Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise
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Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise (popular: Alliance Gastronomique) is a culinary association of quality restaurants
in the Netherlands
and Flanders
.
The partnership was established in 1967 as a response to the spreading taste flattening, lack of culinary products and inadequate training of chefs and other restaurant staf. By that time the Netherlands were not known for their culinary tradition, so the partnership of the 19 founding restaurateurs was a break with the past.
At that time the "Alliance Gastronomique" stated the promotion of the culinary culture in the Netherlands as het mission.
Alliance Gastronomique is by now the oldest culinary partnership in Europe. The status it has earned, makes that the name alone now serves as quality seal.
Cas Spijkers, head chef De Swaen
, often mentioned as one of the founders, is not mentioned in contemporary sources as founder.
Restaurant rating
Restaurant ratings identify restaurants according to their quality, using various notations such as stars or other symbols, or numbers. Stars are a familiar and popular symbol, with ratings of one to four or five stars commonly used. Ratings appear in guidebooks as well as in the media, typically...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
.
The partnership was established in 1967 as a response to the spreading taste flattening, lack of culinary products and inadequate training of chefs and other restaurant staf. By that time the Netherlands were not known for their culinary tradition, so the partnership of the 19 founding restaurateurs was a break with the past.
At that time the "Alliance Gastronomique" stated the promotion of the culinary culture in the Netherlands as het mission.
Alliance Gastronomique is by now the oldest culinary partnership in Europe. The status it has earned, makes that the name alone now serves as quality seal.
Founding Members
Members Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise in 1967- De Witte, AmersfoortAmersfoortAmersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...
. Head chef: E. Hastrich - De Boerderij, AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. Head chef: H.F. Wunneberg - Dikker & Thijs, Amsterdam. Head chef: H.J. van der Vecht
- De EchoputDe EchoputDe Echoput is a restaurant located in the hotel gastronomique De Echoput in Hoog Soeren, Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars in the period 1971-1997 and in 2012...
, ApeldoornApeldoornApeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
. Head chef: Jaap Klosse - Chalet Royal, 's-Hertogenbosch. Head chef: C.A.M. van Gaalen
- Carelshaven, DeldenDeldenDelden is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel and, since 2001, in the municipality of Hof van Twente.Although its population is small, it gained city rights in 1333. Castle Twickel is a famous landmark near Delden and the Baron van Heeckeren of Twickel built a watertower in Delden...
. Head chef: J.E. Kluvers - De Zwaan, Etten-LeurEtten-LeurEtten-Leur is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Its name is a combination of the two towns from which the municipality originally arose: Etten and Leur...
. Head chef: A. Peijnenburg - Oudt Leyden, Leiden. Head chef: S.M. Borgerding
- Château NeercanneChâteau NeercanneChâteau Neercanne is a restaurant located in Maastricht in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that is awarded one or two Michelin stars since 1957 up to 2011....
, MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
. Head chef: H.P.J. Stassen - De BeukenhofDe BeukenhofDe Beukenhof is a hotel-restaurant located in Oegstgeest in the Netherlands. It is a former quality restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars since 1957 up to 1995.GaultMillau awarded them 13.0 points ....
, OegstgeestOegstgeestOegstgeest is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. Its population was 22,576 in 2008.-Location :...
. Head chef: not known - Het Oude Jachthuis, Pesse. Head chef: A.H. van Doesburg
- 't Koetshuis't Koetshuist Koetshuis is a former restaurant located in Rhenen in the Netherlands. It was a quality restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars in the period 1957-1970....
, RhenenRhenenRhenen is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands.The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, Remmerden, Elst and Laareind. The town lies at a geographically interesting location, namely on the southernmost part of the chain of hills known as the Utrecht Hill Ridge ,...
. Head chef: Marianne Frisch - Old Dutch, RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
. Head chef: M.W. Mannes - De Witte Holevoet, Scherpenzeel. Head chef: J.C.M. Hehenkamp
- Prinses JulianaPrinses JulianaPrinses Juliana is a former restaurant located in Valkenburg aan de Geul in the Netherlands. It was a quality restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars in the period 1958-2006.The last head chef was Andy Brauers....
, Valkenburg aan de GeulValkenburg aan de GeulValkenburg aan de Geul is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.-History:Siege and conquest were characteristic of the history of Valkenburg. Each event is withheld, followed by subsequent restorations. This most definitely holds for the castle perched atop of a hill in the middle of the...
. Head chef: A. Stevens - De NederlandenDe Nederlanden (restaurant)De Nederlanden is a restaurant and hotel located in Vreeland in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the years 1958 and 1959 and one or two Michelin stars in the period 1999 to present. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 16.0 out of 20...
, VreelandVreelandVreeland is a city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It was a part of the former municipality of Loenen. Since 2011 it has made part of the new formed municipality of Stichtse Vecht. It is located on the river Vecht, about 2 km north of Loenen aan de Vecht. It received city rights in 1265....
