Chalet Royal

Chalet Royal
Restaurant information
Established	1937 [1]
Head chef	Gerrit Greveling
Rating	Michelin Guide
Street address	Wilhelminaplein 1
City	Den Bosch
Country	Netherlands

Chalet Royal ca. 1940

Chalet Royal was a restaurant in Den Bosch in the Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that held one Michelin star in the periods 1958-1976 and 1998-2011. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Chalet Royal was one of the founders of the Alliance Gastronomique Neerlandaise in 1967. ^[10]

Kees van Gaalen founded “Chalet Royal” in 1937 as a hotel-restaurant. He was already owner of restaurant "Royal" in the Visstraat, when he decided to branch out and buy the villa. After a complete renovation of the villa, it opened in 1937 for the public. ^{[11] [12]}

Head chef in the first star period Harry van Engelen. ^[13] His successor was Toine Hermsen, who was unable to retain the star. ^[14]

The restaurant was forced to close in 2011, when the owner of the building wanted to make better use of it. Chalet Royal, user of about 350 square metres of the about 1500 square metres big building, did not fit in the new plan. Buying the building was not possible for restaurant owner and head chef Gerrit Greveling. ^[15]

After that, the Chalet Royal building was substantially renovated. The building houses two entrepreneurs: Edwin Kats and Mark Peet Visser. Edwin Kats, who received his first Michelin star in 1995, for restaurant De Swaen, and his second star in 2002, for restaurant La Rive, runs restaurant Noble with a contemporary and international concept. Mark Peet Visser exhibits his art collection in a newly built wing of the building.

See also

• List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands

Sources and references

1. (in Dutch) De Vrouw & Haar Huis - Chalet Royal
2. (in Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1957 t/m 1964 Last visited 24 July 2011
3. (in Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1965 t/m 1970 Last visited 24 July 2011
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Brandligt, Vivie (30 March 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1997 t/m 2000" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1997-2000]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
7. Brandligt, Vivie (30 March 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2001 t/m 2005" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2001-2005]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
8. Brandligt, Vivie (1 May 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2006 t/m 2011" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2006-2011]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
9. Brandligt, Vivie (22 November 2010). "Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2011" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2011]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
10. (in Dutch) In memoriam Jaap Klosse oprichter Alliance Gastronomique
11. (in Dutch) De Vrouw & Haar Huis - Chalet Royal
12. (in Dutch) De nestor van de Nederlandse horeca Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
13. (in Dutch) Harry van Engelen Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
14. Huygens, Stan (26 September 1978). "Nederlandse Cculinaire revolutie". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 January 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
15. (in Dutch) Toprestaurant Chalet Royal per direct dicht

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