Princess Cruises has appointed Sami Kohen as Vice President of Food & Beverage.
Kohen will join Princess on 29th August and will report directly to President, John Padgett.
He is described as a distinguished food and beverage professional with extensive culinary experience across a broad spectrum of cruise, travel and hospitality brands –
“Great cruise vacations and exceptional food and beverage go hand in hand and Princess is fortunate to have access to the best culinary talent and the most sophisticated on-demand location-based capabilities in the world,” claimed Padgett. “Sami is a distinguished food and beverage operations leader who not only has deep cruise industry experience, but also has operated high volume lifestyle restaurants with elite hospitality brands and has been a service innovator leader as a micro-fulfilment ghost kitchen developer and operator.”
Kohen started his career at sea on board Cunard’s ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’, Royal Viking Line and Crystal Cruises, progressing from sommelier, head waiter and maître d’ and then continued ashore as a food and beverage controller and operations director for Crystal Cruises and Celebrity Cruises through the Apollo Group.
He has also served as hotel director for Kyma Ship Management looking after the Japanese luxury charter market.
