Three chefs, one kitchen
Sebastian Baquero has been running the kitchen of Restaurant Vermeer from a classic-French base for years: elegant, refined, with Dutch ingredients as a starting point. For this dinner, he is bringing two chefs to Amsterdam who speak a completely different culinary language.
Chef Jib - full name Chapornpat Dapachutisan - is a Thai chef from Bangkok, known for her intimate private Chef's Table concept and her work as a culinary consultant in hospitality. Her cooking style is personal and direct: Thai flavors as experienced at home, pure and unadulterated, without adaptation for Western palates.
Chef Keng - Ratchawat Vichianrat - is chef and owner of RhAp alternative cuisine in Bangkok, but he is no stranger to Amsterdam. He worked at Restaurant La Rive for ten years, eventually as Chef de Cuisine. In 2015 and 2016 he won the Prix Taittinger Benelux Finale, in 2014 a Golden Chef's Hat, and in 2016 he was part of the Dutch team that won gold at the IKA Culinary Olympics. His return to an Amsterdam kitchen gives this dinner an extra layer.
The menu
The menu was created specifically for this evening. Classic French techniques are awakened by lemongrass, fish sauce and chili - and Thai dishes are given a sophistication not easily encountered in Bangkok.
One kitchen, three chefs, one evening - and a menu that never exists like this after April 30.
The guest list is limited. Those who want, make reservations in time.
Restaurant Vermeer
In existence since 1988, Vermeer, under Baquero, has built its cuisine around three elements: the sea, the land and the earth. The base is French, the elaboration is contemporary, the focus is on Dutch ingredients. A 6 Hands Dinner with Thai influences doesn't necessarily fit that narrative - but that's exactly why it should happen once.