Restaurant Rotonde

Rotonde is built on a simple premise: cook local vegetables over open fire, pair them with natural wines, and account for every decision along the way. Chef Jord Coree, a MAD Academy alumnus who previously cooked at INUA Tokyo and Yard Paris, opened the restaurant in December 2021 with Birk Heijkants and Roy Lammers on Rotterdam's Goudsesingel.

The entirely vegetarian kitchen sources roughly 60% of its produce directly from regional growers, with the remainder from Landzicht Biologisch. Wood-fire cooking lends depth to ingredients like krombekboon, scorzonera, and palm kale. Birk curates a focused list of natural wines without additives; Roy built the bar from recycled printers and refrigerators.