When Holland America Line’s Westerdam sails her 53-day Legendary Voyage referred to as “Majestic Japan” in September 2024, the movie star chef who serves because the cruise line’s Contemporary Fish Ambassador can be onboard for a part of the thrilling journey.
Chef Masaharu Morimoto will be a part of the ship’s voyage for six days, from September 24 to 30, 2024, because the vessel calls at Hiroshima, his hometown.
Whereas the chef is onboard, company will take pleasure in particular actions, a cooking demonstration, and a Espresso Chat occasion the place cruisers can work together with the movie star.
Among the many particular actions can be three probabilities to dine at Morimoto By Sea pop-up venues contained in the ship’s Pinnacle Grill. The favored eating choice is a full restaurant on the road’s Nieuw Amsterdam, and seems within the pop-up format on all different Holland America Line ships.
“I’m excited to sail on board a Holland America Line cruise that places such a deep concentrate on my house nation of Japan, its distinctive native substances and visits my hometown,” mentioned Chef Masaharu Morimoto, Contemporary Fish Ambassador for Holland America Line.
Along with the total 53-day “Majestic Japan” cruise, working roundtrip from Seattle, there are three segments provided, two of which embrace the chef’s time onboard.
The total voyage departs Seattle on September 1, 2024 and concludes on October 24, 2024. A 51-day choice begins in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 3, 2024 and concludes on October 24, 2024, whereas a 34-day phase begins in Yokohama (Tokyo) on September 21, 2024 and ends on October 24, 2024.
One closing phase, of 19 days, operates earlier than Morimoto joins the ship, beginning with the Seattle departure on September 1, 2024 and ending in Yokohama on September 21, 2024.
Holland America Line tapped Morimoto as Contemporary Fish Ambassador in September 2023, the identical time it unveiled its bold International Contemporary Fish program, which permits the road’s ships to supply recent seafood from dozens of worldwide ports due to a community of sustainable fisheries and harvesters the road created.
In April 2024, this system earned awards from the Marine Stewardship Council and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council for its success in sourcing seafood in sustainable and accountable methods.
Chef Morimoto, the star of “Iron Chef” and “Iron Chef America,” is thought for integrating Western and Japanese substances. He owns eating places in New York, Philadelphia, and different US cities, and in worldwide cities corresponding to Mumbai, Mexico Metropolis, and Tokyo.
“Having Chef Morimoto cruise with us is an expertise that our company will always remember. Studying from such a famend skilled and listening to about his background whereas visiting his homeland is an ideal technique to carry extra of Japan on board,” mentioned Michael Stendebach, vice chairman of meals and beverage division for Holland America Line.
Throughout the cruise to Japan, company could have alternatives to pattern native seafood sourced at varied Japanese ports as a part of the recent fish community.
Itinerary Includes a Dozen-Plus Japanese Locations
The 1,916-guest Westerdam, a Vista-class ship that launched in 2003, is crusing Alaska cruises from Seattle via August 2024.
Beginning on September 1, 2024, her “Majestic Japan” voyage options calls at a couple of Alaska ports, together with Sitka and Haines, earlier than crossing the Pacific to Japan.
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Port calls in Japan embrace Kushiro Metropolis; Hakodate; Tokyo; Shimizu; Kobe-Osaka; Kochi Metropolis; Hiroshima Metropolis; Hakata-Fukuoka; Toyama Metropolis; Nagasaki; Kanazawa; Sakaiminato-Matsue; and Okinawa. Westerdam additionally will go to Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii, earlier than returning to Seattle.
Following the voyage to Japan, Westerdam will reposition to Australia and New Zealand, for a sequence of 14-day cruises Down Below via March 2025. In April 2025, the ship will return to Seattle for one more summer time sequence of Alaska itineraries.
