Kudos to these cruise lines for their excellent cuisine. If you’re a foodie, you’ll want to go with one of these lines, as they offer the best gourmet cuisine at sea.

Crystal: The best Asian food afloat, as well as ultratasty cuisine all around. A guest chef series brings celebrity chefs aboard. Plus, you’ll find Kosher dishes and low- carb choices are always available.

Seabourn: Celebrity chef Charlie Palmer consults on cuisine that reflects California and Pacific Rim influences but also includes favorites such as broiled lobster and beef Wellington.

SeaDream: This line does just about everything right, with the chefs using fresh ingredients in creative ways. And no special request gets denied.

Radisson Seven Seas: Combining traditional and new cuisine, Seven Seas menus are tops. The Seven Seas Mariner and Seven Seas Voyager also have specialty restaurants overseen by chefs from the prestigious French cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu. On some sailings, these chefs offer cooking classes.

Silversea: French-influenced recipes and great steaks cooked to order, as well as themed buffets, guest chefs, and a specialty restaurant by Spain’s renowned chef Joachim Koeper. Service is first rate.

Although not quite as extravagant, these lines are also worth a mention:

Cunard: On the Queen Mary 2, Cunard assigns you to a restaurant based on your cabin category, and if you’re in the Queen’s or Princess Grill, expect the best. Celebrity chef Todd English also has his first shipboard restaurant on this vessel.

Oceania: Excellent alternative dining at a steakhouse and Italian restaurant, each with beautiful décor and huge portions.

Celebrity: Consulting chef Michel Roux creates a meal that lasts a luxurious three hours and thrills the palate for the reservations-only alternative restaurants on the Millennium, Infinity, Summit, and Constellation.

Windstar: Top Los Angeles restaurateur Joachim Splichal consults on fresh and creative menus that go way beyond what you may expect from a sailing ship.