Another Emeril's Bistro Will Be Part of the
Dining Experience on Carnival Jubilee
MIAMI, Dec. 28,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bam! Carnival Cruise Line
announced today that renowned chef and restauranteur Emeril Lagasse
will serve as its Chief Culinary Officer. A restaurant concept
created by Lagasse, Emeril's Bistro, is already popular on two of
Carnival's most innovative ships, Mardi
Gras and Carnival Celebration, and now the famous chef's
culinary talents will be utilized fleetwide. In conjunction with
this announcement, Carnival also announced that Carnival Jubilee
will also feature an Emeril's Bistro when it arrives in
Galveston, Tex. in December 2023. To see a video of Lagasse sharing
the news, click here.
"Food is key to the fun of a Carnival cruise," said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise
Line. "Emeril's restaurants on our two new ships have been a great
addition to our dining offerings and guests rave about the food,
which will also be on Carnival Jubilee come next December. With
Emeril's culinary expertise and broader profile on our ships, along
with our wildly popular partnership with Food Network star
Guy Fieri, Carnival will feature two
iconic talents in the food and dining industry across our
fleet."
As Chief Culinary Officer, Lagasse will support Carnival's
skilled chefs with guidance on food trends and techniques as well
as advise on future menu items and dining concepts. Guests will
also see his input on the menus of main dining rooms fleetwide,
including entrées designated as "Emeril recommends" picks.
"I've been creating and operating restaurants for many years but
developing my restaurants with Carnival and learning about the
cruise industry has been an exhilarating experience. I love
Carnival's focus on food and fun and the many great dining options
they offer their guests. I'm looking forward to building on our
success at sea with Carnival's exceptional culinary team," said
Lagasse.
Lagasse is a James Beard Award
winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine and one
of New Orleans' most respected
chefs. In addition to his acclaimed restaurants across the country,
he has been welcomed into homes nationwide for decades through his
popular cookbooks and television cooking shows, including his
current show "Emeril Cooks," which debuted on Roku earlier this
year.
Carnival offers its guests outstanding choices in casual and
fine dining, and the last several months have been filled with
awards from Cruise Critic, Travel Weekly, The Points Guy, Good
Housekeeping and Reader's Digest that recognize the great value and
dining options – many of which are fully inclusive with standard
bookings. Fieri's Guy's Burgers is the first stop for many guests
after they board their cruise, and his fleetwide offerings have
been expanded to include Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que
Smokehouse on newer ships joining the fleet.
To celebrate Lagasse's new role, Duffy has invited him to join
her in New York this weekend,
where Carnival is sponsoring the countdown clock, and serving as a
musical sponsor, for the famous Times Square ball drop. Carnival's
integration with the iconic New Year's Eve Celebration in
New York City will also serve as
one of the first launching points of Carnival's new "Choose Fun
Together" marketing campaign. The new ads highlight those special
moments of fun that can only happen when people come together on a
Carnival cruise – because we are our most fun selves when we choose
fun – together. In that spirit, Duffy and Lagasse will flip the
switch on the New Year's Eve countdown clock together.
The event also coincides with the cruise line's line expansion
of operations in New York City,
with year-round departures from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on
board Carnival Venezia beginning in June.
For additional information on Carnival Cruise Line and to book a
cruise vacation, call 1-800-CARNIVAL, visit www.carnival.com, or
contact your favorite travel advisor or online travel site.
ABOUT CARNIVAL CRUISE
LINE
Carnival Cruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation & plc
(NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is proud to be known as America's
Cruise Line, for carrying more Americans and serving more U.S.
homeports than any other. Since its founding in 1972, Carnival has
continually revolutionized the cruise sector, making a cruise
vacation an affordable and popular option for millions of guests.
Carnival operates from 14 U.S. and two Australian homeports and
employs more than 40,000 team members representing 120
nationalities. Carnival currently operates 24 ships and is in an
exciting period of growth, with Carnival Celebration and Carnival
Luminosa, which began guest operations in November, and three
additional ships joining the fleet by 2024.
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