Celebrity Cruises Charts New Culinary Course
Jan 05, 2007
Miami - (January 05, 2007 ) - Celebrity Cruises today announced plans to evolve its fleetwide culinary program, ending its affiliation with Master Chef Michel Roux. The mutual agreement coincides with the end of Roux’s current contract with Celebrity.
“Chef Roux has offered valuable culinary consultation and direction since the Celebrity brand was founded, and played an integral role in helping our brand achieve the recognition it maintains today for offering fresh, gourmet cuisine,” said Celebrity’s President Dan Hanrahan. “We are very grateful to Chef Roux for the foundation he helped us establish, and are confident in our ability to continue to deliver an extraordinary dining experience for our guests across the fleet.”
Every Celebrity ship has a highly experienced Food and Beverage team, headed by executive chefs and food and beverage managers who honed their skills in some of Europe’s finest restaurants and hotels. They completed intensive training led by Chef Roux both during Chef Roux’s onboard visits totaling well over 100 during the 15-year partnership and also, in the case of a few of Celebrity’s most promising chefs, training at his Waterside Inn restaurant in England. Similarly, the Food and Beverage Operations team based at Celebrity’s headquarters bring extensive land-based and shipboard culinary experience enabling them to effectively direct and complement the shipboard colleagues.
“Chef Roux has offered, and we have accepted, to assist Celebrity during the transition, and will be available in the future to offer advice and guidance,” said Hanrahan. “Meanwhile, on behalf of all of us at Celebrity, I thank him for all his contributions, and wish him the very best.”
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