. Head chef: O.E.K. Hartung - De KievietDe KievietDe Kieviet is a restaurant located in Wassenaar in the Netherlands. It was a quality restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars in the period 1961-1991. In 2006 the Fletcher Group took over the hotel and restaurant...
, WassenaarWassenaarWassenaar is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. A fairly affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies 10 km north of that city on the N44 highway near the North Sea coast. It is part of the Haaglanden region...
. Head chef: Luigi Gandini - Hostellerie De Hamert, Wellerlooi. Head chef: Jan. H.J. Grothausen
- Het Poorthuys, ZierikzeeZierikzeeZierikzee is a small city, located on the former island of Schouwen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 26 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis....
. Head chef: W.E.L. te Mey
Cas Spijkers, head chef De Swaen
De Swaen (restaurant)
De Swaen is a former restaurant located in Oisterwijk, Netherlands. The quality restaurant, under the leadership of head chef Cas Spijkers, was awarded one or more Michelin stars. In the period 1984-1991 it was awarded 2 Michelin stars. The restaurant was awarded one star in the periods 1981-1983,...
, often mentioned as one of the founders, is not mentioned in contemporary sources as founder.
Present member restaurants
(all restaurants in the Netherslands, unless stated otherwise)- Bord’Eau (Hotel de L’EuropeHotel de l'Europe (Amsterdam)Hotel de l'Europe is a five-star hotel located on the Amstel river in the centre of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hotel de l'Europe is situated opposite and overlooking the Munt, where the river Amstel flows into the Rokin canal...
) - AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... - Chalet Royal - 's-Hertogenbosch (1 Michelin star)
- Chapeau! - BloemendaalBloemendaalBloemendaal is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. According to the Dutch Central Statistical Bureau, Bloemendaal is the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.-Population centres :...
(1 Michelin star) - Ciel BleuCiel BleuCiel Bleu is a restaurant located in the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 2005-2007 and two Michelin stars from 2008 to present...
(Hotel Okura Amsterdam) - Amsterdam (2 Michelin stars) - Cordial - OssOssOss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of Noord Brabant.- Population centres :-Transportation:* Railway stations: Oss, Oss West, Ravenstein- The city of Oss :...
(1 Michelin star) - Da VinciDa Vinci (restaurant)Da Vinci is a restaurant in Maasbracht in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that is awarded one Michelin stars for the period 1999-2008. From 2008 to present it is awarded two stars...
- MaasbrachtMaasbrachtMaasbracht is a town in the southeastern Netherlands. It was a separate municipality until January 1, 2007, when it became a part of the new municipality of Maasgouw. Footballer Mark van Bommel was born in Maasbracht.-External links:*...
(2 Michelin stars) - De BokkedoornsDe BokkedoornsDe Bokkedoorns is a restaurant located in Overveen in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that was awarded one Michelin stars in 1974 and 1975 and one or two since 1978 up to present.GaultMillau awarded them 18.0 points ....
- OverveenOverveenOverveen is an affluent town in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Bloemendaal.Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes...
(2 Michelin stars) - De Fuik - Aalst (1 Michelin star)
- De Gieser Wildeman - NoordeloosNoordeloosNoordeloos is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Giessenlanden, and lies about north of Gorinchem.In 2001, the town of Noordeloos had 1760 inhabitants...
(1 Michelin star) - De Heeren van Harinxma (Bilderberg Landgoed Lauswolt) - BeetsterzwaagBeetsterzwaagBeetsterzwaag is a village consisting of about 3650 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....
(‘’former star restaurant’’) - De LeufDe LeufDe Leuf is a restaurant located in Ubachsberg, Limburg in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars in the period 1996 to present. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 18.0 point....
- Ubachsberg (2 Michelin stars) - De LibrijeDe LibrijeDe Librije is a restaurant in Zwolle, Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that is awarded one or more Michelin stars from 1993 to present. It carried one star in the period 1993-1998, two stars in the period 1999-2003 and three stars since 2004.In 2007 and 2008, the restaurant received a score...
- ZwolleZwolleZwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...
(3 Michelin stars) - De Pastorie - Lichtaart-Kasterlee, BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
(1 Michelin star) - De Treeswijkhoeve - WaalreWaalreWaalre is an affluent municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, immediately south of the city of Eindhoven.- Population centres :Aalst, Achtereind, De Heuvel, Heikant, Loon, Timmereind and Waalre....
(1 Michelin star) - De Zwaan - Etten-LeurEtten-LeurEtten-Leur is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Its name is a combination of the two towns from which the municipality originally arose: Etten and Leur...
(1 Michelin star) - Hermitage - RijsoordRijsoordRijsoord is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km southeast of the city of Rotterdam, in the municipality of Ridderkerk....
(1 Michelin star) - Het Koetshuis - BennekomBennekomBennekom is a village and parish in the Netherlands, which is part of the Municipality of Ede in the south-west of the Veluwe district of the Province of Gelderland. It adjoins the town of Wageningen on the Lower-Rhine to the south, and Ede to the north, Veenendaal to the west and Renkum to the east...
