An Experience to Savor

The Culinary Arts Center program, presented by Food & Wine magazine, is a groundbreaking program that integrates guests' love for fine food and wine with a unique and entertaining experience. Immerse yourself in the unique traditions and tastes of the ports of call you will visit. Sample fine wines from around the world or learn to make a new gourmet dish in a hands-on cooking class taught by our own Master Chefs or Culinary Guests. The Culinary Arts Center also features:

• An innovative theatre-style venue with a state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen
• Multiple large plasma video screens so you don't miss the fine details (or you can watch the broadcast from the comfort of your own stateroom)
• Cooking demonstrations and hands-on cooking classes by our own award-winning chefs and their culinary staff
• Wine and cheese experts hosting special wine tastings and food pairing seminars
• Special guest chefs, wine experts and leading cookbook authors who appear in the pages of Food & Wine magazine
• Book signings, Q&A sessions, market tours in selected ports of call

DEMONSTRATIONS AND SEMINARS FROM TOP CHEFS
The Culinary Arts Center, presented by Food & Wine magazine, provides guests on select Holland America cruises the opportunity to experience demonstrations and hands-on classes conducted by top chefs, wine experts, and leading cookbook authors from the pages of Food & Wine. Onboard all sailings, you will learn tricks-of-the-trade from top professionals, try your hand at preparing dishes and taste wines representative of the specific ports-of-call you will visit. Guests on selected cruises will also receive Food & Wine recipe cards and wine tasting notes that you may take home along with copies of the magazine. Other opportunities might include book signings, question and answer sessions, specially designed dinner menus and more. Previous guest chefs include:

• Jacques Torres - chocolatier extraordinaire.
• Max McCalman - Maître Fromager, Artisanal Premium Cheese.
• Marcus Samuellson -Chef of Aquavit and Ringo, NYC.
• Susan Sokol Blosser - president and wine visionary, Sokol Blosser Winery, Dundee, OR.

The Pinnacle Grill, a Taste of Perfection

The Pinnacle Grill* offers a level of elegant sophistication unmatched anywhere on the seven seas. Guests who dine at the intimate, reservations-only Pinnacle Grill will enjoy candlelight and fine décor, creating a romantic ambiance that sets the stage for fresh dishes and select wines. Creative and innovative menus, drawing from regional ingredients of the highest quality, will delight the palate and ignite the senses. Choose your own cut of aged Sterling Silver Beef from the display tray. Guests of the Pinnacle Grill can expect:

• Aged Sterling Silver Beef Porterhouse and Bone-in Ribeye steaks, known for its superior marbling, taste, and tenderness
• Fresh seafood dishes such as Cedar-planked Halibut with Alaskan King Crab Hollandaise or Dungeness Crab Cakes
• An extensive wine list featuring many selections rated "Excellent" by Wine Spectator
• Luxurious appointments including Bvlgari® china, Riedel® stemware and Frette® linens
• Intimate, reservations-only dining

Seattle, June 15, 2007 – Holland America Line has launched a kids and teen Culinary Arts Center activity program to bring the joys of cooking to the younger set. Taking advantage of the fleet-wide million dollar show kitchens, the premium line now offers classes that teach kids and teens how to make dishes from breakfast to dinner.

“Learning about the culinary arts and cooking isn’t just for adults,” said Richard D. Meadows, executive vice president, marketing, sales and guest programs. “We’ve developed some fun recipes and classes so that kids, tweens and teens can discover more about cooking from our shipboard chefs.”

The program, which launches this summer, incorporates dishes from breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in complimentary classes lasting 45 minutes each. All kids, tweens and teens are welcome to attend whether or not they are registered for the Club HAL and teens program.

The preparations range from simple to teen sophisticate. Kids under eight years old will learn to make Bear Tracks (Alaska theme cookies), Fruit Leather (fruit roll-ups), Ice Cream Sandwiches, Salad People Art, and Denali Peaks (Alaska Theme Scones). Kids eight and over will delight in making Soft Pretzels, Granola Bars, Pita Chips and Hummus, and Saltwater Taffy. Class topics and times will be communicated through daily programs and Club HAL programs during a cruise. Teens are welcome to attend adult culinary demonstrations, too.

As a part of the line’s $225 million Signature of Excellence initiative, Holland America Line spent more than $13 million to create and install the Culinary Arts Center presented by Food & Wine magazine, which is offered on every sailing of its 13 ship fleet. The Culinary Arts Centers features the only fleetwide dedicated state-of-the-art show kitchens at sea, each resembling the elaborate kitchens used by celebrated chefs on television cooking programs. Innovative theater-styled venues offer large overhead plasma video screens providing close-up views of food preparation, and a large cooking display counter where guests can learn new techniques and recipes. More than 60 top chefs, wine experts and cookbook authors will sail in each year, and classes and demonstrations will be offered on every sailing.

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— About Holland America Line [a division of Carnival Corporation and plc (NYSE: CCL and CUK)] Holland America Line’s fleet of 13 ships offers nearly 500 cruises to more than 320 ports. Two- to 108-day itineraries visit all seven continents, including Antarctica, South America, Australia/New Zealand and Asia and Grand World Voyages; and popular sailings to ports in the Caribbean, Alaska, Mexico, Canada/New England, Europe and Panama Canal.

In the 2006 Portrait of Affluent Travelers survey by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown and Russell, Holland America Line topped the list of cruise lines sought after by affluent leisure travelers. Its recently completed $225 million fleetwide Signature of Excellence enhancements added features such as the Culinary Arts Center presented by Food & Wine magazine — a state-of-the-art onboard show kitchen where more than 60 celebrated guest chefs and culinary experts provide cooking demonstrations and classes — Explorations Café powered by The New York Times, teens-only activity areas and all new stateroom amenities highlighted by flat-panel TVs and plush Euro-top Mariner’s Dream Beds. For more information, consult a travel agent, call 1-877-SAIL-HAL (877-724-5425) or visit www.hollandamerica.com.

World’s Leading Cruise Lines Among the highest-rated cruise lines in the world, Holland America Line is a member of the exclusive World’s Leading Cruise Lines alliance, which also includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Cunard Line, Seabourn Cruise Line, and Costa Cruises. Sharing a passion to please each guest and a commitment to quality and value, these lines appeal to a wide range of lifestyles and budgets. The World’s Leading Cruise Lines offer exciting and enriching cruise vacations to the world’s most desirable destinations.