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.

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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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