen and stars than any other journalist in history. She is so well known that her name and a brief biography are listed in the American Heritage Dictionary. Ms. Walters has interviewed every American President and First Lady since Richard Nixon. She made journalism history by arranging the first joint interview with Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin in November, 1977. 

 

About Marvin Hamlisch:

Marvin Hamlisch's life in music is notable for its great versatility as well as substance. As composer, Hamlisch has won every major award: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, one Tony and three Golden Globe awards. His groundbreaking show, A Chorus Line, received the Pulitzer Prize. Among the Broadway shows Hamlisch has composed are, They're Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl, Sweet Smell of Success and Imaginary Friends. He is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores including his Oscar winning score and song for The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for The Sting, for which he received a third Oscar. His prolific output of scores for films includes original compositions and/or musical adaptations for Sophie's Choice, Ordinary People, The Swimmer, Three Men and a Baby, Ice Castles, Take the Money and Run, Bananas and Save the Tiger.

 

About Guest Chef - Gualtiero Marchesi:

Master chef and leading representative of Italian cuisine. Gualtiero was the first Italian to receive 3 Michelin stars. Listed by Time magazine as one of the top 15 chefs in the world.

 

About Wine Expert - Robert Bath:

Master Sommelier who is a key member of the Court of Master Sommeliers; owns both the RLB Wine Group and Robert Bath Imports; writer for Sante Magazine; recently appeared on the Fine Living Network Channel's show 50 Wines in 50 States.

 

About Wine Expert - Philip di Belardino:

Philip is a Wine Educator and Vice President at Banfi Vintners. Banfi Vintners, an international wine marketer, has ranked as one of the U.S.A.'s leading wine importers for more than three decades.

 

Contact: Mark Allen, Seven Seas Travel
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Phone: (800) 951-5581 
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