Moshe Aharon "Moshik" Roth (; born 12 December 1971) is an Israeli celebrity

chef A chef is a professional Cook (profession), cook and tradesperson who is proficient in all aspects of outline of food preparation, food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term (), the di ...

. He was head chef of

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&Moshik in

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, the

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, which held two

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Biography

Born in 1971 in

Haifa Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area i ...

, Israel; to a family of

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descent, Russian-Jewish father and a Romanian-Jewish mother, Roth was raised in

Eilat Eilat ( , ; ; ) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port of Eilat, port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan as the Gulf of Aqaba. The c ...

and afterwards in

Yavne Yavne () is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. In 2022, it had a population of 56,232. Modern Yavne was established in 1949. It is located near the ruins of the ancient town of Yibna (known also as Jamnia and Jab ...

. After completing his military service in the IDF, he went to Eilat, intending to learn hotel management and met his future wife Els. When he was 23, Els went back to her homeland in the Netherlands and Roth followed her there. His first job was as pizzeria manager. After a while he studied in

Jonnie Boer Jonnie Boer (9 January 1965 – 23 April 2025) was a Dutch Michelin star winning chef, head chef and co-owner of the restaurant De Librije in Zwolle, Netherlands. Biography Boer was born in Giethoorn. Together with his wife and business partner ...

's restaurant - De Librije, from there he continued to apprentice in the Zwethheul restaurant, near

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and afterwards he opened his own restaurant

't Brouwerskolkje t Brouwerskolkje is a defunct restaurant located in Overveen, Netherlands. It was a Types of restaurant#Fine dining, fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 2006–2008 and two Michelin stars in the period 2009–20 ...

, where he was the chef, and his wife was the

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. The restaurant was located in a house which once was a pancake store. 't Brouwerskolkje restaurant got its first Michelin star in 2006 and the second in 2009. Roth closed the restaurant on April 14, 2012. On August 15, 2012 he opened &samhoud places in Amsterdam together with entrepreneur Salem Samhoud. The restaurant received two Michelin stars in November 2012. He renamed this restaurant to &moshik in January 2018. Roth used to go frequently to

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, to work together with chef , chef and owner of restaurant L'Arnsbourg in Alsace,

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, and some of the dishes in both restaurants are similar. The preparation of the food combined classical and

Molecular gastronomy Molecular gastronomy is the Science, scientific approach of cuisine from primarily the perspective of chemistry. The composition (Structural formula, molecular structure), properties (mass, viscosity, etc) and transformations (chemical reaction ...

techniques. Roth participated as one of the three judges of the Israeli reality show Game of Chefs. In 2022, he was a judge on the first Israeli season of '' The Next Restaurant''.

References

External links

Restaurant site

t_Brouwerskolkje in michelin guide
* Gabi Bar-Haim (November 30, 2005)

Maariv (newspaper) ''Maariv'' () is a Hebrew language, Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Israel. From Sunday to Thursday, it is printed under the ''Ma'ariv Hashavu'a'' () brand, while the weekend edition that is out on Friday is called ''Ma'ariv Sof ...

(Hebrew) * (May 23, 2011)
Molecular star - Chef Moshik Roth in Israel

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(Hebrew) * Adi Avisar
Gastronomic experience in Catit
Wine, Gourmet and Alcohol Magazine issue 137 (Hebrew) * Sheri Ansky (October 3, 2009)

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(Hebrew) {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Moshik Israeli television chefs Israeli Ashkenazi Jews Dutch chefs Dutch Ashkenazi Jews Living people Head chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent People from Haifa People from Eilat 1971 births