Chef's Table

[khank]

We are sailing on the Ascent in December.  This will be our first Celebrity cruise; however, we are seasoned Royal Caribbean cruisers.  We are interested in booking Chef's Table as we have enjoyed it so much on Royal.  When we called to inquire we were informed that while we can book now, we won't know the date until after we are onboard the ship.  Did we receive the correct information?  I'm so surprised they don't provide this information in advance.  What if it conflicts with something we already have planned?  We are a party of 6 and are concerned that if we don't book in advance there won't be slots for 6 people.  Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.

[mahasamatman]

This is correct. They don't know when they will be offering it until they know how many people are interested. I actually didn't even realize you could book ahead of time.

[jelayne]

When you book your booking will show an off the wall time.  Once on board they will have the date and time. 

[NMTraveller]

Our booking shows it is the embarkation at noon (placeholder).  However when we look at the cruise planner it has the dates and times.  We know that they are on night 3 and night 6 of our cruise but we don't know which one yet.

Edited July 25, 2023 by NMTraveller

[NMTraveller]

Does anyone know how much extra the wine pairing is?

[Georgia_Peaches]

In my experience you do not need to worry about not having enough slots. On sailings with greater demand, they have opened up the Chef’s table on more than one night. 
 

@NMTraveller on our Equinox sailing the CT with wine pairing was a whopping $249 pp. we passed. 

Edited July 27, 2023 by Georgia_Peaches

[mahdnc]

On 7/24/2023 at 9:29 PM, jelayne said:

When you book your booking will show an off the wall time.  Once on board they will have the date and time. 

3 am on the first day of the cruise for our upcoming Christmas sailing on Solstice.

 

Edited July 27, 2023 by mahdnc

[khank]

Thanks everyone for the responses.  I appreciate the help.

[sn2792]

19 hours ago, NMTraveller said:

Does anyone know how much extra the wine pairing is?

It’s an additional $60 per person for the wine pairing. We had premium drink package, so we didn’t do the pairing and just ordered wine using the package.

[mayleeman]

Do you have to link your CT booking if you have a group from more than 1 cabin?

[mahdnc]

14 minutes ago, mayleeman said:

Do you have to link your CT booking if you have a group from more than 1 cabin?

I would think that this would be the best way to avoid being assigned to different evenings in the event they run the Chef's Table more than once during your sailing.