{"id":83846,"date":"2026-04-23T17:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=83846"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:45:17","slug":"top-chefs-bangkok-take-over-kitchen-vermeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/nieuws\/topchefs-bangkok-nemen-keuken-vermeer-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Thai chefs take over kitchen of Vermeer restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Three chefs, one kitchen<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-72324 size-full\" title=\"vermeer-wine-room-restaurant-amsterdam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"vermeer-wine-room-restaurant-amsterdam\" width=\"1700\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/vermeer-wijnkamer-restaurant-amsterdam-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2>The menu<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One kitchen, three chefs, one evening - and a menu that never exists like this after April 30.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The guest list is limited. Those who want, make reservations in time.<\/p>\n<h2>Restaurant Vermeer<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three chefs, one kitchen Sebastian Baquero has been running the kitchen of Restaurant Vermeer for years from a classic-French base: elegant, refined, with Dutch ingredients as a starting point. For this dinner, he is bringing to Amsterdam two chefs who speak a completely different culinary language. Chef Jib - in full Chapornpat Dapachutisan - is a Thai chef from Bangkok, known for his ... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/nieuws\/topchefs-bangkok-nemen-keuken-vermeer-over\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":83847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8453],"tags":[10965],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-83846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nieuws","tag-franse-restaurants-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[83848,72324],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Sebastian Baquero kookt op 30 april samen met twee Thaise chefs uit Bangkok.","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Op donderdag 30 april verwelkomt Restaurant Vermeer twee Thaise chefs voor een eenmalig 6 Hands Dinner. Head Chef Sebastian Baquero kookt schouder aan schouder met Chef Jib en Chef Keng uit Bangkok, in een menu dat Franse precisie en Thaise smaken op \u00e9\u00e9n bord brengt. 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