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Sailing with Top Chefs; The locals’ Martha’s Vineyard

Sailing with Top Chefs

Fans of reality-TV cooking shows are getting a chance “to get up close and personal” with their favorite chefs, said Joe Yonan in The Washington Post. Recently, Top Chef: The Cruise took 2,000 guests round trip from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico, with the judges and popular contestants from the Bravo show Top Chef. There were cooking competitions each of the four nights, challenging select fans to share an apron with a chef and used one hand to prepare a dish. These competitions revealed the popularity of the cruise’s “alcohol package,” as the proceedings turned into messy food fights. Non-cooking events allowed guests to join chefs in jogs around the boat or games of volleyball, Ping-Pong, or poker, and to hear head judge Tom Colicchio play blues guitar. Every meal featured recipes by the show’s chefs in addition to the regular menu. The consensus: “By and large,” the Top Chef dishes were best.

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