Merlet is a hotel and restaurant in
Schoorl
Schoorl 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.
Schoorl is a village in between the p ...
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. It was awarded a
Michelin star in 1998, and has held it since.
GaultMillau
Gault et Millau is a French restaurant guide. It was founded by two restaurant critics, Henri Gault and Christian Millau in 1965.
Points system
Gault Millau rates on a scale of 1 to 20, with 20 being the highest. Restaurants given below 10 poin ...
awarded them 15.0 points (out of 20).
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It was named of Dutch restaurant of the year 2012 by restaurant guide
Grootspraak.
''Merlet'' is member of
Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise
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, ...
.
Head chef
A chef de cuisine (, French for ''head of kitchen'') or head chef is a chef that leads and manages the kitchen and chefs of a restaurant or hotel. A chef patron (feminine form ''chef patronne'') (French for ''boss chef'') or executive chef ...
Alan Pearson was the first Merlet chef to be awarded a Michelin star. In 2001 he was succeeded by
Wilco Berends, who in turn was succeeded by
Timo Munts in 2007. Both managed to retain the star.
In October 2012, it was announced that chef Munts would leave the restaurant on 1 January 2013. He was succeeded by former
sous-chef
A sous-chef is a chef
A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the ...
Frank van Enter.
Jonathan Zandbergen became the new executive chef in 2015.
References
External links
Official website
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Restaurants in the Netherlands