Small Ship Culinary & Wine Cruises
Experience a Culinary & Wine Cruise Windstar Style
On a culinary-themed Windstar cruise, you’ll have the chance to learn how esteemed James Beard Foundation chefs turn fresh local ingredients into mouthwatering Sicilian cannoli or mushroom polpettine.
Each James Beard Foundation Culinary Cruise features: Hosted dinner with a James Beard Foundation Chef, including wine pairings and demonstrations by the Chef.
Windstar is an Official Cruise Line of the James Beard Foundation. This partnership extends beyond the dining room to a range of culinary events, helping guests connect initmately with local cultures.
Our past James Beard Foundation affiliated chefs have included: Jen Jasinski, Hugh Acheson, Renee Erickson, Duskie Estes, Judy Ni, Andy Ricker, and more.
Every year, Windstar features three James Beard Foundation Culinary Collection cruises, but if you can't make the date, you'll be able to find their delicious creations in Amphora on every cruise.
Cruise with a Culinary Superstar
Learn firsthand how your favorite chef turns the freshest local ingredients into mouthwatering cannoli or mushroom polpettine. Go on market tours, taste local specialties, dine on perfectly wine-paired meals and ask all the epicurean questions you’ve been dying to ask. On a culinary-themed Windstar cruise, you’ll have the chance to do all this with an esteemed James Beard Foundation Chef. Each James Beard Foundation Culinary Cruise features: Hosted dinner with a James Beard Foundation Chef, including wine pairings and demonstrations by the Chef.
Curated Wine Cruises
On a Culinary-Wine Cruise Guests can enjoy a variety of curated wines on some of our special itineraries. Windstar partners with award winning vineyards. Traveling on a Culinary-Wine cruise, guests will learn in-depth how wineries grow and select their grapes to bottle perfect wine. Plus, you’ll learn how to pair every wine with an unforgettable dish prepared by an award-winning James Beard chef. Each Wine Cruise features: two exclusive wine-tasting workshops with the vintners on each voyage.
Windstar's Culinary & Wine Cruises
Enjoy a wine tasting onboard and then disembark and sip on local wine.