Kitchen
A wood fire and eight people around it.
Leontine Vasseur opened Cloche in 2019 in a former print shop on the Kraanlei. The kitchen is the brightest room in the house, and the only one with a fire.
The chef
Leontine Vasseur
Leontine trained in Brussels and Copenhagen, then spent four years cooking on a farm in the Flemish Ardennes. She came back to the city with one rule: nothing goes on the menu that she could not drive to before lunch.
I would rather cook one carrot well than ten things nobody remembers.
Growers
Eleven growers, two fishermen, one forager.
Distance from the kitchen door.
- Hof ter LindeRoots, leeks, pumpkins14 km
- Zeeland oyster bedsOysters and sea herbs62 km
- Ardennes game estateVenison, wild boar78 km
- De Koeien van MerelMilk, butter, aged cheese22 km
- A boat from OostendeFish of the day68 km
- A forager in the MeetjeslandMushrooms, pine, elderberry18 km
The team
Who cooks and who pours.
- 01Leontine VasseurChef and owner
- 02Ruben MaesSous chef
- 03Ines HautekietPastry
- 04Basile VerhaegenSommelier
- 05Jolien DeclercqFront of house
- Seats a night
- 22
- Courses
- 9
- Furthest grower
- 80 km
Tonight