What Are the Drinking Trends on a Cruise Ship?
Food with Mark Bittman
Sweetness and Light
4.9 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Daniela Oancea, Corporate Beverage Manager for Regent and Oceania, talks to Mark and Kate about how growing up in Transylvania prepared her for hospitality life; how trends have changed on cruise ships, from sobriety to liquor preferences; the rise of solo travelers; and where in the world some of her favorite bars are.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to food. I'm Kate Bitman. I hope you're enjoying being here with us, and if that's the case, |
| 0:08.6 | you might want to find us online at bitmanproject.com, where we've got more than 1,500 recipes, cooking |
| 0:15.0 | how-toes, essays about how food affects us, Mark's opinions, our recommendations for things to eat and cookware |
| 0:22.7 | and books, and a lot more. It's a burgeoning community, and if you care about food, I'm fairly |
| 0:28.3 | certain you'll enjoy our site. Cocktails on a cruise ship. Born. and guests with us today, one who chatted with us about a subject that certainly isn't ordinary. |
| 0:56.0 | Cocktails on a cruise ship. Born and raised in Transylvania, Romania, and yes, she'll tolerate all |
| 1:02.9 | your Dracula jokes. Danielle Wancha is the corporate beverage manager for Regent Seven Seas |
| 1:08.3 | cruises and Oceana and has been instrumental in bringing unique |
| 1:12.6 | beverage programs to both brands. |
| 1:15.1 | She's worked in the premium cruise line industry for the past 19 years as executive |
| 1:20.4 | seller master, overseeing the bar and Somalié team of 60, and food and beverage director, where |
| 1:27.4 | she oversaw nearly 350 staff from various |
| 1:32.0 | departments, including bar, restaurant, butlers, housekeeping, procurement, and sanitation. |
| 1:39.2 | Needless to say, Danielle is on top of all the mixology trends, and she's probably a really fun person to have at a dinner party. |
| 1:47.3 | We had a lot of questions for her. |
| 1:49.7 | This episode is brought to you by our friends at Regent Seven Seas Cruises. |
| 1:55.7 | Hi, nice to meet you. |
| 1:57.7 | Lovely meeting you, and I must say, I feel really privileged to be part of this program. |
| 2:03.9 | Really, really, really excited. |
| 2:05.8 | Well, I wanted to start off because I think I can speak from Mark II, but I'm so fascinated |
| 2:11.3 | by cruise ships, as our friends at Regent know, and people who work in the cruise lane industry, which you've done for |
| 2:19.0 | 20 years in beverages. So let's talk about how you got interested in beverage programs in general. |
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