Sous Chefs in the Spotlight: How Hielke Damman and Marcus de Jong Personalise Private Dining Menus
Choosing a private dining menu for a group can be challenging. You want food that feels special, suits the occasion, and matches the expectations of everyone at the table. At Landgoed Hotel Groot Warnsborn, private dining is designed to solve exactly that challenge by combining culinary quality with a tailored approach for each gathering.
For guests planning a dinner with family, friends, or business relations, the private dining experience brings together the expertise of Chef Niek Bezuijen and Sous chefs Hielke Damman and Marcus de Jong. Their team creates surprising dishes and can adapt everything to your wishes, making private dining in Arnhem feel personal rather than standard. In this article, you will learn how that personalised approach works, why it matters, and how to plan a private dining experience that fits your group.
What makes private dining at Groot Warnsborn distinctive?
Private dining at Landgoed Hotel Groot Warnsborn is intended for guests who want to dine with a closed party in a setting that feels exclusive and comfortable. Whether the group includes family, friends, or professional contacts, the concept centres on a menu and atmosphere shaped around the occasion.
Several elements define this experience:
- Private dining rooms for 10 to 125 people
- A private terrace with every room
- Surprising dishes prepared by the culinary team
- Flexibility to adapt the experience to your wishes
That combination matters because group dining is rarely one-size-fits-all. A celebratory family dinner often calls for a different tone than a business gathering, and a venue that can tailor the culinary side accordingly creates a stronger overall experience.
Who are Hielke Damman and Marcus de Jong in the private dining experience?
When people think about restaurant leadership, they often focus first on the head chef. In private dining, however, the broader kitchen team plays an essential role. At Groot Warnsborn, Sous chefs Hielke Damman and Marcus de Jong are specifically named alongside Chef Niek Bezuijen as part of the team behind the private dining offering.
That matters for guests because it signals that menu personalisation is not an afterthought. It is part of a team-led culinary process. In practice, a sous chef often helps turn a guest’s preferences into a menu that can be delivered consistently for a full group while maintaining quality and presentation.
At Groot Warnsborn, the message is clear: the kitchen team can adjust everything to your wishes. That makes the role of Hielke Damman and Marcus de Jong especially relevant for private dining, where the details of pacing, dish selection, and group preferences shape the evening.
How personalised private dining menus work
Personalisation starts with the group
A personalised private dining menu begins with understanding who is dining and why they are gathering. Groot Warnsborn presents private dining as suitable for:
- Family gatherings
- Dinners with friends
- Business relations and professional occasions
Each of these settings can call for a different style of menu. A family event may benefit from a warm, relaxed progression of dishes. A dinner with business relations may require a polished flow that supports conversation and hospitality. The ability of the kitchen team to adapt to guest wishes is what allows the menu to fit the moment.
Culinary customisation is built into the offer
The private dining proposition explicitly states that the team can adapt everything to your wishes. In practical terms, that means the menu is not treated as fixed. Instead, the culinary team works in consultation with the guest to create a dining experience aligned with the group.
This kind of flexibility is valuable because it allows private dining to feel intentional. Rather than asking a group to fit a rigid format, the format can be shaped around the group.
The setting supports the menu
A personalised menu works best in a space designed for private hospitality. Groot Warnsborn offers different private dining rooms, each with a private terrace, which helps create a more self-contained setting for the occasion.
That setting influences the meal in important ways:
- It gives the group a sense of privacy.
- It supports focused service.
- It allows the event to feel separate from the rhythm of a regular restaurant evening.
- It creates a stronger link between atmosphere and menu.