Schilo Van Coevorden is appointed Executive Chef of Finca Cortesin, Spain.

June 17, 2008 - PRLog -- Schilo Van Coevorden, formerly Executive Chef of the well known College Hotel,
Amsterdam, has now been appointed Executive Chef of Finca Cortesin, Stein Hotels
and Resorts’ stunning new development in Marbella, Spain, opening Autumn 2008.
Schilo will preside over Restaurant Schilo, a headline dining experience for Finca
Cortesin showcasing Asian-fusion gourmet food.

Schilo brings over 22 years of culinary and food and beverage experience to this
position. He started as Comis de Cuisine in classic Rotterdam restaurant
La Villette, then moved to Restaurant Old Dutch, where he worked until 1987, before
moving to Belgium to work with Roger Souverijns in his Scholteshof Restaurant (2
Michelin stars), he then went back to Rotterdam as Chef de Partie, Garde Manger
and Patissier at Parkheuvel Restaurant (1 Michelin star) and then to a 3 Michelin star
restaurant Im Schiffchen in Dusseldorf.

In 1992 Schilo moved to London joining Hyatt International as Head Chef in the Lowndes hotel, a small boutique hotel, and in 1995 went to Dubai to open their first cutting edge Restaurant Foccacia. In 1996 he came in contact with H.E. Sheikh
Mana bin Khalifa Al Maktoum who asked him to open The Sphinx Global Restaurant.

After travelling extensively through Asia, Schilo returned to Europe in 1999 to open
the brand new hotel Blakes in Amsterdam as Executive Chef / Food and Beverage.
In 2004 he joined Stein Hotels and Resorts at the opening of the renowned
The College Restaurant at The College Hotel in Amsterdam and was promoted in 2005 to Executive Chef for Stein Hotels and Resorts as a whole.

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