__NOTOC__ Restaurant ''Vreugd en Rust'' is a defunct

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. It was a

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that was awarded one

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in 1990 and retained that rating until 1993. Part-owner and

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Henk Savelberg Henk Savelberg (Mechelen, 11 July 1953) is a Dutch head chef. Up until now, he is the only head chef from the Netherlands awarded a Michelin star in five different restaurants. Savelberg comes from a mining family of five children. At a young age ...

. Together with some admirers he had set up a company that first exploited restaurant ''

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'' and later ''Vreugd en Rust''. In 1993 the company collapsed and Savelberg was bought out. The new head chef was Gert Jan Hageman. New owner Henk Savelberg closed the restaurant in 1995 and renovated the mansion. In 1997 he reopened it as restaurant-hotel '' Savelberg''. The building is located beside the park ''Vreugd en Rust'' in

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