Plobsheim, March 2011
Restaurant Le Kempf, part of the well known Kempferhof Golf Resort, has ensured the culinary knowledge and skills of famous Chef Jean-Yves Schillinger for the 2011 season. Schillinger will not only design the menu but also train the kitchen team of Executive Chef Stéphane Friedmann on a continuously base.
Jean-Yves SCHILLINGER
Before taking charge of the long time family owned restaurant, in the picturesque Alsatian town of Colmar Jean-Yves Schillinger worked at La Côte Basque Restaurant in New York City. Little after that he opened his own restaurant in the Big Apple.
Schillinger, who is trained by the best (three star Michelin Chefs Jöel Robuchon and Gérard Boyer), returns to France after seven years to open his JY’S Restaurant. Thanks to his contemporary cuisine he receives the much desired star in the Michelin Guide.
Now Kempferhof guests can enjoy his fine culinary arts right on the golf course. Jean-Yves Schillinger has taken on the challenge with great enthusiasm to train the kitchen crew of Le Kempferhof and design the restaurant menu.
Jean-Yves Schillinger: ’I am very eager to have Chef Stéphane Friedmann spoil the Kempferhof guests with my dishes and I look forward to a long and successful gastronomically co-operation. From now on guests can enjoy great golf as well as great food at Le Kempferhof’.
Restaurant Le Kempf
In 2009 and 2010 the Kempferhof hotel and restaurants were fully renovated. General Manager Jurgen Wondergem: ‘With the assistance of culinary talent Jean-Yves Schillinger Le Kempferhof is turning towards a new, exciting gastronomic and culinary future. Our golf course ranks yet again among the very best in France. From now Restaurant Le Kempf will also contribute to that renown. Our team's passionate desire is to satisfy all our guests' wishes, and our sole aim is perfection, on and off the course’.
Executive Chef Stéphane Friedmann: ‘It is an honour and challenge to work with and at times alongside a great and renowned Chef like Jean-Yves Schillinger. This new step sets the bar even higher for our motivated and enthusiastic team."
Le Kempferhof, Golf club, hotel and restaurant
The Kempferhof hotel and restaurants offer an impressive 18-hole golf course, 3 rooms and 8 suites in the 17th century castle, 16 designer rooms in the ‘Annexe’, an informal Bistrot, the gastronomic restaurant Le Kempf, a cosy bar, a terrace overlooking holes 9 and 18, several functions and seminar rooms and a Pro Shop.
The hotel is situated barely 15 kilometres from Strasbourg, in a region renowned for its hospitality, its wines and its cuisine. The cities of Baden-Baden and Colmar are also within easy reach for pleasant, interesting excursions. Le Kempferhof is member of ‘Opus Golf’.
Restaurant Le Kempf is open from April through December; evenings only.
For more information:
Le Kempferhof, Golf-Hotel-Restaurant
Jurgen Wondergem
Rue du Moulin, 67115 Plobsheim, France
Tel: +33 (0) 3 88 98 72 72
j.wondergem@golf-kempferhof.com
www.golf-kempferhof.com
JY’S Restaurant
Jean-Yves Schillinger
17 Rue de la Poissonnerie, 68000 Colmar
Tel: +33 (0) 3 89 21 53 60
Jean-yves.schillinger@wanadoo.fr
www.jean-yves-schillinger.com
