Star chef Bas van Kranen opens Flore in De L'Europe Amsterdam

September started well for chef Bas van Kranen* and his team. He opened restaurant Flore in hotel De L'Europe Amsterdam. Flore replaces the renowned restaurant Bord'Eau that has closed its doors. Last year, Van Kranen and his team decided that it was time for a new direction in which creativity, sustainability and pure products are central. Bas van Kranen, together with chefs Sidney Schutte**, Jermain de Rozario* and Michel van der Kroft**, will cook the stars from heaven on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at the MASTERS EXPO star restaurant M*. There is still limited availability.Online editor: Mical Joseph
Image: Chantal ArntsWith Flore, Van Kranen gives substance to his love for light dishes and local ingredients that are produced with respect for people, animals and the natural environment. Research and experiment play an important role when putting together the menu. Every week the team goes into the country in search of the most beautiful ingredients in the Netherlands. They then use this in the weekly changing menu.

“By focusing entirely on using local products, not cooking with dairy products and using crops that are grown sustainably and with the greatest care, we motivate each other to cook even more creatively and consciously. It makes us better chefs,” says Bas van Kranen. With the elegant simplicity of Flore, the restaurant moves from classic gastronomy to conscious and high-quality cuisine – at Michelin level – where the seasons set the tone. The name Flore comes from the word 'flora' which means 'flowering'. The name fits the personal cooking style of Van Kranen, who at Flore uses products he finds from farmers and growers who treat animals with care and have an eye for biodiversity. Flore's kitchen does not use dairy products and vegetables play an important role in the menu.

In the basement of his restaurant, Van Kranen started a fermentation lab where he makes juices and preserves vegetables, among other things. Here guests can drink special wines with a matching dish. De L'Europe calls the new kitchen 'conscious fine dining'. The new restaurant likes to take its guests on an adventure and makes them aware of what they eat without using a pedantic tone. Flore's mission is to pamper guests with the pure and fine flavors of all the best that the Dutch soil and the seasons have to offer.

De L'Europe Amsterdam

The history of the De L'Europe Amsterdam hotel dates back to 1896. Once built on the remains of the old city wall, the hotel has developed from an exclusive hotel in the city center to a protector of Amsterdam culture and style. De L'Europe Amsterdam offers its guests 111 rooms and suites. There is a luxurious spa and wellness in the basement. The hotel also offers its guests various restaurants and bars. These are restaurant Flore, where chef Bas van Kranen and his team are in charge of the kitchen, brasserie Marie, Graziella and Freddy's bar, the legendary bar where the late Freddy Heineken liked to relax. The concierges of De L'Europe, the Clefs D'Or, are happy to point out to guests the finest and most local that Amsterdam has to offer.