Cruising is the ultimate vacation of convenience: The captain does the driving, the chef prepares your meals and the shore excursion staff informs you, where to go and what to see. All you need to do is to show up, unpack your luggage and sit back and enjoy the vacations.

Don't miss this chance to watch top chef Nigel Brown demonstrating how to prepare and cook easy healthy meals. The event is suitable for all ages with an interest in their health and great food and even includes a buffet prepared by the top chef himself. Check out Nigel's website on www.nigelbrownchef.co.uk

Three food and wine festivals so worth going to, especially if you want to experiment meals prepared by top chefs such as Tom Colicchio.

You name it, we'll prepare it for you, your family or fifty of your closest friends. Gourmet healthy meals prepared specifically for your unique dietary needs. Low fat, low sodium, gluten-free and many other special needs food stylings are available through the creative culinary art of our personal chefs.

One of the easiest meals for an almost vegetarian to prepare to a stir fry. Easy because it is pretty easy to get the ingredients. Easy because it is pretty easy to do. And easy because it is a pretty painless way to ease the family into more vegetarian meals.So, for a good vegetable stir fry, we turned to the king of the stir fry.

A personal chef is a chef that prepares meals for a client in the client's home kitchen, based on the client's needs and personal preferences. In most cases these meals are left packaged in containers and refrigerated or frozen for the client to enjoy later. Some personal chefs, however, instead focus on cooking for dinner parties and other special occasions in the client's home, which means they are responsible for shopping, preparing the meal, serving the guests and cleaning up afterward. The menu is preplanned and discussed with the client, then prepared in their home. According to health department guidelines, all food must either be prepared in the home of the client or in a kitchen that has passed an official health inspection.Note that a personal chef is distinct from a private chef, which refers to a chef that is employed exclusively by one client, and in some cases lives in the client's home.When hiring a personal chef to provide either a packaged meal service or to cook for a dinner party, a menu and a budget are submitted for the client's approval. Typically, the chef is given approval, a deposit, or (if familiar with the guest/frequent client) an expense account for the menu. The client pays for this in addition to the cost of the chef's services and gratuity.Some personal chefs also provide meal planning and budget planning for homeowners and second homeowners that are busy with their own lives, but insist on nutritious and tasty meals for their families. Many personal chefs also offer personalized cooking instruction in the privacy of the client's home, either one-on-one or in groups.In terms of experience, personal chefs tend to be chefs that have worked in restaurants, hotels, catering or all three. It is not uncommon for some personal chefs -- particularly those who cook for dinner parties and special occasions -- to be employed in a restaurant or catering job full time and only do personal cheffing in their spare time for extra income.