Restaurant Apicius
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Restaurant Apicius is a restaurant
Restaurant
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 located in Bakkum, Castricum
Castricum
Castricum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.Castricum is a tourist attraction in the province North Holland...

 in the Netherlands
Netherlands
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. It is a quality restaurant
Restaurant rating
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 that is awarded one or two Michelin stars from 2002 up until now (with the exception of 2005). GaultMillau awarded them 16.0 points (out of 20).

The restaurant has a quiet, classic, non-experimental style of cooking. Head chef Thorvald de Winter and his brother Maître
Maître d'hôtel
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Gaylord de Winter do not offer adventurous experiences but prefer to show the quality of products.

According to Diningcity.com Restaurant Apicius has won Penfolds Culinary Trophy due to the wonderful combination of food and wine.

Star history

- 2002-2004: one star

- 2005: zero stars

- 2006: one star

- 2007-2010: two stars

- 2011-2012: one star

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