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Dill d'Ycov

Stories & banquets

Receptions, encounters and tables that tell the story of Dill d’Ycov.

José van Dam lors du concert annuel de la Fondation Samilia

José van Dam sings for Samilia

An evening of music and solidarity in aid of the Samilia Foundation, followed by a walking dinner by Dill d’Ycov.

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Banquet Renaissance au Château de Boussu

Château de Boussu — two magnificent Renaissance banquets

The dishes of Lancelot de Casteau, the music of Roland de Lassus and a historic banquet recreated for Mons 2015.

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Banquet Victor Hugo dans la Galerie du Roi

The banquet in honour of Victor Hugo

One hundred and fifty years after Les Misérables was published, a period banquet was recreated in Brussels’ Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries.

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Banquet siculo-normand de Frédéric II

At the Sicilian table of Emperor Frederick II

A thirteenth-century Sicilian-Norman banquet inspired by the earliest treatises on pasta, recreated at the Manoir d’Anjou.

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Festin bourguignon dans la salle gothique de l’Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles

Flavours of yesterday, flavours of today

A study day honouring Jean-Louis Flandrin, followed by a magnificent fifteenth-century Franco-Burgundian feast.

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Couverture du livre Festins mérovingiens

Merovingian feasts

A landmark book and fifty-five historical recipes recreated by Pierre Wynants and Yves Cousin.

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Table de la soirée Casanova, Veneziano Mondano

Casanova, Veneziano Mondano

Baroque music, Venetian culture and gastronomic pleasures inspired by Casanova’s life.

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The Enchanted Table

The Enchanted Table

Mozart, the splendour of the eighteenth-century French table and a historical setting beyond time.

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The Tolstoy Dinner

The Tolstoy Dinner

A meal inspired by Anna Karenina, bringing together Russian literature, French cuisine and service à la russe.

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A meal for sixteenth-century humanists

A meal for sixteenth-century humanists

Erasmus, Platina and the humanist table at Erasmus House.

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The banquet of Lancelot de Casteau

The banquet of Lancelot de Casteau

A historical recreation followed for a full week by RTBF.

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The historic Jean de La Fontaine banquet

The historic Jean de La Fontaine banquet

A gastronomic journey into the seventeenth century for La Fontaine’s four-hundredth anniversary.

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Bubble dining on rafts

Bubble dining on rafts

A unique gastronomic experience on rafts in the middle of the large pond.

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Crusade in Jeans — behind the banquet

Crusade in Jeans — behind the banquet

Yves Cousin joins Ben Sombogaart’s film production to create a spectacular medieval table.

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At the Archdukes’ table

At the Archdukes’ table

The origin story: recipes from 1612 and Yves Cousin’s meeting with Liliane Plouvier.

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