about
Searching for ingredients, finding recipes, practising in the kitchen, tasting, inviting friends, setting the table, picking flowers, folding napkins, opening the perfect bottle of wine.
Laughing together and sharing important moments. Our lives take place in the kitchen and at the table. And we enjoy sharing it with everyone.
With Pompette, we invite you into our kitchen and to our table. For us, cooking is about feeling, creativity, discovery and surprise. But above all it is about sharing and being together. It is the core of our menus, the network of people we work with, the products we cook with and the events we organise.
À TABLE!
Arie
Ever since I was a child I have been obsessed with restaurants, hotels and the small little universe they offer to their guests. A feeling of comfort and freedom like you can only experience when it is done just right, a sort of weightlessness at the table created by food, ambiance, wine and service. Our goal is to bring that feeling to wherever we work.
After years of being a restaurant owner and wine merchant, in 2022 we decided to sell the wineshop and take the big step and move to France. Marieke, our dog Lou and I are living our dream. Working and living in one of the most dreamy landscapes in Europe while renovating our home in Céreste.
Since 2022 we started to share our love for wine, food and hospitality. First at home with parties for friends, until these became nights where everybody would invite people to. Escalating to sometimes up to 50 people, of whom half we did not know. Eating, drinking, meeting, gathering and laughing.
In 2023 we decided to turn this into something of our own, Café Clandestin. We organize pop-ups in the region at fun locations, sometimes in restaurant setting and sometimes with big farm tables and food to share.
These lunches and dinners brought us in touch with many amazing people who now form our base of clients, partners and suppliers. We hope to keep growing this circle of people and experiences that has become our life with Pompette.
marieke
Behind every force of nature lies a quiet power that keeps the engine running. Like Arie, I attended Hotel Management School and I have spent most of my life working in the hospitality industry and in the kitchen.
In addition, I have specialised in marketing, writing and design. Give me an hour off work and I will take our dog out fot a big walk and to hunt for cherries, olives, walnuts, and all other nature has to offer. I love making sourdough, jam, chili oil, ice cream, cakes, brioche, and all other things you can’t eat too much of.
The tasks in our household are therefore naturally well divided. Marieke takes care of the reservations, artwork, website, pasties, bread, desserts and ice cream.