Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise (popular: Alliance Gastronomique) is a culinary association of quality restaurants in the Netherlands and Flanders.
The partnership was established in 1967 as a response to the spreading taste flattening, lack of culinary products and inadequate training of chefs and other restaurant staff. By that time the Netherlands were not known for their culinary tradition, so the partnership of the 19 founding restaurateurs was a break with the past.
At that time the "Alliance Gastronomique" stated the promotion of the culinary culture in the Netherlands as its mission.
Alliance Gastronomique is by now the oldest culinary partnership in Europe. The status it has earned, makes that the name alone now serves as quality seal.
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Founding members
Members of Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise in 1967
De Witte, Amersfoort. Head chef: Ernst Hastrich
De Boerderij, Amsterdam. Head chef: Herman Wunneberg
Dikker & Thijs, Amsterdam. Head chef: H.J. van der Vecht
De Echoput, Apeldoorn. Head chef: Jaap Klosse
Chalet Royal, 's-Hertogenbosch. Head chef: C.A.M. van Gaalen
Carelshaven, Delden. Head chef: J.E. Kluvers
De Zwaan, Etten-Leur. Head chef: Ad Peijnenburg
Oudt Leyden, Leiden. Head chef: S.M. Borgerding
Château Neercanne, Maastricht. Head chef: H.P.J. Stassen
De Beukenhof, Oegstgeest. Head chef: not known
Het Oude Jachthuis, Pesse. Head chef: A.H. van Doesburg
't Koetshuis, Rhenen. Head chef: Marianne Frisch
Old Dutch, Rotterdam. Representative: M.W. Mannes
De Witte Holevoet, Scherpenzeel. Head chef: J.C.M. Hehenkamp
Prinses Juliana, Valkenburg aan de Geul. Head chef: A. Stevens
De Nederlanden, Vreeland. Head chef: O.E.K. Hartung
De Kieviet, Wassenaar. Head chef: Luigi Gandini
Hostellerie De Hamert, Wellerlooi. Head chef: Jan. H.J. Grothausen
Het Poorthuys, Zierikzee. Head chef: W.E.L. te Mey
Cas Spijkers, head chef De Swaen, often mentioned as one of the founders, is not mentioned in contemporary sources as founder.
Present member restaurants
(all restaurants in the Netherlands, unless stated otherwise)
Bord'Eau (Hotel de L’Europe) - Amsterdam
Ciel Bleu (Hotel Okura Amsterdam) - Amsterdam (2 Michelin stars)
Cordial - Oss (1 Michelin star)
Da Vinci - Maasbracht (2 Michelin stars)
De Bokkedoorns - Overveen (2 Michelin stars)
De Fuik - Aalst (former star restaurant)
De Gieser Wildeman - Noordeloos (1 Michelin star)
De Heeren van Harinxma (Bilderberg Landgoed Lauswolt) - Beetsterzwaag (‘’former star restaurant’’)
De Leuf - Ubachsberg (2 Michelin stars)
De Librije - Zwolle (3 Michelin stars)
De Pastorie - Lichtaart-Kasterlee, Belgium (1 Michelin star)
De Treeswijkhoeve - Waalre (2 Michelin stars)
De Zwaan - Etten-Leur (1 Michelin star)
Hermitage - Rijsoord (1 Michelin star)
Het Koetshuis - Bennekom (1 Michelin star)
Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput - Apeldoorn (1 Michelin star)
Hostellerie De Hamert - Wellerlooi (‘’former star restaurant’’)
Former member restaurants
(Incomplete list, feel free to add)
Chapeau! - Bloemendaal, closed (1 Michelin star)
De Hoefslag, Bosch en Duin - 1 Michelin star
De Karpendonkse Hoeve, Eindhoven - 1 Michelin star
Kasteel Wittem, Wittem, closed - 1 Michelin star
La Vilette, Rotterdam, closed - 1 Michelin star
Nolet Het Reymerswale, Yerseke, closed - 1 Michelin star
Restaurant Den Gouden Harynck, Bruges
Ron Blaauw, Amsterdam - 2 Michelin stars
't Raethuys, Wateringen, closed - 1 Michelin star
De Bokkepruik, Heemse - 1 Michelin star
De Wanne, Ootmarsum - 1 Michelin star
Chalet Royal - 's-Hertogenbosch (1 Michelin star)
Lai Sin's - Driebergen (‘’former star restaurant’’)
Herberg Onder de Linden in Aduard. (1 Michelin star)