Studio on the Nieuwe Meer
Private dining in a former industrial building at Nieuw & Meer, catering wherever you need it, workshops at the long table. Chef Mikael Besson — Mik — cooks by appointment.
In the diary
Jazz Bites
Saturday, 7 November 2026 · 2 PM–9 PM
The Cantina opens at 2 PM.
3 PM–9 PM: Paul Nassenstein, Martin van Leusden & Guests
The Cantina, “De Zeemeermin Zonder Hoofd”, will be open to all, serving culinary bites, good wines and local beer. Outstanding live music. We will be delighted to see you.
Paul, Martin, Kim, Frits & Mik
This also works as private dining in the studio, or at your place.
Dinner
December menu — winter dinner
Saturday, 12 December 2026
Chefs Mik and Eric are cooking a five-course dinner again, this time inspired by the December holidays.
After the busy spring, summer and autumn dinners, the year closes by candlelight, with seasonal produce.
Save the date. The menu follows once it is set; you can reserve after that.
€ 75 p.p. · drinks extra · includes a glass of welcome bubbles
Mik, Lia & Eric
This also works as private dining in the studio, or at your place.
Stay informed
The occasional note when the cantina is open — daytime or evening. Not a weekly newsletter.
Or follow Mik on Facebook or Instagram, or email mik@miklechef.eu.
Three ways
Dinner, walking dinner or a meeting day in De Zeemeermin zonder hoofd. You may bring your own wine.
To the studioMik comes to you: home, office or an event, from finger food to a full menu.
Catering
Cook together in the studio, or a masterclass in your own kitchen for the brigade.
Workshops
Mik le Chef
Mikael Besson grew up in Sweden, trained in Lausanne at the Beau-Rivage Palace and later cooked for KLM Business Class. He now works from Amsterdam Nieuw-West — and regularly in Switzerland and France: regional produce, bread from his own kitchen, a room that smells of candlewax in the evening.
From the kitchen
Place
The studio sits on an artists’ and business plot by the water, just outside the ring. Free parking, projector and wifi. Open by appointment only — except when Jazz Bites or an open day throws the doors wide.