Oceania Cruises has announced its 2025 Specialty Cruises, offering onboard programming led by culinary hosts, alongside cultural immersion opportunities, live cooking demonstrations, and more.
Among the hosts for the 2025 Specialty Cruises are authors, television personalities and chefs Claudine Pépin and Sara Moulton; “Food & Wine” 2023 Best New Chef Aisha Ibrahim; and the line’s Executive Culinary Directors and Master Chefs of France, Alex Quaretti and Eric Barale.
Oceania Cruises 2025 Specialty Cruises
The 14-day “Sirena Godmother Cruise with Claudine Pépin” from Barcelona to Dublin (May 20–June 3, 2025) will be hosted onboard Sirena by cookbook author Pépin, the official godmother of Sirena and president of the Jacques Pépin Foundation. She has filmed three James Beard Award-winning PBS television series with her father, Master Chef and Oceania Cruises Culinary Advisor Jacques Pépin, alongside her own career in the wine industry working with Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, and Kendall-Jackson Wineries. The sailing will include onboard events hosted by Pépin, including a Q&A and cooking class, Chef’s Market Dinner, and more. She will also join select shore excursions.
Joining Pépin onboard will be her husband, Professor Rollie Wesen, who will assist with culinary demonstrations; and food and travel writer Kristen Hartke. Hartke is a culinary producer and recipe developer for celebrity chefs and cookbook authors, and she also teaches food journalism at American University. Destination highlights include overnight stays in Seville and Bordeaux.
On the nine-day “Sara Moulton Cruise” from Barcelona to Athens (May 26– June 4, 2025) onboard Marina, guests will be joined by chef, cookbook author and television personality Sara Moulton, who was recently named as one of the first two members to be welcomed to the Oceania Cruises Culinary Advisory Board. Guests can enjoy a live cooking demonstration from Moulton, savor her signature dishes on the menu in The Grand Dining Room and join her on select shore excursions and at onboard events.
The 10-day “Food & Wine Best New Chefs Cruise” roundtrip from Seattle (August 18-28, 2025) onboard Riviera will feature “Food & Wine” 2023 Best New Chef Aisha Ibrahim. This marks the line’s first-ever “Best New Chefs Cruise.” Guests can enjoy special menus, cooking demonstrations and wine pairings at sea and on land in Alaska, alongside food-focused shore excursions.
The 12-day “Culinary Luminaries Cruise” from Barcelona to Istanbul (September 14-26, 2025) onboard Vista will be hosted by the line’s two Executive Culinary Directors and resident Master Chefs of France, Alexis Quaretti and Eric Barale. The voyage features gastronomic destinations in the Mediterranean and Adriatic, including Nice, Tuscany, Santorini and Ephesus. Cruise highlights include live cooking demonstrations, destination-focused Chef’s Market Dinners in the Terrace Café, culinary panel discussions and Oceania Cruises’ gala brunch.
The 15-day “Oceania Club Reunion Cruise” from Hong Kong to Bangkok (October 22–November 6, 2025) on Riviera will be the line’s first “Reunion Cruise” to take place in Asia. The sailing features four overnight port stays in Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore and Bangkok; locally enriched entertainment; and luminaries from the worlds of food, wine, travel and culture to share their expertise, insights and anecdotes.
Among the line’s hosts onboard will be Captain Demitris Flokos, one of the line’s first Masters; Leslie Jon, the line’s first-ever cruise director who served onboard for 23 years; and Neli Arias, head of the Oceania Club.
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