(1 Michelin star) - Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput - Hoog SoerenHoog SoerenHoog Soeren is a village in the municipality of Apeldoorn, in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The population is 370....
- Hostellerie De Hamert - Wellerlooi (‘’former star restaurant’’)
- Kaatje bij de SluisKaatje bij de SluisKaatje bij de Sluis is a restaurant located in Blokzijl in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that is awarded one or two Michelin stars since 1978 up to 2012, with the exception of 2005...
- BlokzijlBlokzijlBlokzijl is a city located southwest of Steenwijk in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands.Blokzijl grew in the 1580s. During the siege of Steenwijk, the Dutch built there a fortified lock or in local dialect zijl or siel. It received city rights in 1672...
(2 Michelin stars) - La RiveLa RiveLa Rive is a restaurant located in the InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that is awarded one or more Michelin stars from 1993 to present. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 18.0 points ....
(InterContinental Amstel AmsterdamInterContinental Amstel AmsterdamThe InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam Hotel or Amstel Hotel is a five-star hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on the east bank of the river Amstel....
) - Amsterdam (2 Michelin stars) - Lai Sin’s Restaurant - DriebergenDriebergenDriebergen is a former village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. Later it became a part of the single town of Driebergen-Rijsenburg. And presently it's part of Utrechtse Heuvelrug....
(‘’former star restaurant’’) - MerletMerletMerlet is a hotel and restaurant in Schoorl. It was awarded a Michelin star in 1998, and has held it since. It was named of Dutch restaurant of the year 2012 by restaurant guide Grootspraak.-History:...
- SchoorlSchoorlSchoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own....
(1 Michelin star) - Oud SluisOud SluisOud Sluis is a restaurant in Sluis, Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that is awarded one or more Michelin stars from 1995 to present. It carried one star in the period 1995-1998, two stars in the period 1999-2002, one star again in 2003, again two stars in 2004 and 2005 and three stars since...
- SluisSluisSluis is the name of both a municipality and a town located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western part of the Netherlands....
(3 Michelin stars) - Restaurant De Vlindertuin - ZuidlarenZuidlarenZuidlaren is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands. Zuidlaren has just over 10,000 inhabitants and is situated on natural heightened land which is called the Hondsrug....
(1 Michelin star) - Restaurant Dorset - Borne
- Restaurant Fred - RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
(1 Michelin star) - Restaurant ’t Nonnetje - HarderwijkHarderwijk' is a municipality and a small city in the eastern Netherlands.- The history of Harderwijk :Harderwijk received city rights from Count Otto II of Guelders in 1231. A defensive wall surrounding the city was completed by the end of that century. The oldest part of the city is near where the...
(1 Michelin star) - Restaurant Niven - RijswijkRijswijkRijswijk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is a suburb of The Hague and covers an area of 14.48 km² ....
(1 Michelin star) - Restaurant Patrick Devos - BruggeBrüggeBrügge is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Its small church and market square are noted for their beauty....
- Belgium - Restaurant Vinkeles - Amsterdam (1 Michelin star)
- Sonoy - EmmeloordEmmeloordEmmeloord is the administrative center of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands.At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals intersect, is the city of Emmeloord . Emmeloord is in a polder: land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer, which earlier was part...
(1 Michelin star) - Tout à Fait - MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
(1 Michelin star) - Wollerich - Sint Oedenrode (1 Michelin star)
- Yamazato (Hotel Okura Amsterdam) - Amsterdam (1 Michelin star)
Former member restaurants
(Incomplete list, feel free to add)- De Hoefslag, Bosch en DuinBosch en DuinBosch en Duin is a village in the municipality Zeist, in the Dutch province Utrecht. The village is located north of the town of Zeist, and borders Huis ter Heide to the east and Den Dolder to the north. It has 2,540 inhabitants...
- 1 Michelin star - De Karpendonkse Hoeve, Eindhoven - 1 Michelin star
- Kasteel Wittem, WittemWittemWittem is a small village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.Wittem was a separate municipality until 1999, when it merged with Gulpen.-External links: Map of the former municipality, around 1868....
, closed - 1 Michelin star - La Vilette, Rotterdam, closed - 1 Michelin star
- Nolet Het Reymerswale, YersekeYersekeYerseke is a village situated on the southern shore of the Oosterschelde estuary in the Dutch province of Zeeland. A separate municipality until 1970, it today forms part of the municipality of Reimerswaal. As of 2010 Yerseke had a recorded population of 6,570 inhabitants divided over 2590...
, closed - 1 Michelin star - Restaurant Den Gouden Harynck, BruggeBrüggeBrügge is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Its small church and market square are noted for their beauty....
- Ron BlaauwRon Blaauw (restaurant)Ron Blaauw is a restaurant located in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is a quality restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 2004 and 2005 and two Michelin stars in the period 2006-present...
, Amsterdam - 2 Michelin stars - ’t Raethuys, WateringenWateringenWateringen is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 5 km southwest of The Hague.Until 2004 it was a separate municipality and covered an area of 8.93 km²....
, closed - 1 Michelin star