It seems restaurateurs have a similar compass.<\/span><\/p>\n Like Geoffrey Zakarian<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Last summer, Norwegian announced that the celebrity chef would create and oversee <\/span> Everything about the Breakaway, to be permanently based in The Big Apple, has a New York motif.<\/span><\/p>\n Fast forward.<\/span><\/p>\n This week, Norwegian<\/a> announced that Zakarian would do essentially the same thing on the Getaway<\/a>, the new and sister ship that will arrive next February. Another Ocean Blue<\/em> restaurant, another Ocean Blue on the Waterfront<\/em> (more casual), and another seafood eatery known as The Raw Bar<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Did we mention that the Getaway will be permanently based in Miami<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n Zakarian is basically a northerner, who was born in Massachusetts and who first became an acclaimed chef in New York, where the New York Times<\/em> once proclaimed he "seems to have his finger on the pulse of Manhattan." That was 15 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n By then, the Food Network<\/em> and Iron Chef <\/em>celebrity had already been an executive chef in South Beach, at a Miami restaurant called Blue Door<\/em>. And this week's announcement was made at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, to which Geoffrey invited 100 of his chef and celebrity buddies.<\/span><\/p>\n So while his Miami roots don't run as deep as his New York roots, there is at least a connection.<\/span><\/p>\n It's that north-south thing again.<\/span><\/p>\n Those of us who live in North America are north-south driven. Check out our winter escape habits…West Coasters head for California or Arizona, mid-Westerners go to Texas, and Easterners seek the sun of Florida. Once on a while, somebody crosses over, but the distance and time (changes) are deterrents. It seems restaurateurs have a similar… Continue reading Norwegian, Zakarian Double Down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,31,19,15],"tags":[154,798,276,912,72,1131,86,35,976,733,151,126,722,416],"class_list":["post-16627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ports","category-ships","category-stories","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-sensation","tag-celebrity-chefs","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ship-restaurants","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-geoffrey-zakarian","tag-kevin-sheehan","tag-new-cruise-ships","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-getaway","tag-seafood-restaurants","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Zakarian-1-copy.jpg\" "\\"Geoffrey")
<\/a>Ocean Blue<\/em>, the luxury seafood dining experience on the Breakaway<\/a>, the new ship that will <\/span>arrive in New York City in about three months. Norwegian's <\/span>boss, Kevin Sheehan, paid tribute to Zakarian's "deep roots in New York City."<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
\n\tCarnival Sensation<\/a>
\n\t4 nights
\n\tMay 5, 2013
\n\tPort Canaveral<\/a> (return): Freeport<\/a>, Nassau<\/a>
\n\tInside: $249
\n\tCost per day: $62<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"