By: Anne M. Raso
This spring,
Celebrity Cruises welcomes the third Solstice class ship,
Celebrity Eclipse, and Jacques Van Staden, VP of Culinary Operations, recently spoke to us about
Qsine, the new fine dining venue on the ship which has a quite hip style and design!
Interestingly enough, at
Qsine, there are no appetizers, entrees or course dividers. It is just food, intended to be shared and delivered as it is ready (AKA “family style”)!
The wine menu will be presented to diners on an Apple iTouch via an app called the
Qsine Wine Waiter. This app brings up roughly 100 bottles available divided onscreen by each wine type with a thorough description! Van Staden states, “Nothing has ever been done before with Apple and this is something we are working on very diligently with Apple for the (April) opening.”
Van Staden gave
financefoodie.com the back-story on
Qsine: “The project has been in production for a year-and-a-half—and it is the culmination of a lot of epiphanies I had during that time…. we are enhancing the Celebrity culinary reputation. We keep it fresh and want to provide a different type of culinary experience. It is a global influenced cuisine—but none of the dishes are actually fusion!”
