De Stenen Tafel | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1971 [1] |
Head chef | Raymond Prinsen |
Food type | French |
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Location | Het Eiland 1, Borculo, 7271 BK, Netherlands |
Website | Official website |
De Stenen Tafel is a restaurant in Borculo, in the Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 1999 and retained that rating until 2011. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
French restaurant guide Gault Millau did not mention the restaurant or its sister bistro De Olliemölle. [9]
The head chef of De Stenen Tafel is Raymond Prinsen, [10] who took over in 1994. [11]
Prinsen closed the restaurant in April 2011, due to lack of motivation. [12] He went on with his Bib Gourmand bistro De Olliemölle and started developing other plans, like a cookery school. [13] Prinsen did not enjoy his restaurant-free period and announced the return of the restaurant in April 2012. Although with a different concept, just open two days a week and 20 couverts, he has promised to try to get his star back. [14] The restaurant, nicknamed "De Stenen Tafel 2.0", reopened on 14 September 2012. [15]
Raymond Prinsen and his wife Gea Meppelink bought the watermill in 2007. The local municipality Berkelland was in financial difficulties and the sale solved a bit of their problems. For Prinsen and Meppelink, this means that they not only own the restaurant, but also the building in which they have heavily invested. [16]
In 2009, Gault Millau awarded the restaurant the Wine Award for the quality of its wine list. [17]