Working chefs from serious kitchens cooking four- and five-course tasting menus at sea — including at a new dining venue concept making waves in the industry. A flight over the Drake Passage that lands you in Antarctica, bypassing some of the roughest open water on the planet. A river ship designed entirely around solo travelers — no single supplements, no awkward dinner table The Kitchens Getting Serious
The most compelling 2027 culinary programs treat the chef — and the port — as the destination itself.
Four Seasons Yachts’ planned Chefs-in-Residence program brings the following chefs aboard select Mediterranean and Caribbean sailings for four- and five-course tasting menus with wine pairings at Sedna:
- Guillaume Galliot of Caprice in Hong Kong
- Evan Neumann of Auro in Napa Valley
- Guillaume Bracaval of est in Tokyo
Each residency is also expected to include a venue takeover and a welcome reception. These are working chefs from restaurants with serious reputations — the program is built around the cooking, not the branding. VIVA Cruises approaches the culinary angle differently: 104 guests on the Po River, with Bologna food excursions, Northern Italian wine tours, and Murano glassmaking woven through the itinerary aboard VIVA UNIQUE.
The strongest 2027 programs share a common design logic — the most memorable moments are planned for the moments guests step off the gangway.
Silversea has 40 Antarctica voyages scheduled for the 2026–2027 season, including 29 fly-cruises that bypass the Drake Passage — a practical consideration for travelers who want the continent without days of open-ocean crossing. The Cormorant at 55 South resort in Puerto Williams is expected to open November 5, 2026, offering expedition experts, kayaking, horseback riding, family-style dining at Latitude 55, and Chilean wines and locally inspired cocktails at Bar Sur. Regent Seven Seas is planning European supercar land programs tied to approximately seven 2027 sailings, with activities expected to include driving supercars and classic cars, visiting private collections, and cultural dining experiences.
Book the Experience, Not the Ship
The traveler who enters 2027 knowing whether Antarctica, a solo river cabin, or a chef’s tasting menu is the draw will find the right ship already built around that answer.
The clearest pattern across 2027’s most ambitious cruise programs is that the vessel is increasingly the means, not the destination. The shore experience, the culinary programming, the solo-friendly pricing, the Antarctic landing — those are the actual products on offer. Start there, and the right ship follows naturally.
