I bet it isn’t always a picnic running a Michelin-starred restaurant. Ron Blaauw’s Ron’s Gastrobar is just down the road from our place in Amsterdam, though we’ve never eaten there, assuming it was out of our league and beyond our budget.
So it was an unexpected bonus when our friend Carla suggested we visit Mr Blaauw’s Oogstfeest (Harvest Festival) at providore/farmer Edwin Flores’ farm in the village of Ressen, an hour’s drive east of the capital. For a knockdown EUR12.50 all-inclusive entry fee, Ron Blaauw generously turned on a super picnic.
150 lucky visitors were invited to join celebrity chefs and their students to share a ‘lazy Sunday’.

That buzzing sound overhead turned out to be a drone-mounted camera. It was my first encounter with the beast. A potentially dangerous one in the wrong hands. Stay tuned.
Thanks again to the organisers, the hosts, the cooking team and Carla, who knows where to find the best food and the best food events!
love the pig!