Chef's stories
NK Master-Apprentice Prize - Kay Stevense and Gijs Boender
Clay in our hands, passion in our eyes, creating your own tableware – Which chef wouldn't want that?
Yornie van Dijk, the chef-owner of Restaurant Basiliek in Harderwijk, is soaring to new heights. In just a few years, he has earned recognition from Gault&Millau and Lekker, garnered numerous chef awards, and clinched a Michelin star with his remarkably young team at Basiliek.
30
Nov
This Michelin-starred chef works at his own restaurant De Rozario* located in Brabant's Helmond. Jermain takes his ideas from the everyday. Asian cuisine, especially Indonesia, has a special place in his heart and dishes. But his inspiration also comes from Helmond itself, especially from his vegetable garden.
With its annual New Generation Chefs Election, The Farm Kitchen, a sustainable food concept, offers a stage to talented chefs who are translating the transition to healthy and sustainable food into enticing, tasty dishes. This year, Efthymia Veliskaki won and the year before, Lotte Vermeer. Hospitality brand Chaud Devant shares and supports this mission and hopes that many chefs will be inspired to sign up for the next edition in 2024.
10
Jan
Free Kitchen Society by Chaud Devant marks a revolution in the look & feel of professional chefs and servicewear. Inspired by Delacroix’ famous painting about the French Revolution “Liberty Leading the People”, we are emphasizing a new era of freedom, equality and brotherhood among chefs and service staff...
He's a chef, but you could also call him an inspiring thinker. An innovator. A warrior. A team player. A Dutch master. We're talking about Joris Bijdendijk, Michelin-star chef of RIJKS*, the restaurant at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. "We need one another to form a whole. It takes quality products to make quality dishes."
What does it take to get a man out of his clogs after 30 years? A pair of Michelin shoes. We talked to two-star chef Claude Bosi about courage and team spirit, about Bibendum and Michelin, about magic, colour and light - and of course, about the shoes.
"Keep working towards your goal and don't be distracted by other things along the way." We spoke with Peter Goossens (Hof van Cleve***) about the strength of his restaurant, but also about creativity and hard work.