Join the Culinary Voyage: Virgin Voyages’ Eat & Drink Festival Returns

A two-month long culinary and cocktail display is being held by Virgin Voyages as part of its second annual Eat & Drink Festival.

A series of culinary events designed by the brand’s Culinary Collective will be available to visitors aboard the Scarlet Lady, Valiant Lady, and Resilient Lady in August and September. From multi-course dinners and wine pairings to unique amuse bouches, the events will provide a wide spectrum of experiences.

Brad Farmerie, Sohui Kim, Eric Kim Haugen, Matt Lambert, Silvana Salcido Esparza, Waki Ng, and the in-house chef at Virgin Voyages, Levi Mezick, are among the culinary gurus returning for a second year. Cocktail Cartel and Unfiltered Hospitality, two Miami-based beverage companies, as well as mixologists like Charles Joly will also be present at the festival.

For the first time ever, the following participants will be present:

• George Motz, known as the foremost authority on hamburgers by The New York Times.
• The Taste Curators: Lish Steiling and Abbey Cook, cookbook author.
• The Couple’s Kitchen: James Briscione and Brooke Parkhurst, owners of Angelena’s Ristorante Italiano, in Pensacola, FL.
• Effie Panagopoulos, the first Greek woman in history to start a liquor brand: KLEOS Mastiha Spirit.
• Mark Farrell, the founder of Ten to One Rum.
• Burnt Sage out of Barcelona.
• Miami’s Finest, including Danilo Bozovic of Swizzle, Robert Valls of The Sylvester, Arnoldo Ferrer of Cafe La Trova and Naren Young of Sweet Liberty.
• Barcelona’s Finest, including Marta Calero of Piñata Cocktail Cantina, Baptiste Etcheverry of Lilith & Sons, Ivan Di Giovanni of Marlowe and Ana Michel Alves Martínez of Collage Cocktail Bar.

At the Eat & Drink Festival, Virgin Voyages is also working with its beverage partners Intelligentsia, JoJo Tea, and Filthy Food.