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Jump (Onto A) Ship With Real-Life Top Chefs

October 22, 2009 at 4:03 PM | by Heidi Atwal | 0 Comments

Sail away with Jacques Pepin

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Top Chef restaurant profile with food news of a different sort. Today, instead of highlighting an aspiring top chef, we're calling attention to a few names who earned their stripes after years in the industry and a consistent record of putting out great food. Nothing against the current crop of Vegas hopefuls, but there is something to be said for gaining cred in the days preceding reality television.

Some of these real-life top chefs, like Nancy Oakes of San Francisco's Boulevard and Jacques Pepin, will be joining 2010's Food & Wine Trails cruise roster, allowing fans to follow them to the ends of the Earth, in a manner of speaking.

As you can guess, deck volleyball isn't a high priority on-board. Travelers are there for tastings and pairings alongside some of the country's most famous wine makers, with stops at European cities and wineries—not one of those oh-so-perky family resorts you see advertised on television.

The announcement of Oakes' and Pepin's involvement comes way ahead of schedule: Oakes will be on a "Wine Down Under" cruise from Sydney, Australia to New Zealand in November of next year, while Pepin will host a private reception onboard a cruise from Copenhagen to Lisbon in August of 2010. But as spots on these cruises fill up quickly and there's often a savings attached to early booking—like a $500 shipboard credit for the New Zealand trip—you might want to plan accordingly and putting away funds now. Oakes' cruise is priced at $10,075 per person, double occupancy for 14-days, and Pepin's at $5,103.

Food & Wine Trails promises a lot of good eating at those rates, though. There are the requisite gourmet meals, like we mentioned, wine and food education, and cooking demonstrations/seminars for those hoping to expand their skill-set. Hey, it could get you one step closer to auditioning for the next cycle of Top Chef, or reenacting quickfire challenges at home.

Related Stories
· Food and Wine Trails [Official Site]
· Top Chef Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: KQED]

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