Cees Helder (born 1948 in ,
North Holland) is a Dutch chef, former restaurant owner of
Parkheuvel in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
. He was the first chief cook in the Netherlands to acquire three Michelin stars.
Helder obtained his first Michelin star when he was chief cook at Villa Rozenrust. A second star followed with Le Chevalier in
Delft.
In 1986, Helder purchased Parkheuvel and in November 2001 it became the first Dutch restaurant to hold three Michelin stars.
Helder's culinary style is simple, but very sophisticated, and he is known for his grilled
turbot
The turbot (''Scophthalmus maximus'') is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an ...
dish.
In 2006, Helder sold Parkheuvel to
Erik van Loo.
In the winter of 2012-3 he was chief cook of the
Palazzo Amsterdam.
References
External links
Official website
1948 births
Living people
Dutch chefs
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants
People from Graft-De Rijp
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