- Martijn Kajuiter
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Martijn Kajuiter Born Groningen, 1974
NetherlandResidence Ardmore, County Waterford Nationality Dutch Occupation Head chef Employer Cliff House Hotel Known for Michelin starred The House Height 6 feet 8 inches[1] Website http://www.martijnkajuiter.com/ Martijn Kajuiter (Groningen, Netherland, 1974) is a Dutch Michelin star winning head chef with The House in the Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore, County Waterford.
Kajuiter is born in 1974 in the northern part of the Netherlands. His passion for food started at a young age, due to his parents running a restaurant. In 1991, aged 17, he started his kitchen career in Les Quatre Canetons, under head chef Wynand Vogel. Like most chefs he moved around from restaurant to restaurant, to pick up as much knowledge and experience as possible. That is why he move to London in 1995. Here he worked at L'Ortolan (under John Burton Race), Waterside Inn (under Michel Roux), La Tante Claire (under Pierre Koffmann) and finally in The Restaurant Marco Pierre White (under Marco Pierre White).[2][3]
In 1998 he returned to Les Quatre canetons. In 2000 he became head chef of restaurant Kwekerij de Kas in Amsterdam, Netherland.[4][5]
Kajuiter came to Ireland in 2007 to become "executive chef in charge of Food and Beverages"[6] of the Cliff House Hotel. In that job he is responsible for the main restaurant of the hotel The House.
Martijn Kajuiter does not spend all his time in the kitchen. He was involved in the Waterford Festival of Food 2011, giving cooking demonstrations.[7]
Kajuiter is married and has two children.
Awards
- Good Food Award 2008 - Best of the South[8][9]
- Georgina Campbell's "Newcomer of the Year 2009" award.[10]
- Michelin Star 2010, 2011, 2012 [11][12]
- 3 AA Rosettes 2011/2012
Books
- Cliff House Hotel: The Cookbook; 2009
References
- ^ Echos from a distant mountain
- ^ Aces high
- ^ Food with a touch of Science with Martijn Kajuiter, 8 May 2009
- ^ Food with a touch of Science with Martijn Kajuiter, 8 May 2009
- ^ New Amsterdam
- ^ Abalone. Nature’s mother of pearl
- ^ Festival of Food
- ^ (Dutch) Nederlanders winnen Ierse food-prijs
- ^ Good Food Ireland Awards 2008
- ^ Newcomer of the Year
- ^ Michelin Online Republic of Ireland
- ^ (Dutch) Martijn Kajuiter behoudt Michelinster in Ierland
Arbutus Lodge · Armstrong's Barn · Ballylickey House · Ballymaloe House · Bon Appétit · Cashel Palace Hotel · Chapter One · Chez Hans · Deanes · Deans on the Square · Dromoland Castle · Dunderry Lodge · Erriseask House · Kildare Hotel & Country Club · L'Ecrivain · Mint Restaurant · Park (Park Hotel) · Peacock Alley · Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud · Roscoff · Shanks Restaurant · · Sheen Falls Lodge · Shiro · The Commons Restaurant · The House (Cliff House Hotel) · The Oriel · The Russell Hotel · Thornton's ·
Head chefs Myrtle Allen · Matthew d'Arcy · Michael Bolster · Aiden Byrne · Derry Clarke · Colin O'Daly · Michael Deane · Matt Dowling · Oliver Dunne · Conrad Gallagher · Patrick Guilbaud · Martijn Kajuiter · Gerry Kirwan · Guillaume Lebrun · Ross Lewis · Hans Peter Matthiae · Stefan Matz · Dylan McGrath · Robbie Millar · Kei Pilz · Paul Rankin · Declan Ryan · Michael Ryan · Bruno Schmidt · Barry Smyth · Kevin Thornton · Paolo TullioOther head chefs
No or not enough informationCatherine Healy (Dunderry Lodge) · ?? Malone (The Commons Restaurant) · Fergus Moore · Unknown chef (Dromoland Castle) · Unknown chef (The K Club)
List of Michelin starred restaurants in Ireland · Category:Restaurants in Ireland · Category:Michelin Guide starred restaurantsCategories:- Irish chefs
- Dutch chefs
- Michelin Guide starred chefs
- Living people
- Dutch expatriates in Ireland
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