Uniworld River Cruises 2010

Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises proudly announces two milestones in their Culinary Program. Uniworld hired a new Culinary Director, Bernhard Zorn, who holds the prestigious honors from the "World Association of Chefs Societies" as a Global Master Chef. With over 30 years of culinary experience, including creating culinary delights for passengers from six around-the-world cruises such MS Marco Polo, Crystal Harmony, Silver Cloud, MS Deutschland and Berlin, Chef Zorn will continue to evolve Uniworld’s Food and Beverage program to an even higher standard.

Uniworld has certainly set this standard high for Chef Zorn as Zagat, the world's most trusted source for information about where to eat, drink, stay, and play around the globe, and as such has become a symbol of quality, just released the results of their first Cruise Line survey. The survey, conducted on ZAGAT.com, covers 22 major cruise lines as voted on by 2,379 regular cruise-goers who had taken 9.5 trips, each averaging nine days. All told the surveyors had taken a total of 22,700 separate cruises. Each line was then rated on Zagat's signature 30-point scale for five aspects of its performance: (1) Cabins, (2) Service, (3) Dining, (4) Facilities, and (5) Shipboard Activities, with an “Overall Score” based on an average of the five separate ratings. Uniworld was the only river cruise company to be ranked on the entire Zagat Cruise Survey, and received honors in the categories of dining and cabins, and as such, shares these honors with some of the premiere ocean cruise companies in the world, such as Silverseas, Crystal, Cunard, Seaborn, and Windstar.

“Uniworld is absolutely delighted to have been recognized by Zagat.  The shared opinions of thousands of consumers who have taken more than one cruise reflects more realtisitic opinions than just one or two critics, and all of this is testament to where Uniworld continues to take the company,” states Guy Young, President of Uniworld. ”These recognitions we receive are only reinforcement for us to continue raise the bar on everything we do as evident with hiring Master Chef, Bernard Zorn, as Uniworld’s Culinary Director. There were many reasons for hiring Chef Zorn, and among those is his shared philosophy for passion and excellence in delivering a world-class product to our guests,” furthers Young.

Chef Zorn concurs and is delighted to be part of Uniworld and the direction the company is heading, “I do share Uniworld’s philosophy and passion. My goal is simple: When you bring passion to what you do and you pair that with great quality ingredients, you’ll always create the ultimate culinary experience.”