Amarone (restaurant)

Amarone is a restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that is awarded one Michelin star in the period 2008–present.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Amarone
Amarone Restaurant (Rotterdam)
Restaurant information
Established	September 2006[1]
Head chef	Jan van Dobben
Food type	French with Japanese influence[2]
Rating	Michelin Guide
Street address	Meent 72a
City	Rotterdam
Postal/ZIP Code	3011 JN
Country	Netherlands
Seating capacity	50
Website	Official website

The original head chef of Amarone was Gert Blom.^[8] Chef Blom and maître Harry Baas were co-owners of the restaurant from 2006 until Baas left in 2015.^[9] Present owner and head chef of Amarone is Jan van Dobben. Chef van Dobben worked together with Gert Blom for six years and became the co-owner of the restaurant in 2017.^[10] A year later, in July 2018, he completely took over the restaurant from Mr Blom.^[11] Chef van Dobben, together with his wife, Yoshiko Takayama-van Dobben, restaurant-manager Jasper Verhagen and sous-chef Yuri Wattimena, retained his Michelin-star in December 2018.

GaultMillau awarded the restaurant in 2019 with 15 out of 20 points.^[12]

In 2019, Restaurant Amarone situated on the 60th place in the "Lekker 500" ^[13]

On August 22, 2019, Amarone had to close its doors after a major fire. There was a short circuit in a wall socket in the basement. After a renovation, the restaurant reopened on February 21, 2020.^[14]

See also

• List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands

References

1. Hendriks, Patrick (16 October 2006). "Amarone, Rotterdam". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 September 2012.
2. Knoopjelos - Amerone Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. 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.
4. Nederland 2009. Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin et Cie. 2009. p. 371. ISBN 978-2-06-713833-9.
5. Brandligt, Vivie (22 November 2010). "Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2011" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2011]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
6. Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2012 Last visited 29 November 2011|language=nl
7. Brandligt, Vivie (14 December 2018). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2016 t/m 2018" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2016-2018]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
8. Knoopjelos - Amerone Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
9. Posthumus, Wieteke (16 July 2015). "Mede-eigenaar Harrie Baas verlaat restaurant Amarone Rotterdam". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 July 2015.
10. Posthumus, Wieteke (4 July 2017). "Jan van Dobben wordt mede-eigenaar". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
11. Bluiminck, Nathalie (19 June 2018). "Amarone, Jan van Dobben volledig eigenaar". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
12. Millau, Gault (16 October 2006). "GaultMillau Netherlands". GaultMillau (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
13. "Lekker 500 2019". Lekker500 (in Dutch). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
14. Mulders, Angelique (2019-11-18). "Restaurant Amarone krabbelt, langzamer dan gehoopt, overeind na brand in zomer". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-07.

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