Seven Seas Grandeur

Our distinctive Gourmet Explorer Tours, offered exclusively aboard Seven Seas Explorer, allows guests the unique opportunity to experience the culinary culture of the world’s most delicious destinations. From savouring the authentic flavours of a region to learning new techniques in local cooking classes, guests can choose from a variety of optional tours that take them to local markets to find exotic spices, sample delicious wines at breathtaking estates and savor gourmet meals expertly prepared by renowned chefs. Due to their unique itineraries, Gourmet Explorer tours require a discounted, supplementary charge.

Step into a welcoming environment, reminiscent of the world’s distinguished culinary institutions in both layout and design, with workstations fully equipped with top-of-the-line induction cooktops, stainless steel sinks and a comprehensive collection of cooking essentials. Guests attending classes in the Culinary Arts Kitchen will receive highly individualised, hands-on instruction. The curriculum will appeal to a wide range of tastes and cater to all levels of aptitude, from beginner to experienced chefs.

Taste, learn and share with the Culinary Arts Kitchen and Regent Seven Seas Cruises®.

Please note: Classes vary by destination and voyage to view voyages and availability click here.

Join expert chefs in a state-of-the-art teaching kitchen on board Seven Seas GrandeurTM, Seven Seas Splendor® or Seven Seas Explorer®. Learn to prepare authentic local recipes, and savour the flavours of the regions you are visiting.

From Our Kitchen, To Yours

Executive Chef and Director of Culinary Enrichment, Kathryn Kelly, has travelled throughout the world, tasting and exploring the many different cuisines and the cultures that create them. Her experience and expertise make her a natural fit to develop the curriculum for the Culinary Arts Kitchen. Exclusively aboard Seven Seas Grandeur®, Seven Seas Splendor®, Seven Seas Explorer® and Seven Seas Prestige™.

The Culinary Arts Kitchen provides everything you need to elevate your culinary skills in a welcoming environment inspired by France's finest cooking schools. Designed with both style and functionality, the space features fully equipped workstations complete with top-of-the-line induction cooktops, stainless steel sinks, and a comprehensive collection of cooking essentials. Whether you're a novice in the kitchen or a seasoned chef, you'll enjoy highly personalised, hands-on instruction from expert instructors.

Culinary Classes Details

ARABESQUE

Based on the travels of Executive Chef Kelly in Morocco and Turkey, this cruise ship cooking class explores the trending culinary traditions and recipes of two ancient and revered cuisines. Learn the basics of tagine cookery and gain an appreciation for how the foods of these two great countries have influenced modern world gastronomy. Learn how to make nut milks and preserved lemons – prized in the Arabesque region and around the world. These cuisines are a favourite amongst our chefs, and the recipes are beyond delicious.

ANYTIME BRUNCH FAVOURITES

Whether celebrating the weekend with a group of friends, spending Sunday watching your favourite sports team or gathering the family for the holidays, brunch is always a great meal for casual, comforting and delicious dishes. Brunch is also a meal we want to host effortlessly, so our chefs have assembled their favorite crowd-pleasing recipes that make brunch a breeze to host. Not a meal to be served without spectacular drinks, this culinary class also features favourite mid-day libations.

BEYOND PATAGONIAN DELICIOUSNESS

The culinary world has its eyes on the cuisine of the Patagonia region. Regarded as the hot new cuisine, chefs have travelled to these remote parts to learn the secrets of Argentine grilling, as well as Chilean roasting and baking. Attend this cook-out class that features delicious and hearty dishes that you will definitely want to make at home to impress your friends. No meal in Patagonia is complete without wine, so a special focus will be made on sampling and pairing the region’s varietals.

BOUNTY OF THE SEA

Fish is something we often order when dining out, but rarely feel comfortable making at home. In this class technique-driven class, master the basics of fish cookery: sauté and grill, deep poach, shallow poach, curing, baking, and healthy pan fry. Your Chef Instructor shares personal tips for purchasing fish from your local fish monger and adding more variety to your favourite fish choices.

EPICURIAN SAFARI

Embark on a culinary safari around the diverse countries of Africa. Enjoy mastering dishes from Morocco, such as tagine and b’stilla. Then head south and learn the secrets of mouth-watering grilled meats from South Africa and Namibia. Like all great safaris, this adventure begins with a delicious and artisan-created gin and tonic.

FIESTA ON THE HIGH SEAS

If you love Mexican food, but are reluctant to cook it at home, then this class is for you! Taking inspiration from Spanish tapas, this class provides a robust menu for a tasty Mexican snacking party, including a lesson on how to make the perfect Mexican cocktails.

FRESH HEALTHY COMFORT KITCHEN

This class was designed in collaboration with Canyon Ranch® with a focus on healthy eating. Discover the secrets and methods for preparing foods that are flavourful, comforting, plentiful...and good for you. From ingredients to cooking methods, learn the many ways you can maintain a healthy kitchen — while serving fabulous food — at home.

