Celebrity Cruises' Top Chef at Sea Sets Sail for Alaskan Cruise Aug 15th! | @CelebrityCruise @CelebritySocal #TopChefAtSea

Top Chef at Sea sets sail for Alaska on Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Solstice on August 15th for seven days! Guests will mingle and cook with "Top Chef" Chef'testants Paul Oui, Tiffany Faison, Brooke Willamson and Nina Compton.

Photo Courtesy of Celebrity Cruises.

On August 15th, the round-trip from Seattle will set sail featuring "Top Chef" Chef’testants Paul Qui (Season 9 winner), Tiffany Faison (Runner Up Season 1), Brooke Williamson (Runner Up Season 10), Nina Compton (Runner Up Season 11) will guide, teach and mingle with passengers onboard. Travelers will also have the opportunity to:

• Participate with chefs in Quickfire Challenges where they’ll feel the pressure the chef’testants experience on the show.

• Rub shoulders with the chefs and sample some of their creations at special Meet & Eat gatherings.

• Lead chef demonstrations, private cooking classes and dining with chefs.

• Indulge in some of the dishes the judges raved about on the show during the "Top Chef" Night in the Main Dining Room, from appetizers to desserts that were big hits on the show.

FUTURE TOP CHEF AT SEA CRUISES:

• SEPT 19TH: 12-day Europe, round-trip from Harwich, England, on Celebrity Infinity featuring Chris Crary: Top Chef Texas contestant and Fan Favorite winner; and Kristen Kish: Top Chef Seattle winner

• NOVEMBER 15TH: Seven-day Eastern Caribbean, round-trip from Miami on Celebrity Reflection featuring Hosea Rosenberg: "Top Chef" Season 5 winner; of Blackbelly Farm, Boulder County, Colo.; Casey Thompson: "Top Chef" Season 3 and "Top Chef" All-Stars contestant, of Aveline and The European in San Francisco; Tiffany Derry: "Top Chef" D.C. and "Top Chef" All-Stars contestant; and Shirley Chung: "Top Chef" New Orleans contestant.

In addition to the special sailings, 10 Celebrity ships have also added show-inspired Quickfire Challenges, in which passengers test their own cooking mettle just like contestants on the show. Plus "Top Chef" menus, with dishes seen on the show, will be featured in main restaurants on a "Top Chef" Night through July 2015.

Check out this short clip of Top Chef at Sea theme cruises featuring Season 10 winner Kristen Kish, now chef de cuisine at Menton restaurant in Boston.

For more information about Top Chef at Sea, please visit their website at www.celebritycruises.com/htmlpage/top-chef-at-sea.