Noah Wynants brings seven Michelin stars to Kralingen
Seven Michelin-starred chefs cook at The Boathouse Kralingen on 23 November for a Rotterdam children's foundation. Seats cost €325; the target is at least €30,000.
Noah Wynants will cook with six colleagues at The Boathouse Kralingen in Rotterdam on Monday 23 November, raising money for local children. Between them the chefs hold seven Michelin stars, and the evening aims to bring in at least €30,000.
The benefit dinner, called Zeven Sterren aan de Plas (Seven Stars on the Lake), starts at 18:30 at Langepad 51, on the shore of the Kralingse Plas. It is a walking dinner for a maximum of 150 guests. A seat costs €325 per person, with bookings from two people, according to Misset Horeca. The proceeds go to Stichting Rotterdam Mooier Maken.
Wynants, chef of Brass Boer Thuis (one star), makes the amuse-bouches. The dishes that follow come from Fred Mustert of Fred** in Rotterdam, Jan Smink of Smink* in Wolvega, Jef Schuur of Bij Jef* in Den Hoorn, Lars van Galen of 't Lansink* in Hengelo and the duo Tim Bood and Hette Hettema of Central Park* in Voorburg. With two stars, Fred is the most decorated restaurant in the line-up.
Seven stars on one lake, and the money stays in the city.
Why Noah Wynants is hosting the evening
The reason lies in Paris. Wynants is the Dutch finalist of the Prix ArsNova de Cuisine d'Auteur, the competition Claude Taittinger founded in 1967 and which used to be called Le Taittinger. He cooks in the international final on 2 February 2027, BCBG Magazine reports. Two chefs at the table know that route: Smink won the prize in 2023 and Van Galen in 2011. Van Galen is also the competition's Dutch president.
Champagne house Taittinger and its Dutch importer VINVIN Wines are backing the night. Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, president of the philanthropic fund behind ArsNova, will attend on 23 November. During dinner, Rotterdam artist Roderik Faasen, known as AAAFRESH123, will create a live artwork. There will also be music and an auction, De Havenloods reports.
What Rotterdam Mooier Maken does with the money
The foundation wants children in vulnerable situations to discover their talents through cooking lessons, art and music. "We all live in a beautiful city, but there is still a lot of work to do," co-founder Hendrik van der Wyck told Misset Horeca. The organisers have not said how many children the proceeds will reach.
For Van Galen the evening falls in a period of transition. He cooks his last service in Hengelo on 26 December and then hands 't Lansink to Stef and Melissa Hofstede. If you want to eat at that level in the city itself, our list of the best restaurants in Rotterdam has more addresses.
After the auction in Kralingen, the next date in Wynants' diary is 2 February. That day he stands at the stove in Paris, without six colleagues beside him.
