PHOTOS COURTESY OF REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES
Plant-based Hawaiian poke bowl from Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Plant-based summer berry pudding from Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Norwegian ’ s Metropolitan Bar , which offers sustainable craft cocktails and biodynamic wines
COURTESY OF NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
Locally and Responsibly Sourced Foods
If guests aren ’ t shopping on shore , quite often the food and beverage team is . Many culinary teams create unique menus that highlight regional specialties .
• In 2022 , Princess launched its Wild for Alaska Seafood program promoting sustainable fisheries and launching new Alaska-inspired menu and cocktail selections . The program offers 30 distinctive Alaskan seafood dishes with featured items every night in all main dining rooms , and the ship ’ s specialty restaurants offer menu inserts featuring Alaskan seafood appetizers and entrees .
• Norwegian ’ s sustainably-focused Metropolitan Bar makes cocktails from food waste like banana peels , coffee grounds and pineapple skins . The bars ’ zero-waste drinks use surplus ingredients and specialty alcohol to create delicious concoctions .
FUTURE-FORWARD CRUISE CUISINE Utilizing trends from restaurateurs and businesses on land is creating a movement at sea . Only a few have turned to food trends now , but experiences like these are likely to spread industry-wide in the coming years .
• Well-known concepts from celebrity chefs are spreading . Ships are beginning to offer simple indulgences like Starbucks locations and Door Dash-type apps , which will deliver orders to guests wherever they are on the ship . “ What we ’ ve really found over the last five years is that cruise ships are looking to trends on land and those trends are being implemented on ships much faster than they were in the past ,” says Gray Faust .
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