SEA AND LAND TASTE: Silversea’s unique travel and food experience brings the destination to you.
A pinch of salt can pack a big punch. Silversea’s S.A.L.T is an immersive culinary experience that gives guests the opportunity to explore local food and culture in unique ways. We chatted with Silversea’s Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas, Katina Athanasiou, to learn more about this innovative on- and off-board program.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE SILVERSEA S.A.L.T. PROGRAM?
S.A.L.T. is simple. It stands for Sea And Land Taste and provides the opportunity for all travelers on Silver Moon and Silver Dawn to experience the very lifeblood of their destination. Conceived by Adam Sachs, former Editor in Chief of Saveur Magazine, S.A.L.T. gives Silversea guests a chance to travel deeper through engaging experiences and local food culture. The S.A.L.T. program is tailored according to the sailed region and incorporates both ship-based and shoreside enrichments, including winery visits, dining experiences in regional restaurants and bars, special dinners with guest hosts, insightful food lectures, cooking classes and demonstrations from local guest chefs and food experts.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE ONBOARD S.A.L.T. EXPERIENCES?
The idea behind S.A.L.T. is that it offers all guests a chance to travel with taste. Guests can take a trip to the S.A.L.T. Bar and Kitchen to taste a plethora of international food dishes, inspired by their destination. Local recipes made with local products are given a Silversea-stylish twist. The S.A.L.T. Kitchen is Silversea’s dedicated dining venue that offers an ever-changing menu and a regionally inspired wine list to enable diners to form meaningful connections with local cultures. But S.A.L.T. doesn’t just begin and end on the plate – guests can visit the S.A.L.T. Bar for regionally inspired cocktails, made with locally produced quality spirits by enthusiastic and knowledgeable bar staff. And if Silversea’s guests want to dive deeper into regional food cultures, the S.A.L.T. Lab allows guests to get hands-on experience of local recipes in a professional kitchen. Small groups of guests are invited to take part in shared cooking sessions where they will not only learn how to cook the recipe, but will also understand the food heritage of each ingredient.
WHAT ARE S.A.L.T. SHORE EXCURSIONS?
Selected shore excursions on all Silver Moon and Silver Dawn cruises benefit from a culinary focus. This means guests could be travelling into the hinterland of Heraklion in order to experience the heart and soul of Greek organic cooking. Or delving into the secrets of a working organic farm in the hills of Paros. Or meeting with a native Ecuadorian chef at the fashionable street food market in Guayaquil. Or lunching with a vineyard owner in Sicily, and enjoying their home grown wines during a lavish lunch with a view of Mount Etna. These in-depth and informative shore excursions are accompanied by our food experts, who are adapt at explaining the intricacies of foreign cuisine.
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