LA TECHNIQUE FRANCAISE

As the cuisine against which all others are compared, this class is designed around the pillars of classic French culinary technique. Learn the difference between French bistro and haute cuisine as you explore the various regional cuisines of France. Steeped in the fundamentals this class focuses on classic techniques designed to elevate your kitchen skills at home. Sample two French wines and learn the art of pairing French food and wine.

MASTER OF FIRE, HEAT & GRILL

Mastering the skill of cooking with high heat — whether on a grill or in a sauté pan — is at the core of this popular cruise ship cooking class. From achieving the perfect sear marks on a rib eye to bringing forth the flavour-enhancing char of a grilled flatbread, your Chef Instructor teaches techniques for perfect high heat cooking every time. Also learn how to use a digital thermometer, achieving internal cooking temperatures and the pillars of perfect protein cookery.

MASTERING KNIFE SKILLS

Regent Seven Seas Cruises® partnered with Zwilling Company, the makers of the chef-favorite J.A. Henckels knives, to develop one of our top guest-requested classes: Mastering Knife Skills. You’ll get a chef’s look at a complete pantry of knives and enjoy the chance to try out a few chef knives to discover the best option for you. You’ll also learn how to sharpen and maintain this essential kitchen tool, practice various knife cuts and discover how to safely use the mandolin slicer. At the conclusion of your class, you’ll receive a special Knife Skills certificate along with a savings voucher for your favourite Zwilling Company knives.

MEDITERRANEAN MELODY

The Mediterranean is revered for its cuisine and this culinary class allows you to take a virtual trip around region, celebrating signature dishes of Greece, Israel, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Morocco. Each class is a reflection of your Chef Instructor’s personal favourites from their years of tasting and travelling across the Mediterranean. Expand your food and wine repertoire as part of this enrichment programme.

NORTHERN LIGHTS

Our chefs have collected their favourite recipes from Finland, Iceland and Norway to create this class that matches culinary delights to the extraordinary sight of the Northern Lights. In recent years, the culinary world has followed these trending cuisines as many of the world’s most revered chefs fuse traditional recipes with innovative ingredients and cooking methods. A highlight of the class is our signature sparkling cocktail celebrating the auroras.

PASTA PASTA PASTA

This class is a celebration of the mouthwatering mainstay dish of Italian cuisine — pasta. Pasta is traditionally served for lunch or at dinner as the second course, or secondi, in most Italian homes. Learn the fundamentals of making this dish in a traditional way, from dry and fresh pasta to pasta cookery and favourite sauces, and impress your friends and family with this new skill when you return home.

PERFECTLY SAUCED & TOSSED

Most chefs will confess that the secret to finishing most dishes is the sauce — sometimes taking years to achieve. A perfectly executed sauce is as elemental to French cuisine as a great dressing is to a composed salad. This class focuses on the nuisances of sauces and emulsions, all while mastering some delicious dishes. If you have ever wanted to learn the secrets of the classic French pan sauce or understanding the magic of vinegars and extra virgin olive oil, then this is the class for you.

A TASTE OF SPAIN

For centuries, beginning with the migration of the Moors followed by the explorers returning to Spain from the New World, Spain has held court as the epicenter of the culinary universe. Modern Spanish chefs have transformed traditional dishes through molecular gastronomy while maintaining a reverence for traditional tapas and dishes like Valencian paella. Learn to enlighten your home kitchen with some of Spain’s signature dishes, wines and of course — the festive Sangria.

SIMPLE & ELEGANT DINNER PARTY

Our Chef Instructors are frequently asked about their personal favourite dishes that they enjoy making at home. In response, they assembled some of those simple yet elegant recipes to transform the Culinary Arts Kitchen into an elegant dinner party. Take what you learn to your home kitchen and impress your friends when you return by hosting your own dinner party, complete with exquisite wine pairings.

THE CONTENTED VIKING

Culinary historians have seen a renewed interested in the Viking diet in recent years with the emergence in popularity of lower carbohydrate diets, such as the Paleo Diet. The diet of modern Nordic countries continues to feature clean, sustainable and seasonal food. In this class learn about recipes that are famously celebrated at the top restaurants across Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Indulging in the Swedish Glogg is reason enough to join the class!

THE PERFECT PAIR

As luxury travellers, we indulge in fine wines paired with delicious food, which is the main focus of this class. Whether you are interested in learning how to properly select the right wine for your preferred dish or are searching for the right meal to pair with your absolute favourite wine, this class will expand your horizons. Your curriculum includes cooking several recipes and then pairing them with wines to explore how different varietals complement the dishes.

YAYA'S GREEK FEAST

Greeks are famous for their home-cooked, savory and generously portioned meals with family gathered — singing, dancing and eating! Greek recipes are passed down from Yaya (grandmother) by showing rather than writing down recipes. So, we recreated those hands-on recipes from our favorite yayas from Santorini, Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, and Athens for this popular cooking class. Learn to make healthy, comforting Greek-inspired dishes, imbibe in our favorite Cretan Rose cocktail and plan your next party around the recipes you master.

