Merlet

Merlet
Restaurant information
Established 1984[1]
Head chef Jonathan Zandbergen
Food type French
Rating 1 Michelin star Michelin Guide, 1998[2]
Street address Duinweg 15
City Schoorl
Country Netherlands
Seating capacity 100
Website Official website

Merlet is a hotel and restaurant in Schoorl, Netherlands. It was awarded a Michelin star in 1998, and has held it since.[2][3][4][5][6]

GaultMillau awarded them 15.0 points (out of 20).[7] It was named of Dutch restaurant of the year 2012 by restaurant guide Grootspraak.[8][9]

Merlet is member of Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise.[7]

Head 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.[1] In October 2012, it was announced that chef Munts would leave the restaurant on 1 January 2013. He was succeeded by former sous-chef Frank van Enter.[10][11] Jonathan Zandbergen became the new executive chef in 2015.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Over Merlet - Historie" (in Dutch). Merlet. 2011.
  2. 1 2 (Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1997 t/m 2000 Last visited 24 July 2011
  3. ↑ (Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 2001 t/m 2005 Last visited 24 July 2011
  4. ↑ (Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 2006 t/m 2010 Last visited 24 July 2011
  5. ↑ (Dutch) Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2011 Last visited 24 July 2011
  6. ↑ (Dutch) Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2012 Last visited 29 November 2011
  7. 1 2 (Dutch) Knoopjelos.nl - Merlet
  8. ↑ "Merlet Restaurant van het Jaar 2012" (in Dutch). Horeca Entree. 27 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Merlet Restaurant van het Jaar" (in Dutch). Telegraaf. 30 Nov 2011.
  10. ↑ Bluiminck, Nathalie (24 October 2012). "Timo Munts weg bij Merlet* in Schoorl". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Restaurant / Executive Chef Frank van Enter". merlet.nl. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Jonathan Zandbergen naar Merlet". Misset Horeca. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

Coordinates: 52°41′59.24″N 4°41′39.88″E / 52.6997889°N 4.6944111°E / 52.6997889; 4.6944111

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