The Culinary Arts Center, presented by Food & Wine Magazine, provides guests on select Holland America cruises the opportunity to experience demonstrations & hands-on classes conducted by top chefs, wine experts & leading cookbook authors from the pages of Food & Wine Magazine. Onboard all sailings, you will learn tricks-of-the-trade from top professionals, try your hand at preparing dishes and taste wines representative of the specific ports of call you will visit. Guests on selected cruises will also receive food & Wine recipe cards and wine tasting notes that you may take home with copies of the magazine. Other opportunities might include book signings, question and answer sessions, specifically designed dinner menus and more.
Why Food Is at the Heart of Great Travel
At Atlas Travel Center, we believe that the best travel memories are often made at a table. The food you eat on a trip — whether it’s a bowl of fresh pasta at a trattoria in Rome, a perfectly crafted seafood dish aboard a river cruise, or a local street food market in Southeast Asia — connects you to a place in a way that sightseeing alone rarely does. Our advisors plan with food in mind, recommending destinations, ships, and hotels based in part on their culinary reputations.
The recipes we share on this blog are inspired by dishes our clients and agents have encountered on their travels — aboard cruise ships, at destination restaurants, and in the homes of locals who opened their doors. Recreating those flavors at home keeps the travel spirit alive between trips, and for many of our clients, a beloved dish becomes the seed of a new travel idea. You make the ship’s signature dessert at home; you start wondering what else you missed onboard; you call us to book the next sailing.
Travel Itineraries Built Around Food and Wine
For travelers who want to make culinary experiences the centerpiece of a trip, we design food and wine vacations that go well beyond restaurant reservations. Think cooking classes in Tuscany, wine-harvest experiences in Bordeaux, sake brewery tours in Kyoto, or culinary-focused river cruises with AMA Waterways. We also know which cruise lines genuinely excel at dining — and which ones inflate their culinary reputations in marketing materials.
Ready to Plan Your Next Culinary Adventure?
Contact Atlas Travel Center to speak with an advisor who understands that great travel and great food go hand in hand. We’ve been planning extraordinary travel experiences since 1987 — CLIA-certified, ARC-accredited, and A+ BBB-rated — and we’d love to help you taste your way around the world.
