{"id":77640,"date":"2026-02-03T23:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=77640"},"modified":"2026-02-03T23:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:46:29","slug":"thomas-from-santvoort-the-jeweler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/thomas-van-santvoort-de-juwelier\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas van Santvoort is the new chef at De Juwelier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"relative basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:28px] grow flex\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"dd1e1302-83f6-4d17-98f9-1af063ffd394\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-40\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"06602d07-59e9-4b1e-b4e3-26c322959e68\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2-thinking\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<h2 data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1193\">Flicka sluit <strong data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"923\">eind december 2025<\/strong> omdat het huurcontract niet wordt verlengd \u2014 een bewuste, nette exit na acht jaar. Van Santvoort en Merlijn van den Bosch kondigden dat in mei 2025 aan, met precies de toon die je hoopt: waardig afronden, met trots op wat er stond.<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1440\">En nu is de landing in Amsterdam bekend: Van Santvoort is de nieuwe chef bij <strong data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1287\">De Juwelier<\/strong>*. Dat is geen \u201cnieuwe uitdaging\u201d-PR, maar een serieuze keuken waar de ster al staat en de lat dagelijks hoog ligt.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1440\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77672\" title=\"de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4-567x425.jpg\" alt=\"de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4-567x425.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/de-juwelier-restaurant-amsterdam_4.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1718\">De Juwelier is het \u00e0-la-carte-restaurant van de ploeg achter Restaurant 212 (Richard van Oostenbrugge en Thomas Groot). Verwacht dus geen stijf ritueel, maar moderne Franse basis met veel energie: bistrogevoel, maar dan met ster-precisie.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1872\">\n<p data-start=\"1722\" data-end=\"1872\">Flicka sloot niet omdat het moest, maar omdat het tijd was \u2014 en die houding neem je mee naar je volgende keuken.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"2367\">Wat dit interessant maakt voor mensen die De Juwelier al kennen: een chefwissel op dit niveau betekent zelden \u201calles anders\u201d, maar bijna altijd <strong data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2037\">nieuwe accenten<\/strong>. Denk eerder aan: andere signatuur in sauzen, nieuwe combinaties op de kaart, net wat meer spanning in gerechten die al hard lopen. Over zijn exacte plannen is nog niet alles gedeeld, maar het feit dat hij hier instapt zegt genoeg: dit is een voortzetting op ster-tempo, niet een tussenstop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flicka closes at the end of December 2025 because the lease will not be renewed - a deliberate, neat exit after eight years. Van Santvoort and Merlijn van den Bosch announced it in May 2025, with exactly the tone you would hope for: finishing with dignity, with pride in what was there. And now the landing in Amsterdam is known: ... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/thomas-van-santvoort-de-juwelier\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":77671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-77640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[77675,77671,77674],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"En dat is nieuws voor iedereen die Amsterdamse sterrenzaken volgt.","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"De Juwelier heeft een nieuwe chef: Thomas van Santvoort, tot eind 2025 bekend van Flicka* in Kerkdriel. 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