Hotel & Restaurant de Echoput

What Hotel & Restaurant de Echoput does

Hotel & Restaurant de Echoput is a family-owned, 5-star gastronomic hotel located in Hoog Soeren (Apeldoorn), Gelderland, the Netherlands, operating since 1955 inside the 11,000-hectare Kroondomein Het Loo royal nature reserve. The property offers 42 rooms and suites, two distinct restaurants (Grand Bistro Echo, a casual all-day concept; and Wild Atelier, a fine dining restaurant opened June 2025 under SVH Meesterkok Jonathan Zandbergen), a Body Spa, four meeting and event venues, a Kookstudio (also serving as teaching location for the Academie voor Gastronomie), an on-site wine and gastronomy shop, and off-site catering services. Revenue is generated across accommodation, à la carte and multi-course menus (€74–€169), curated stay packages, corporate meeting arrangements (€99–€464 per person), weddings, wellness, and ancillary retail, with distribution weighted toward direct bookings via the hotel's own website supplemented by OTA listings and partner co-marketing.

The business is operated under Restaurant de Echoput B.V. (KVK 08062131), privately held by the Klosse family across three generations. The first generation (Jaap and Tineke Klosse) founded it in 1955; the second generation (Peter and Carla Klosse) took over in 1985 and earned Michelin stars and founded the Academie voor Gastronomie; the third generation, led by directeur Lodewijk Klosse, is now executing a strategic repositioning — splitting the original fine dining room into a casual bistro and a new premium Wild Atelier concept — supported by Green Key Gold certification and full aardgasvrij (gas-free) operations since 2024. Recent recognition includes Gault&Millau 2026 (30.5 combined points and 'Opmerkelijke Nieuwkomer van het Jaar'), Michelin Guide selection (April 2026), and a Lekker Top100 debut at #67 for Wild Atelier. The underlying 'technology' is culinary technique (three generations of wild preparation, fermentation, curing) and proprietary taste theory (smaaktheorie) developed by Peter Klosse, rather than software or AI.

Name

Hotel & Restaurant de Echoput

Legal name

Restaurant de Echoput B.V.

Website

https://echoput.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hotel & Restaurant de Echoput is a family-owned, 5-star gastronomic hotel in Hoog Soeren, Netherlands, offering 42 rooms, two restaurants (Grand Bistro Echo and Wild Atelier fine dining), event venues, and a cooking studio, serving leisure travelers, corporate clients, and wedding parties with premium culinary packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Gastronomic Hospitality

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Gastronomy & Wine-Focused Boutique Hotels (THAGADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI), Hotel & Resort Banqueting (In-House Catering) (THAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Gastronomic hotel hospitality
• Fine dining restaurants
• Wild gastronomy cuisine
• Culinary event catering
• Luxury accommodation Veluwe

Headquarters

HQ city

Hoog Soeren (Apeldoorn)

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hotel accommodation: 5-star hotel with 42 rooms and suites, offering direct bookings and packages. Revenue from room nightly rates, with various room categories from Echoput Kamer (32+ m²) to Toren Suite (70+ m²).
2. Grand Bistro Echo restaurant: Casual dining restaurant open 7 days/week for lunch, high tea, and dinner. Offers à la carte dining, multi-course tasting menus (3/4/5 courses from €74–€99), and private dining. Under Executive Chef Peter Paul van den Breemen.
3. Wild Atelier fine dining restaurant: Fine dining restaurant opened June 2025, open Thursday–Saturday for dinner, Friday–Saturday for lunch. 5-course menu at €139, 7-course menu at €169. Led by SVH Meesterkok Jonathan Zandbergen.
4. Meetings & Events: Corporate meetings, weddings, private dining, and events across multiple venues (Vinotorium 192 m², Smaakkamer 60 m², Villa with Kookstudio, Salon). Vergaderarrangementen from €99 to €464 per person.
5. Culinaire catering op locatie: Off-site culinary catering service bringing the restaurant's gastronomic signature to external events and private locations.
6. Echoput Winkel — wine and retail: On-site shop selling Klosse Wines, Echoput kitchen herbs, Lehmann glassware, books, gift products, and customized gift vouchers. Also offers wine tastings (€12.50 Friday/Saturday, €17.50 winter champagne).
7. Body Spa and wellness services: In-house Body Spa offering massages and treatments (anti-stress, relaxation, sports massage, manual lymph drainage, pregnancy massage, foot reflexology). Can be combined with accommodation.
8. Kookstudio workshops and culinary programs: Culinary workshops in the Echoput Villa's Kookstudio (up to 16 persons), also serving as teaching location for Academie voor Gastronomie. Programs on request, tailored to group.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput is a 5-star gastronomic hotel and culinary destination operating 42 rooms/suites, two restaurants (Grand Bistro Echo casual dining and Wild Atelier fine dining), meeting and event venues, a Body Spa, a Kookstudio, and an on-site wine and gourmet shop. It sells accommodation, fine dining and bistro meals, curated stay and meeting packages, weddings, off-site culinary catering, and wine/spirits retail under the Klosse family brand with 70+ years of history.

