Restaurant Vermeer Explained

Vermeer
Current-Owner:	NH Hoteles
Head-Chef:	Christopher Naylor
Rating:	Michelin Guide
Street-Address:	Prins Hendrikkade 59-72
City:	Amsterdam
Country:	Netherlands
Website:	http://restaurantvermeer.nl/en/

Restaurant Vermeer is a restaurant located in the NH Barbizon Palace hotel at the Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that received its first Michelin star in 1993. It later lost and regained its star, then scored two stars in 2003.

The restaurant occupies (parts of) four of the nineteen 17th-century houses and fifteenth-century chapel that make up the NH Barbizon Palace hotel.^[1]

Head chefs

Over the years Restaurant Vermeer had several Head chefs:

• Gert-Jan Hageman, 1993^[2]
• Ron Schouwenburg, 1994–1997^[3]
• Edwin Kats, 1997–2000^{[4] [5]}
• Pascal Jalhaij, 2001–2004^{[6] [7]}
• Christopher Naylor, 2004 to present^[8]

Star history

1993–2000: one star^{[9] [10]}
2001: no stars^[11]
2002: one star^[12]
2003–2004: two stars^[13]
2005–2007: one star^{[14] [15]}
2008–2010: no stars^[16]
2011–2012: one star^{[17] [18]}

Because Michelin awards its stars to the head chef, a restaurant normally loses its stars when a head chef leaves.

Notes and References

1. http://www.1sthotels.com/europe/netherlands/amsterdam/nhbarbizonpalace.html Nh Barbizon Palace
2. News: Eerste Michelin-ster voor Chinees. De Telegraaf. 10 February 1993. 3 February 2012. nl.
3. http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronschouwenburg Linkedin
4. http://www.starchefs.com/chefs/rising_stars/2007/dallas/html/bio_d_gilbert.shtml Chef David Gilbert
5. http://www.greatchefs.com/great-chefs/edwin-kats/ Edwin Kats
6. Web site: Pascal Jalhaij . 2011-08-12 . 2012-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330154310/http://www.totaalboekingen.nl/?p=4607 . dead .
7. Jalhaij neemt sleutelfiguren Vermeer mee
8. Web site: Chef de Cuisine . 2011-08-12 . 2011-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928020135/http://www.restaurantvermeer.nl/en/About-us/Chef-de-Cuisine . dead .
9. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1991–1996. Misset Horeca. 19 June 2007. 12 January 2013.
10. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1997 t/m 2000. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1997–2000. Misset Horeca. 30 March 2012. 12 January 2013.
11. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2001 t/m 2005. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2001–2005. Misset Horeca. 30 March 2012. 12 January 2013. 16 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116140920/http://missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR2001-tm-2005-HOR054249W/. dead.
12. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2001 t/m 2005. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2001–2005. Misset Horeca. 30 March 2012. 12 January 2013. 16 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116140920/http://missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR2001-tm-2005-HOR054249W/. dead.
13. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2001 t/m 2005. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2001–2005. Misset Horeca. 30 March 2012. 12 January 2013. 16 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116140920/http://missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR2001-tm-2005-HOR054249W/. dead.
14. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2001 t/m 2005. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2001–2005. Misset Horeca. 30 March 2012. 12 January 2013. 16 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116140920/http://missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR2001-tm-2005-HOR054249W/. dead.
15. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2006 t/m 2011. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2006–2011. Misset Horeca. 1 May 2012. 12 January 2013. 15 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015145737/http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/5/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-6006-tm-2012-1081401W/. dead.
16. News: Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2006 t/m 2011. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2006–2011. Misset Horeca. 1 May 2012. 12 January 2013. 15 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015145737/http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/5/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-6006-tm-2012-1081401W/. dead.
17. News: Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2011. nl. Vivie. Brandligt. Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2011. Misset Horeca. 22 November 2010. 12 January 2013.
18. Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2012 Last visited 29 November 2011