Anyone who believes that cruise ship dining is driven by quantity over quality has not experienced Celebrity Cruises’ award-winning cuisine, a leading component of the modern luxury vacation offered on its stylish ships. The esteemed James Beard House in New York City has taken note of Celebrity’s culinary leadership, and as a result will feature cruise line chefs for the first time on April 5, 2012, when Celebrity’s master chefs Jacques Van Staden and John Suley will cook at the legendary historic venue.

Van Staden and Suley have shaped a six-course menu reflective not only of Celebrity’s modern, innovative cuisine, but also of their own ingenuity, technical prowess and globally influenced style. The menu for the April 5 dinner showcases the chefs’ adeptness at merging a range of ingredients, spices, techniques and flavor profiles to create a brilliant progression of tastes, from light and clean to rich and dense. Celebrity’s in-house sommelier and beverage programming expert, Chanelle Duarte, developed the wine selections to complement each course. Selections were chosen not only for their texture, body and flavor, but also for their prestige and, in some cases, boutique nature – characteristics which align with Celebrity’s cuisine.

About reservations

Seating at the James Beard House dinner is limited; tickets will be available to the general public beginning March 1. Ticket and menu information are available online at www.jamesbeard.org. Reservations can be made by calling (212) 627-2308. The James Beard website’s event page for the dinner will have an OpenTable field for ticket purchases beginning March 1.