b'Jacques Ppin Oceania Cruises Executive Culinary Director since 2003, Master Chef Jacques Ppin has long inspired our culinary team and our culinary passions. An internationally renowned chef, author of more than 30 cookbooks and host of 13 PBS television series, he served as personal chef to three French heads of state, including Charles de Gaulle. He is also the recipient of countless awards, including the American Public Television Lifetime Achievement Award and La Lgion dHonneur, Frances highest civilian honor. In 2016, Master Chef Ppin and his closest family founded the Jacques Ppin Foundation to share Jacques passion for cooking and mastery of technique with economically disadvantaged individuals in order to encourage them to seek pathways of success through culinary professionalism . 29'