Silversea To Offer Relais & Châteaux Cooking School at Sea

Silversea Cruises will offer 10 voyages this year featuring the Relais & Châteaux L'École des Chefs interactive cooking school offering guests a special culinary curriculum and entertaining events hosted by Silversea culinary trainer David Bilsland.

Educated in classic French cooking, Bilsland's career includes several years as a chef instructor at the Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in London. He presents a program developed in collaboration with Jacques Thorel, the owner of L'Auberge Bretonne and a consulting Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux. 
 
The curriculum for each of these cruises is meant to celebrate the cultural flavor of the ship's itinerary with highlights including workshops on basic knife skills and kitchen terminology to sauces and baking.

The program will include cooking demonstrations with wine pairings and interactive Q&A sessions, lively cooking competitions between Chef Bilsland and the ship's own culinary team, a "Lunch and Learn" event offering small groups of guests a chance to sample a meal of specially prepared dishes, and "Take It Home" recipes that will give guests an edge when entertaining at home. 

Also offered on certain voyages, when the itinerary permits, is a "Market to the Plate" experience that provides an escorted tour of a local market followed by a cooking class.

L'École des Chefs voyages for 2011:


AFRICA, ARABIA & INDIAN OCEAN

Voyage 2132: Silver Wind departs Athens November 11 on a 16-day sailing to Dubai with calls in Alexandria, Sharm el Sheikh, Aqaba, Safaga, Muscat and Fujairah. Silver Savings fares start at $7,918.
 
Voyage 2134: Silver Wind departs Dubai December 4 on a 17-day sailing to Mahe with calls in Fujairah, Muscat, Mumbai, Cochin, Colombo, Male, Curieuse, La Digue and Praslin. Silver Savings fares start at $6,198.


CARIBBEAN, PANAMA CANAL & MEXICO


Voyage 1110: Silver Cloud departs Fort Lauderdale March 24 on a 16-day sailing to San Diego with a crossing of the Panama Canal and calls in Cartagena, San Blas Island, Puntarenas, Puerto Quetzal, Acapulco, Zihuatanejo and Cabo San Lucas.  Silver Savings fares start at $5,558. 
 
Voyage 1111: Silver Cloud departs San Diego April 9 on a 16-day sailing to Fort Lauderdale with a crossing of the Panama Canal and calls in Cabo San Lucas, Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Puerto Quetzal, Puntarenas, San Blas Island and Cartagena.  Silver Savings fares start at $5,558. 

FAR EAST & SOUTH PACIFIC

Voyage 3102: Silver Shadow departs January 19 on a 30-day roundtrip voyage from Sydney that will completely circle Australia, calling in Brisbane, Hamilton Island, Port Douglas, Cooktown, Darwin, Broome, Exmouth, Perth, Albany, Port Lincoln, Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Hobart. Silver Savings fares start at $17,638. 

Voyage 5103: Silver Spirit departs Los Angeles January 20 on a 12-day sailing to Papeete with calls in Nuku Hiva, Atuona, Rangiroa and Moorea. Silver Savings fares on this World Cruise segment start at $5,198. 

MEDITERRANEAN


Voyage 5110: Silver Spirit departs Athens May 3 on a 16-day sailing to Southampton with calls in Taormina, Sorrento, Rome, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Malaga, Lisbon, Bilbao and Guernsey.  Silver Savings fares on this World Cruise segment start at $10,358. 

TRANSOCEANIC

Voyage 4115: Silver Whisper departs New York May 17 on a 14-day transatlantic voyage to Southampton with calls in Newport, Halifax, Sydney, St. John's, Cork, Waterford and Fowey.  Silver Savings fares start at $5,798. 

Voyage 3125: Silver Shadow departs Seward September 8 on a 14-day sailing to Tokyo with calls in Homer, Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, Kamchatka, Kushiro and Hakodate.  Silver Savings fares start at $6,118. 

Voyage 5132: Silver Spirit departs Lisbon October 21 on a 15-day sailing to Barbados with calls in Funchal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas, La Gomera, Antigua, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia.  Silver Savings fares start at $5,638. 

Fares listed above are per person based on double occupancy for a Vista Suite and do not include port charges and handling fees that range from $209 to $950 per person for these voyages, depending on the itinerary.