Young Chef of the Year

During the award ceremony, JRE chef Sofiane Bons from Joelia in Rotterdam received a well-deserved award. He was honoured with the title Young Chef of the Year. A special congratulations to him for this wonderful recognition of his talent, vision and craftsmanship.

Score increases

In addition, we celebrated several impressive score increases for JRE restaurants:

• 17 points for Spetters, Breskens – Laurent Smallegange

• 15 points for STEEF., Leeuwarden – Stefan Visser

• 14.5 points for Tante Kee, Kaag – Kim Edwards & Raymond Reeb

• 14 points for Bakboord, Almere – Patty van der Meer

• 14 points for Éclusier, Bloemendaal – Michelle Leone & Yorick de Groot

• 14 points for Rura, Roermond – Naomi Haberts & Joey Remie

• 13.5 points for Lazuli, Enschede – Marijn Waanders & Tim Staal

Featured in the Gault&Millau Guide

At the end of the day, the new Gault&Millau guide was handed out to all guests. This guide includes restaurants awarded 16 to 19.5 points.

The following JRE Netherlands restaurants are listed:

17 points

• Joelia, Rotterdam – Sofiane Bons & Pieter Timmer

• Spetters, Breskens – Laurent Smallegange

16.5 points

• Atelier, Gulpen – Hans & Ellen Kinkartz

• ONE, Roermond – Bethany DeLong & Edwin Soumang

16 points

• Orangerie de Pol, Doetinchem – Mark Captein & Marjolein van der Ham