Fancy learning to cook with Mary Berry? Queen of cake set to offer exclusive classes on board luxury cruise ship Britannia
- Great British Bake-Off's Mary Berry to feature in P&O's The Cookery Club
- P&O Britannia's at sea cooking school to star 10 celebrity chefs
- James Martin, Antonio Carluccio and Nathan Outlaw among the stars to lead classes on cruises around the world
Queen of British baking Mary Berry is set to rule the waves on board cruise ship Britannia as P&O launches a series of foodie jaunts around the globe.
Berry leads a list of 10 celebrity chefs who will give cookery classes at sea on the new liner, along with taking part in Q&A sessions, book signings and host chef’s table dinners.
The beloved Great British Bake-Off judge will headline the food-related attractions of a 12-night tour around the British Isles, leaving Southampton on July 6 with Theo Randall of the Intercontinental on Park Lane, London, and Saturday Kitchen host James Martin.
Mary Berry will feature in The Cookery Club on P&O Britannia's British Isles cruise in 2015
The Cookery Club is a bespoke-designed cooking school fitted with KitchenAid appliances
The facility has 12 stations for a maximum of 24 people and a dining table for participants to taste their work
Seafood specialist Nathan Outlaw, holder of a total four Michelin stars, on a 14-night Portugal, Spain & Morocco cruise, will also feature in the two-hour classes that will cost £100 per person, or £200 per person when hosted by two chefs.
The specially built Cookery Club, fitted out with KitchenAid appliances, has 12 stations that will accommodate 24 people at a time while bookings will be accepted from four months in advance of each tour's departure.
Much-loved master of Italian classics Antonio Carluccio, Vivek Singh, famed for his trio of Cinnamon restaurants in London, and French legend Pierre Koffmann, who held three Michelin stars at La Tante Claire and now runs Koffmann’s at The Berkeley in London, will all joint 14-night trips around Spain, Monaco and Italy.
P&O's Britannia cruises offer classes with 10 celebrity chefs on board a host of their cruises
The Cookery Club was designed in consultation with Saturday Kitchen host James Martin, who will join Berry at sea for cookery classes on a 12-night cruise around the British Isles
Wolseley head chef Lawrence Keogh will be on board a seven-night Norwegian Fjords cruise while Paul Rankin, the first Northern Irish chef to win a Michelin star, will share his culinary experience with passengers taking in Portugal and the Caribbean.
Rounding out the line-up is James Tanner, co-owner of Barbican Kitchen in Plymouth and The Kentish Hare in Bidborough, The Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen and Cinnamon Soho's Vivek Singh, and Daniel Galmiche, the Michelin-starred executive Chef at The Vineyard in Berkshire.
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