De Echoput

De Echoput
Restaurant information
Current owner(s) Peter Klosse
Head chef Peter Paul van den Breemen (executive chef), Bjorn Massop (head chef)
Food type French, Regional, Biologic
Rating 1 Michelin star Michelin guide
Street address Amersfoortseweg 86
City Hoog Soeren, Apeldoorn
Country Netherlands
Seating capacity 70
Website Official website (restaurant)

De Echoput is a restaurant and part of Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput in Hoog Soeren, Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars in the period 1971-1997, 2002-2004 and in 2012. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 15.0 out of 20 points.[1]

De Echoput is a member and one of the founding fathers of Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise[2][3]

The restaurant's first owner and head chef was Jaap Klosse, who made full use of the location on the edge of the Royal Game Reserve Het Loo.[4][5] Considered a "delightful restaurant"[6] and one of the "best restaurants"[7] in the Netherlands, it was named after an "echoing well" where people traveling by obtained water for their horses. The building has the appearance of a hunting lodge and the restaurant specializes in seasonal game dishes, such as venison, boar and fowl.[7] Theus de Kok has led the kitchen since 1974, first as head chef, later as executive chef-maitre.[8][9][10] In June 2010, Leendert Scholtus took over the kitchen from Chiel Dohmen.[11] In February 2014, Scholtus announced that he would leave De Echoput to start his own restaurant.[12] His successor will be Peter Paul van den Breemen, former owner and head chef of Het Jachthuis Hoog Soeren, who starts at 1 April.[13]

The original restaurant was closed and demolished in 2004. Peter Klosse, son of the founder and owner of the complex since 1985, replaced it with a hotel and restaurant. They celebrated the reopening by winning the International Restaurant Awards category Best New Restaurant of the Year/Luxury Restaurant.[14][15]

Michelin star history

- 1971-1984: one star[16][17][18]
- 1985-1989: two stars[18][19]
- 1990-1997: one star[19][20][21]
- 1998-2001: no stars[21][22]
- 2002-2004: one star[22]
- 2005-2011: no stars[22]
- 2012: one star[23]

According to several sources, the restaurant was already awarded a Michelin star from 1967. The Michelin Guide does not give any evidence of this.[3][24]

See also

Sources and references

  1. ↑ (Dutch) KnoopjeLos - Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput
  2. ↑ (Dutch) Alliance Gastronomique – Restaurants
  3. 1 2 (Dutch) In memoriam Jaap Klosse oprichter Alliance Gastronomique
  4. ↑ (Dutch) De Vrouw en haar Huis - De Echoput
  5. ↑ The restaurant
  6. ↑ Fodor, Eugene (1990). Fodor's Europe. David McKay Publications. p. 591. ISBN 978-0-679-01764-6.
  7. 1 2 McDonald, George (2011). Frommer's Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Frommer's. pp. 8, 436.
  8. ↑ Jansen, Will (2007). Culinaire grootmeesters. Het heilige vuur van twaalf topkoks (in Dutch). Utrecht: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum. pp. 99–104. ISBN 9789027455314.
  9. ↑ Hendriks, Patrick (21 November 2000). "Topchef Theus de Kok ontdekt gastheerschap". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Hendriks, Patrick (2 April 2007). "De Echoput open na ontroerende week". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  11. ↑ Kok, Richard (3 May 2010). "Nieuwe chef-kok voor De Echoput" [New head chef for De Echoput]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2014. (subscription required)
  12. ↑ Roemaat, Bianca (10 February 2014). "Chef Echoput* vertrekt en begint voor zichzelf" [Head chef Echoput* leaves and starts own restaurant]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2014. (subscription required)
  13. ↑ Roemaat, Bianca (28 February 2014). "Peter Paul van den Breemen nieuwe chef-kok van De Echoput*" [Peter Paul van den Breemen new head chef of De Echoput*]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2014. (subscription required)
  14. ↑ (Dutch)De Echoput overwint bureaucratie
  15. ↑ (Dutch) Echoput beste nieuwe restaurant van de wereld
  16. ↑ Brandligt, Vivie (30 March 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1971 t/m 1975" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1971-1975]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  17. ↑ Brandligt, Vivie (30 March 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1976 t/m 1980" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1976-1980]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  18. 1 2 (Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1981 t/m 1985 Last visited 24 July 2011
  19. 1 2 (Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1986 t/m 1990 Last visited 24 July 2011
  20. ↑ Brandligt, Vivie (19 June 2007). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1991-1996]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  21. 1 2 (Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1997 t/m 2000 Last visited 24 July 2011
  22. 1 2 3 Brandligt, Vivie (30 March 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2001 t/m 2005". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  23. ↑ (Dutch) Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2012 Last visited 29 November 2011
  24. ↑ (Dutch) Jaap Klosse overleden

Coordinates: 52°13′59.56″N 5°52′40.15″E / 52.2332111°N 5.8778194°E / 52.2332111; 5.8778194

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