Chalet Royal

{{Short description|Restaurant in Den Bosch, the Netherlands}}

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| established = 1937{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.justaddwine.nl/downloads/05_Chalet_Royal_-_s_Hertogenbosch001.pdf De Vrouw & Haar Huis - Chalet Royal]

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| head-chef = Gerrit Greveling

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| street-address = Wilhelminaplein 1

| city = Den Bosch

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| country = Netherlands

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Chalet Royal was a restaurant in Den Bosch in the Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that held one Michelin star in the periods 1958-1976 and 1998-2011.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.missethoreca.nl/restaurant/vakkennis/michelin/Michelindossier-HistorischOverzichtMichelinsterren1957Tm1964.htm Historical overview Michelin stars 1957 t/m 1964] Last visited 24 July 2011{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.missethoreca.nl/restaurant/vakkennis/michelin/Michelindossier-HistorischOverzichtMichelinsterren1965Tm1970.htm Historical overview Michelin stars 1965 t/m 1970] Last visited 24 July 2011{{cite news |title= Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1971 t/m 1975|language=Dutch|first= Vivie|last= Brandligt|url= http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR1971-tm-1975-HOR054243W/|trans-title=Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1971-1975|newspaper= Misset Horeca|date= 30 March 2012|accessdate=12 January 2013}}{{cite news |title= Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1976 t/m 1980|language=Dutch|first= Vivie|last= Brandligt|url= http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR1976-tm-1980-HOR054244W/|trans-title=Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1976-1980|newspaper= Misset Horeca|date= 30 March 2012|accessdate=12 January 2013}}{{cite news |title= Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1997 t/m 2000|language=Dutch|first= Vivie|last= Brandligt|url= http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR1997-tm-2000-HOR054248W/|trans-title=Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1997-2000|newspaper= Misset Horeca|date= 30 March 2012|accessdate=12 January 2013}}{{cite news|title= Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2001 t/m 2005|language= Dutch|first= Vivie|last= Brandligt|url= http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR2001-tm-2005-HOR054249W/|trans-title= Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2001-2005|newspaper= Misset Horeca|date= 30 March 2012|accessdate= 12 January 2013|archive-date= 16 November 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121116140920/http://missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/3/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-BR2001-tm-2005-HOR054249W/|url-status= dead}}{{cite news|title= Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 2006 t/m 2011|language= Dutch|first= Vivie|last= Brandligt|url= http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/5/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-6006-tm-2012-1081401W/|trans-title= Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2006-2011|newspaper= Misset Horeca|date= 1 May 2012|accessdate= 12 January 2013|archive-date= 15 October 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121015145737/http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2012/5/Historisch-overzicht-Michelinsterren-6006-tm-2012-1081401W/|url-status= dead}}{{cite news |title= Totaaloverzicht Michelinsterren 2011|language=Dutch|first= Vivie|last= Brandligt|url= http://www.missethoreca.nl/Restaurant/Article/2010/11/Totaaloverzicht-Michelinsterren-2011-HOR056445W/|trans-title=Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 2011|newspaper= Misset Horeca|date= 22 November 2010|accessdate=12 January 2013}}

Chalet Royal was one of the founders of the Alliance Gastronomique Neerlandaise in 1967.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.justaddwine.nl/nieuws/nieuwsarchief/a/70/in-memoriam-jaap-klosse-oprichter-alliance-gastronomique/ In memoriam Jaap Klosse oprichter Alliance Gastronomique]

Kees van Gaalen founded “Chalet Royal” in 1937 as a hotel-restaurant. He was already owner of restaurant "Royal" in the Visstraat, when he decided to branch out and buy the villa. After a complete renovation of the villa, it opened in 1937 for the public.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.justaddwine.nl/downloads/05_Chalet_Royal_-_s_Hertogenbosch001.pdf De Vrouw & Haar Huis - Chalet Royal]{{in lang|nl}} [http://debrinken.datzijnwij.nl/pdf/1986_Kees_van_Gaalen.pdf De nestor van de Nederlandse horeca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012223053/http://debrinken.datzijnwij.nl/pdf/1986_Kees_van_Gaalen.pdf |date=2014-10-12 }}

Head chef in the first star period Harry van Engelen.{{in lang|nl}} [http://debrinken.datzijnwij.nl/meesters/engelen.html Harry van Engelen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202134933/http://debrinken.datzijnwij.nl/meesters/engelen.html |date=2014-02-02 }} His successor was Toine Hermsen, who was unable to retain the star.{{cite news|title= Nederlandse Cculinaire revolutie|first= Stan|last= Huygens|url= http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A011200350%3Ampeg21%3Ap004%3Aa0202|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130419062001/http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd:011200350:mpeg21:p004:a0202|url-status= dead|archive-date= April 19, 2013|newspaper= De Telegraaf|date= 26 September 1978|accessdate= 24 January 2013|language= nl}}

The restaurant was forced to close in 2011, when the owner of the building wanted to make better use of it. Chalet Royal, user of about 350 square metres of the about 1500 square metres big building, did not fit in the new plan. Buying the building was not possible for restaurant owner and head chef Gerrit Greveling.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.missethoreca.nl/1086378/restaurant/restaurant-nieuws/ToprestaurantChaletRoyalPerDirectDicht.htm Toprestaurant Chalet Royal per direct dicht]

After that, the Chalet Royal building was substantially renovated. The building houses two entrepreneurs: Edwin Kats and Mark Peet Visser. Edwin Kats, who received his first Michelin star in 1995, for restaurant De Swaen, and his second star in 2002, for restaurant La Rive, runs restaurant Noble with a contemporary and international concept. Mark Peet Visser exhibits his art collection in a newly built wing of the building.