For thirty years I stood at the stove in the Netherlands. From January 2027 that stove is in Calpe, looking out at the rock, five minutes from Moraira. What I do there is what I always did: cook for people who love to eat. Only now at your place — in your holiday villa, at the long table outside, with whatever the market had that morning.
The produce
Fish from the lonja (the fish auction in Calpe), vegetables from the market in Benissa, olive oil and wine from estates half an hour away. I buy the way I bought for the restaurant.
The table
No show, no stress. I cook, you sit. By the end of the evening the kitchen is clean and the washing-up is back in the cupboard.
The region
I know the addresses that are not in the guides, and the places where the view is half the menu. That is where I take you.
What I offer
Five ways to sit down to eat. Everything is made to measure; tell me what you have in mind and I will come back with a proposal.
The addresses
Three places I take you to. You hear their names from me.
The wine estate
An organic estate in the hills behind Moraira, among the old riuraus where the raisins used to dry. Their Moscatel is dry — and surprises everybody. Thirteen minutes in the car and you are in a different Spain.
The café you would never expect
A plain old bar on an ordinary street in Moraira. No sign, no menu by the door. In the Netherlands this cook would have had a star. Here he just stands behind the bar.
The table in the valley
An old finca in the Jalón valley, chandeliers above white tables, vineyards running all the way to the mountains. The finest place for a long lunch that I know.
You get the names from me. That is half the pleasure.
Staying in Moraira
Two family villas, through Stay in Moraira: Casa Amandine (five bedrooms, five minutes from Calpe) and Casa La Viña (four bedrooms, up on the hill with a view over the valley). Both with a pool and an outdoor table that is big enough.
See the villasMake a request
Tell me what you have in mind and I will come back with a proposal. Nothing is committed here — this is not a booking and nothing is paid.
Available to request for dates from 1 April 2027.