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THE GRAND DINING ROOM

Dining in Grand Style

The grande dame of the Oceania Cruises culinary
world, The Grand Dining Room evokes the ambience

of a sophisticated European hotel’s finest chandelier-
studded restaurant. While our Executive Culinary
Director Jacques Pépin’s herb-crusted rotisserie chicken

is legendary, a cornucopia of global journeys awaits
as well. Fork-tender tournedos Rossini with decadent
foie gras and truffle sauce. Buttery salmon tartare with
lemony sushi rice. An impossibly rich lobster bisque with Jacques Pépin

silky notes of Armagnac cream. In The Grand Dining
Oceania Cruises’ Executive Culinary Director since 2003,
Room, the world is your oyster every night.
Master Chef Jacques Pépin has long inspired our culinary
team and our culinary passions. An internationally
renowned chef, author of more than 30 cookbooks and

host of 13 PBS television series, he served as personal
chef to three French heads of state, including Charles
de Gaulle. He is also the recipient of countless awards,
including the American Public Television Lifetime
Achievement Award and La Légion d’Honneur, France’s
highest civilian honour. In 2016, Master Chef Pépin and
his closest family founded the Jacques Pépin Foundation

to share Jacques’ passion for cooking and mastery of
technique with economically disadvantaged individuals
in order to encourage them to seek pathways of success
through culinary professionalism.

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