Chef Liam Lijnes Lijnes
Personal Chef in Amsterdam
Get to know me better
Creating transformational culinary experiences in the kitchen and at the table.
I was born and raised in South Africa. After school I trained and graduated Grande Diplome at Silwood Kitchens Cordons Bleus Cooking School. After working in several star restaurants, hotels, game and wine farms in Cape Town, Soon after reconnected with my Dutch roots settling into restaurant work in and around Amsterdam, in between working on super yachts based in the Bahamas and America.
I love exploring food and travel and I am following my cooking passion full time, focussing on curating exclusive private dinners, baking and cooking workshops.
My private dinners emphasize on story, history, connection and customised to add value. Workshops are hands-on unique explorations loaded with techniques, knowledge and demonstrations with emphasis on empowering the individual.

More about me
For me, cooking is...
for me cooking is an art, a science, it is physics, the transformation of molecules using energy!
I learned to cook at...
Silwood Kitchens, Rondebosch, South Africa, Cordons Bleu 2003
A cooking secret...
Communication is my key to success. Listening is a big part of communication.
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