1493: THE FOODIES’S NEW WORLD

Delight in learning about the evolution of the Mediterranean cuisine when new ingredients were introduced after the Portuguese and Spanish returned from exploring “The New World.” Discover the way tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peppers, chocolate, blueberries, and zucchini (to name a few) found their way into the Mediterranean diet and changed their traditional dishes for the better.

Every destination we sail to harbours treasured experiences waiting to be unearthed. And there's no better way to dig in than by taking advantage of our hallmark inclusion of thousands of wonderful, Unlimited Shore Excursions.

MAKE YOUR VACATION YOUR OWN

When your feet touch the ground, your cruise enters a new dimension. What's your preference? Exploring the world's great cities? Immersing yourself in local culture? Or indulging your inner beach bum? Over 4,500 Unlimited Shore Excursions across every region of the world allow you to embrace it all.

Wherever you're traveling, opportunities to maximise memories abound. Whether it's urban adventures brimming with history, architecture and culture or escapes to natural wonders that stagger the senses, our Unlimited Shore Excursions guarantee your vacation will be like no other. Start dreaming today.

Uncover off-the-beaten-path experiences with our Go Local Tours providing a more direct way for you to learn the culture of a destination through the communities within. Spend a day at a family-owned goat farm in the countryside of Andalusia to learn the generations-old way of making cheese or observe skilled, local artists in their personal studios on Palma de Mallorca. Experience the world through the eyes of those who actually live there and discover the best of what you didn't know about your favourite destinations with Go Local Tours.

Sometimes the best solution for the well-traveled guest and anyone looking to uncover off-the-beaten-path places and experiences is to start thinking like a local.

CULTURAL DISCOVERY

Go Local Tours provide a more direct way for you to experience the culture of a destination through the communities within. Spend a day at a family-owned goat farm in the countryside of Andalusia to learn the generations-old way of making cheese, discover the joy of fishing with the residents of Portofino or observe skilled local artists in their personal studios on Palma de Mallorca. Many Go Local tours are part of our Unlimited Shore Excursions, while some require a discounted, supplementary charge. Experience the world through the eyes of those who actually live there and discover the best of what you didn't know about your favourite destination with Go Local Tours.

Taste the cultures of the world with our specially curated, Master Chef-led, Epicurean Explorer Tours, unique to sailings aboard Seven Seas Splendor® and Seven Seas Explorer®. Be treated to a particularly French dining experience with Michelin-starred Master Chef René Bérard at his private estate along with a Provençal cooking demonstration in Provence or be led through the open-air, seaside market in Nice and partake in an exquisite lunch at Château Eza in Eze. Please your palate and expand your culinary knowledge with each of our delectable Epicurean Explorer Tours.

Outside of a stellar local expert, our noses may be our best guides to places beloved by foodies. Market spices drifting on a breeze, sizzling street foods, wine poured in a sun-kissed vineyard - these smells forever recall a destination as much as any photo or souvenir.

CHEF-LED SHORESIDE EXCURSIONS

Allow our chefs to be your guides on these specially crafted small-group experiences. Discover vibrant ancient markets, sample world-class restaurants, incorporate new learnings in the kitchen, and more. Exclusive aboard Seven Seas Explorer®, Seven Seas Splendor® and Seven Seas Grandeur™, these curated tours require a discounted supplementary charge.

Envision your perfect day of sightseeing and exploring your destination exactly as you'd like... Creating your own, customised excursions is possible. Whether you're looking to engage a private vehicle from our Executive Collection with a personal driver and/or English-speaking guide or hoping to develop a truly bespoke experience with our elite concierge team, we welcome the opportunity to help you create your perfect journey.

You choose the locales - we'll provide the private transport. Our Executive Collection frees you to explore ports of call with a driver and/or English-speaking guide, the ultimate way to maximise your time onshore. Whether heading out to a city's outskirts or taking off along spectacular coastlines, you'll accrue lifelong memories by the mile (or kilometre).

MAKE YOUR VACATION YOUR OWN

Excitement builds each time a Regent Seven Seas' cruise ship approaches a port city. Let your excitement skyrocket with a car, driver and/or English-speaking guide awaiting you onshore. Where do you go? Across the Charles River to explore Cambridge, Boston's academic neighbour? Along Monaco's famed Formula 1 route? Across Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge? Only you know for sure.

Families with young travellers will enjoy our Club Mariner Youth Program on select voyages. Children ages 5 to 17 can participate in a range of specialised activities, from mini-putt tournaments to dance parties to movie nights. Each program is designed and supervised by friendly and professional youth counsellors.

Club Mariner is available on select sailings only. Please ask your travel professional for details.