COURTESY Oceania Cruises: MIAMI, March 31, 2026 – Oceania Cruises®, the world’s main culinary- and destination-focused luxurious cruise line, right now revealed The Floating Pastry Academy, a brand new multi-year coaching program for its onboard cooks, and first of its type for the cruise {industry}, created in partnership with revered digital coaching platform, The Butter Ebook®.
Via the brand new coaching partnership, greater than 200 Oceania Cruises pastry and bakery cooks will full the three-year program which can combine idea with sensible assessments, each on-line and in individual on board its vessels.
The brand new Floating Pastry Academy establishes an industry-leading long-term mannequin for pastry and baking schooling at sea, offering Oceania Cruises’ culinary expertise with a structured pathway to deepen technical experience and refine their craft.
The brand new collaboration underscores the posh line’s dedication to serving The Best Delicacies at Sea® whereas preserving and advancing French gastronomic heritage and reinforces the classical basis that defines Oceania Cruises’ culinary identification.
The brand new partnership was the brainchild of Chef Eric Barale, Oceania Cruises Govt Culinary Director and a member of the celebrated Maîtres Cuisiniers de France (Grasp Cooks of France), and founding father of The Butter Ebook, Chef Sébastien Canonne, who has been awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France. This award, a global hallmark of excellence and mastery, is the very best designation {of professional} excellence in France and is bestowed upon the nation’s most interesting craftspeople.
“This new academy displays the respect we share for the traditions that formed us, and for a ardour for culinary excellence at sea. Culinary excellence begins with our individuals, and this new program will reinforce the consistency, refinement and creative precision our pâtisserie calls for, whereas nurturing the skilled development of our cooks,” stated Chef Barale.
“Investing in your individuals is important to sustaining luxurious,” added Chef Canonne, M.O.F. “This academy creates a mannequin designed for enduring excellence and innovation, supporting the fleet’s development with out compromising on method or high quality.”
The Floating Pastry Academy will supply expanded coaching, elevated service requirements and enriched onboard experiences. Its launch transforms conventional onboard coaching into a classy, progressive curriculum that includes:
- Multi-year studying pathways tailor-made to pastry and bakery roles
- Necessary foundations for brand new crew members
- Position-based specialization with outlined development
- Chef-led digital programs, quizzes and hands-on assessments
- Certification at every stage to strengthen long-term culinary careers
- The academy enhances Oceania Cruises’ continued funding in French culinary heritage, together with the introduction of La Desk par Maîtres Cuisiniers de France, the primary restaurant at sea created in partnership with MCF, set to debut aboard Oceania Sonata in 2027. The ninth vessel within the Oceania Cruises fleet, Oceania Sonata would be the first of 5 new-generation ships and can sail her maiden voyage in August 2027.
Chef Eric Barale, Oceania Cruises Govt Culinary Director
Born in Toulouse, France, Chef Eric Barale started his culinary coaching at 16 and refined his craft in Michelin?starred Relais & Châteaux properties throughout France, Monaco, Switzerland, and Italy. After incomes a grasp’s diploma and superior culinary certifications, he taught aspiring cooks earlier than taking his abilities to sea in 1999. He joined Oceania Cruises in 2003 as Govt Chef, rising to Company Govt Chef in 2005 and Culinary Director in 2009, overseeing each Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. A Maître Cuisinier de France since 2010, he turned Govt Culinary Director, alongside Chef Alexis Quaretti, in 2024. Chef Barale is famend for his pursuit of culinary excellence and innovation, each at sea and on land.
Chef Sébastien Canonne, M.O.F.
Chef Sébastien Canonne is a world-renowned culinary and pastry grasp whose profession started with apprenticeships in France. He went on to work in prestigious Michelin-starred eating places and elite establishments all over the world, together with the Palais de l’Élysée for President François Mitterrand. In 1995, he based the celebrated French Pastry College and later created The Butter Ebook Pastry Academy. A Meilleur Ouvrier de France and recipient of quite a few worldwide honors, Chef Canonne is acknowledged as one in all France’s most completed educators and craftsmen.
About Oceania Cruises®
Oceania Cruises® is the world’s main culinary- and destination-focused luxurious cruise line. The road’s intimate, luxurious ships characteristic The Best Delicacies at Sea® and destination-rich itineraries that span the globe. Expertly curated journey experiences can be found aboard the designer-inspired ships, which name on greater than 600 marquee and boutique ports in additional than 100 nations on seven continents, on voyages that vary from seven to greater than 200 days. Oceania Cruises® has 5 Sonata Class ships on order scheduled for supply in 2027, 2029, 2032, 2035 and 2037. Oceania Cruises® is an entirely owned subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH).
About The Butter Ebook®
The Butter Ebook® is an award-winning pastry and baking coaching platform based by world-renowned cooks and skilled educators. Constructed on the confirmed methodology of The French Pastry College and knowledgeable by greater than 25 years of elite brick-and-mortar culinary coaching from apprentice to grasp craftsmanship, the platform delivers scalable digital and hands-on schooling for hospitality teams, lodges, cruise traces, authorities culinary groups, and faculties. Via 24/7 chef-instructed studying, customizable coaching pathways, sensible assessments, and enterprise-ready integration, The Butter Ebook helps organizations of all sizes appeal to, prepare, retain, and elevate expertise whereas driving larger consistency, strengthening inside expertise pipelines, and advancing long-term operational excellence and innovation.
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