P&O Cruises in one of the biggest transformations in Australian cruising history has removed the buffet on its ships. The traditional buffet will be replaced on P&O’s five Australian-based ships with the Pantry – a marketplace of fresh food outlets not unlike an upmarket food court where customers order and are served their meals.

Pacific Jewel entered dry dock in Singapore for her 15 day transformation on the 21st May. Along with a host of other refreshes it was time to say goodbye buffet and prepare a new and international food fair.

The company is describing this radical move as giving customers the chance to "move away from putting as much as they can on their plates
to customers eating what they want what they enjoy."

The Pantry will offer customers the choice of ordering all-inclusive food from a gourmet delicatessen a fresh Fish and Chip Shop, mouth-watering Mexican, Asian Food, Carvery Delights, and a Curry House.

What is already executed on Pacific Jewel is also planned for P&O’s new ships Pacific Eden and Pacific Aria.

The Pantry is just one part of P&O’s dramatic design revolution, developed and executed in close collaboration with Tillberg Design of Sweden.