HAL’s Culinary Council held its second annual two-day meeting aboard Eurodam during a port call at New York on Oct. 4. Council members consult with the line throughout the year and gather annually for face-to-face meetings where they discuss current culinary trends, share information about what they are doing in their own businesses and brainstorm ideas for Holland America’s cuisine for the coming year. The council first met at Fort Lauderdale in 2011 aboard Noordam.

Here are a few photos from an interactive cooking demonstration in the ship’s state-of-the-art Culinary Arts Center featuring HAL’s Master Chef and Culinary Council Chairman Rudi Sodamin, along with council members Jonnie Boer, David Burke, Jacques Torres and Charlie Trotter. Enjoy!

HAL's Culinary Council, from left: Burke, Boer, Torres, Sodamin and Trotter.

HAL's Master Chef Rudi Sodamin.

Sodamin and Master Pastry Chef Torres.

Sodamin is pictured here with Chef Burke.

Chefs Trotter (center) and Sodamin.

From left: Chefs Burke, Sodamin and Boer.

From left: HAL's Executive Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Guest Programs Rick Meadows, Chefs Burke, Trotter, Torres, Sodamin and Boer, and HAL President and CEO Stein Kruse.

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