Author: Polly Hemstock

Polly Hemstock ACC is a franchise owner/travel consultant with Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative. Polly has spent a lifetime cultivating her passion for food, wine, and travel. She is an avid traveler, retired chef/restaurateur, a Certified Specialist of Wine and is now a Certified Cruise Counsellor. Polly retired to Florida from New England and came out of retirement to become a travel agent, inspired by years of cruising, much of it from Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale. She enjoys all types of food and wine, cooking and dining out. She started her food career as a food scientist, developing consumer food products for General Foods. Polly obtained her culinary education at The New York Restaurant School and had a career as a chef and restaurant owner, followed by working as a sales representative for a gourmet food supplier and a wine distributor. While working in the wine industry, she traveled to the wine regions of California, Oregon, Argentina and Chile. She has traveled extensively in the US including Hawaii and Alaska, as well as Canada, much of the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and the Mediterranean. Find Polly at AdventuresbyPolly.com or on Facebook at AdventuresbyPolly.com – Cruise Planners and Instagram @advbypolly.