Idylle (restaurant)
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| Idylle | |
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 Interactive map of Idylle | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 3 March 1993[1] |
| Closed | 1 September 2007[2] |
| Head chef | Joop Zwiep |
| Food type | French |
| Rating |  Michelin Guide |
| Location | Kruisstraat 21, Zweeloo, 7851 AE, Netherlands |
Idylle is a defunct restaurant in Zweeloo, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 1997 and retained that rating until 2007.[3]
Owner and head chef of Idylle was Joop Zwiep.[4]
The restaurant regularly organized culinary test-events under the name "Proef op de Tong" (Eng.: "Test on the Tongue") in which chef Zwiep often mocked with standard culinary practices. In 2001, he changed the flow of courses and started with a dessert.[5] In 1997, he confused his guests by serving a blue asparagus soup.[6]
The restaurant lost its star in 2008, due to Zwiep changing course from a fine dining restaurant to a cooking workshop in 2007.[7]
Idylle was a former member of the Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise.[8]
The restaurant was housed in a Dutch national monument, a Saxon farmhouse, built in the 19th century.[9] Earlier it housed Michelin starred restaurant De Bokkenpruik.[10]
