Cees Helder (born 1948 in , North Holland) is a Dutch chef, former restaurant owner of

Parkheuvel Parkheuvel is a restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that has been awarded one or more Michelin stars from 1990 to present. At its top it had three Michelin stars. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 18.0 points (out ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

. He was the first chief cook in the Netherlands to acquire three Michelin stars. Helder obtained his first Michelin star when he was chief cook at Villa Rozenrust. A second star followed with Le Chevalier in

Delft Delft () is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is part of both the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan ...

. In 1986, Helder purchased Parkheuvel and in November 2001 it became the first Dutch restaurant to hold three Michelin stars. Helder's culinary style is simple, but very sophisticated, and he is known for his grilled

turbot The turbot (''Scophthalmus maximus'') is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an ...

dish. In 2006, Helder sold Parkheuvel to Erik van Loo. In the winter of 2012-3 he was chief cook of the

Palazzo Amsterdam A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

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1948 births Living people Dutch chefs Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants People from Graft-De Rijp {{Netherlands-bio-stub