Our Team
Twenty-eight colleagues across the kitchen, the floor, the bar and the office. Here are six of them — and the names of everyone else who makes an evening happen.
Head Chef
Hélène grew up above her parents' friterie in Leuven and has cooked in Belgian brasserie kitchens for twenty-two years. She writes a short menu on purpose: fewer dishes, each one done the long way.
Still judges a kitchen by its frites. Cycles to work along the canal, in all weather.
Sous-Chef
Aïssatou runs the stoves and the sauces. Born in Liège to Guinean parents, she trained at the hotel school in Namur and has worked alongside Hélène for nine years. The carbonnade is hers.
Keeps a notebook of her grandmother's recipes and a second one of her own corrections.
Pastry Chef
Charlotte left an office job at thirty-one to retrain as a pâtissière and has not looked back. She makes the Liège waffle dough every morning and the rice tarts twice a week.
Has strong opinions about pearl sugar and will share them if asked.
Restaurant Manager
Isabelle has spent her working life in dining rooms, from weekend shifts as a student in Ghent to running the floor of a busy Brussels brasserie. She is the reason the rota works and the candles are lit on time.
Speaks Dutch, French and English in the same sentence without noticing.
Head of Service
Marie leads the floor team on both levels. She joined as a server six years ago and now trains every new colleague — starting with how to describe a dish and its allergens without reading from a card.
Remembers where you sat last time, and whether you liked it.
Beverage Lead
Lotte looks after the bar and the beer list. A trained zythologist from Antwerp, she would rather find you the right 25 cl than sell you the strongest bottle, and she pours a gueuze from the basket like it matters. It does.
The tattoo on her forearm is a hop vine. Her alcohol-free list is longer than you would expect.
Everyone on the rota, by department.
The team is fictional. Names, biographies and portraits were created for this demonstration and do not describe real people.