For five days next April, the schemers behind Bravo’s Top Chef will take to the seas on a celebrity cruise ship and sail the Caribbean with 2,000 lucky (read: wealthy) fans. Chef Tom Colicchio and Toronto girl Gail Simmons will host the sojourn.

Guests will meet the show’s judges and “cheftestants,” witness demos, and participate in Quickfire challenges. (Those who fail to please both the hosts and celebrity guest judges will be thrown off the boat and become protein for the local wildlife.)

The cruise’s menus will be designed by former contestants, but executed by the ship’s staff. The ship will depart from Miami and make stops in Key West and Cozumel.

Top Chef is really taking promotional decadence to another level with this cruise, and little brother Top Chef Canada has similar visions of grandeur. Next winter, 50 lucky Canadian fans will be invited to take the TTC’s crosstown bus with Chef Mark McEwan, and sample new products from Kraft, or whatever other company decides to fund the event.

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