Upcoming Norwegian Getaway to include Geoffrey Zakarian restaurant

When we sail with Norwegian we dine at the included restaurants for most meals, but we usually try a couple of specialty restaurants along the way (and we usually enjoy the food very much – regardless of the restaurant). Hopefully we’ll get a chance to try this one while we’re aboard Norwegian Breakaway later this year!

More and more ships are connecting with Food Network stars. This surprises me because I always thought cruise food was spectacular! I guess there is a need to bump it up a notch.

I think it’s less about the food quality (which we’ve always found to be spectacular as well) and more about the name recognition. Real Broadway musicals, Blue Man Group, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon – the list goes on and on! The cruise lines have obviously found that their clients (or, maybe more importantly, potential clients) respond very favorably to these big, recognizable names. I guess “celebrity chefs” for the restaurants is all part of that!

Good point. I'm not in to name dropping, so even if a ship I was on had a famous chef attached to it, I doubt I'd do much bragging about it.