Product overview

Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput is a 5-star gastronomic hotel offering an integrated hospitality experience. The portfolio consists of the hotel core (42 rooms and suites), two restaurants (Grand Bistro Echo as casual-dining and Wild Atelier as fine dining under Meesterkok Jonathan Zandbergen), Body Spa wellness facilities, multiple event/meeting spaces including a Kookstudio, an on-site shop selling Klosse Wines and gastronomic products, and various curated stay and meeting packages. The property also offers off-site culinary catering, wedding venue services, and a cooking studio that serves as lecture location for the Academie voor Gastronomie. The business is rooted in 70+ years of family history (three generations of the Klosse family) with focus on wild gastronomy, wine-food pairing, and local seasonal products from the Veluwe region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Gastronomique De Echoput 5-star gastronomic hotel located in Kroondomein Het Loo near Apeldoorn, offering 42 rooms and suites, two restaurants, wellness, meeting/event venues, and a cooking studio. Targeted at leisure travelers, couples, corporate meeting clients, and wedding parties.
• Grand Bistro Echo Casual-dining restaurant open seven days a week for à la carte lunch, high tea, and dinner, with 3-, 4-, and 5-course menus (€74–€99). Run by Executive Chef Peter Paul van den Breemen. Held 14 Gault&Millau points in 2026.
• Wild Atelier Fine dining restaurant opened June 2025 under Meesterkok Jonathan Zandbergen. Offers 5-course (€139) and 7-course (€169) seasonal menus plus a vegetarian 'Bos & Tuin' menu, open Thursday–Saturday for dinner and Friday–Saturday for lunch. Awarded 16.5 Gault&Millau points 2026, 'Opmerkelijke Nieuwkomer van het Jaar', Lekker Top100 #67, and Michelin Guide selection (April 2026).
• Meeting & Event Spaces Multifunctional event spaces including Het Vinotorium (192 m², up to 80 persons theater), De Smaakkamer (60 m², up to 24 persons), De Villa with Kookstudio (up to 16 workshop participants), and De Salon (50 m², up to 32 persons). Targeted at corporate meetings, training, private dining, weddings, and culinary events.
• Kookstudio (Cooking Studio) Professional cooking studio in the basement of Echoput Villa with a Gaggenau cooking island, hosting custom workshops for up to 16 persons with private chef guidance and optional sommelier wine pairing. Also serves as lecture location for Academie voor Gastronomie culinary programs.
• Echoput Winkel (Shop) On-site retail shop in the hotel lobby selling Klosse Wines, Echoput kitchen herbs, Lehmann glassware, books, and gastronomic gift products. Also offers custom gift vouchers and wine tasting sessions every Friday and Saturday at 16:00.
• Culinaire Catering op Locatie Off-site culinary catering service bringing De Echoput's gastronomic signature to external venues, including private dining, business events, walking lunches, and sit-down fine dining experiences at client locations.
• Trouwlocatie (Wedding Venue) Exclusive 5-star wedding venue on the Veluwe. Offers indoor ceremonies or ceremonies at nearby Kapel Hoog Soeren, wedding dinners, festive evenings, and overnight accommodation for couple and guests across the Salon and Vinotorium (up to 200 persons).
• Vergaderarrangementen (Meeting Packages) Corporate meeting packages combining meeting rooms with lunch, dinner, overnight stays, and team-building activities. Tiered at 8-hour (from €99/pp), 12-hour with dinner (€173/pp), 24-hour (from €365/pp), and 32-hour (from €464/pp) options. Targeted at corporate clients.
• Klosse Wines Family-owned wine import and retail portfolio operated by the Klosse family since the 1970s, including the unique 'Camaraderie' house wine (white, rosé, red) produced sustainably with Domaine La Colombette. Served across De Echoput's restaurants, sold in the on-site shop, and offered via separate website and tasting sessions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Wild Atelier opened June 2025 entered Lekker Top100 at #67 immediately
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Big Green Egg NederlandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Klosse Wines and Big Green Egg Nederland co-host the annual Lenteproeverij (Spring Tasting) at De Echoput. The 2026 edition took place Sunday 17 May, featuring ~30 open wines, culinary bites prepared on Big Green Egg, and demonstrations by Big Green Egg chefs. A joint marketing and culinary event partnership.
• Green KeycoreOthers · 1 January 2024Green Key Gold sustainability certification awarded in 2024. Annual recertification requires concrete environmental objectives and measurable improvements in areas including eco-friendly cleaning, waste management, responsible sourcing, energy saving, and reduction of disposable items.
• Hotels for TreesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Since 2021, guests can opt out of daily housekeeping; in return, one tree is planted per night per room in partnership with Hotels for Trees. Contributes to De Echoput's sustainability positioning.
• Wellnessresort Veluwse BroncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Wellness Arrangement combines a full day at Wellnessresort Veluwse Bron in Emst with an overnight stay and 4-course dinner at De Echoput. De Echoput markets the combined package directly to guests seeking wellness + gastronomy experiences.
• Academie voor GastronomiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDe Echoput's Kookstudio serves as the teaching location for the Academie voor Gastronomie's culinary education programs, including the 'Ambachtelijk Koken' (Artisan Cooking) program. Peter Klosse co-founded the Academie in 1991. De Echoput staff also receive training via the Academie.
• Klosse WinescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFamily wine import business led by Peter Klosse and now under third generation. Selects and imports sustainable, gastronomic wines since the 1970s. Klosse Wines products are sold in De Echoput's lobby shop and used in the restaurants' wine programs and pairings. Also operates separate website (klossewines.nl) and hosts winemaker events.
• Domaine La Colombette (Family Pugibet)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration spanning 30+ years with the Pugibet family at Domaine La Colombette. Jointly developed 'Camaraderie' — a sustainable house wine available in white, rosé, and red — produced from vineyards using natural crossings of grape varieties that are nearly resistant to fungi and disease, requiring no pesticides. The Echoput's unique branded house wine.
• Stichting Rolling HeartsminorOthersDe Echoput is involved with Stichting Rolling Hearts, a local charitable initiative. Mentioned in the context of sustainability and local community involvement alongside local sports clubs and service clubs.
• Veluwse GolfclubminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Veluwse Golf Arrangement combines a round of 9 holes at Veluwse Golfclub (located in Hoog Soeren, adjacent to the hotel) with De Echoput's gastronomic dinner and overnight stay. Joint marketing of a combined leisure package.
• Paleis Het Loo (Rijksmuseum)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPaleis Het Loo Arrangement combines museum entry (the recently renovated national museum) with a 4-course dinner and overnight stay at De Echoput. Cross-promotional package leveraging the hotel's proximity to the royal palace.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bilderberg Hotels: Largest Dutch hotel group with premium and meeting-focused properties across the Netherlands. Comparable as a competitor in the Dutch corporate meetings and premium leisure segment, though at much greater scale and broader positioning.

