Vrijmoed

The story

Vrijmoed Gent: Modern Cuisine at Vlaanderenstraat 22 With Two Michelin Stars

Vrijmoed is a modern cuisine restaurant at Vlaanderenstraat 22 in Gent, Belgium, and holds two Michelin stars for 2026, awarded for excellent cooking. The kitchen works in a contemporary, evolving style, in a townhouse in the heart of historic Ghent.

Chef and cooking style

Chef Michaël Vrijmoed leads the kitchen. Gault&Millau describes his cooking as personal and unconventional, with creativity taking atypical shapes. The guide has regarded the restaurant as a benchmark for gastronomy in Ghent for more than a decade. The venue is also listed for vegetarian and organic cooking.

The townhouse setting

The restaurant occupies a stately townhouse in the old centre, close to the university. The website describes a kitchen where traditional cooking meets new ideas in a creative process, with craftsmanship at its core.