Direct peers

• De Librije (Librije's Hotel): Three-Michelin-star gastronomic hotel in Zwolle run by Jonnie and Thérèse Boer. Closest direct comparable: Dutch family-rooted, culinary-led luxury hotel combining rooms, fine dining, and wine-focused brand identity at a similar boutique scale.
• Restaurant & Hotel Savelberg: Michelin-starred restaurant with boutique hotel in Voorburg. Comparable as a Dutch culinary-led hotel where chef reputation drives pricing and bookings.
• Inter Scaldes: Two-Michelin-star restaurant with associated boutique hotel in Kruiningen, Zeeland. Comparable as a Dutch Michelin-recognized gastronomic destination where dining excellence drives accommodation demand.
• Château Hotel & Restaurant St. Gerlach: Luxury Dutch château hotel with multiple F&B outlets, event venues, and wellness facilities in a heritage/nature setting. Comparable as a Dutch premium hospitality destination combining accommodation, gastronomy, and event hosting.
• Parc Broekhuizen: Boutique hotel on a historic estate near Utrecht offering fine dining, event spaces, and curated packages. Comparable in Dutch boutique-gourmet positioning and estate-style setting.
• Landgoed Duin & Kruidberg: Dutch estate hotel combining heritage accommodation, restaurant, meetings, and wellness. Comparable in nature/estate setting, multi-revenue-stream structure, and premium Dutch hospitality positioning.
• Landgoed Rhederoord: Dutch estate hotel near De Steeg on the Veluwe with restaurant, event venues, and curated packages. Closely comparable geographic setting and boutique culinary positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/echoput

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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