Culinary enjoyment

We love treating our guests to good food, so you will want for nothing!

For me, Marjan, cooking begins with curiosity. I devour cookbooks, and a new flavour combination can keep me occupied for an entire evening. That love began in a tearoom, grew while I was working in the fresh produce department of a hospitality wholesaler, and I kept taking cookery courses simply because I cannot resist.

Am I a chef? Not at all. I do not work from fixed recipes; I cook by instinct and let the season decide. Before dinner, I walk to the kitchen garden and tomato greenhouse, just a few metres from the table, and pick whatever is ripe that day. What I cannot find there, I source from farmers and producers in the Berry. This means you can literally taste the region where you are staying. We eat together at one long table: Italian on Wednesday and French on Friday.

Do you have any dietary requirements or allergies? We will accommodate them as much as possible.

Long table beneath the covered terrace at La Joyeuse
Extensive breakfast with regional products at B&B La Joyeuse, every morning at 8:30

Breakfast

Every morning we surprise our guests at 8.45 am with a delicious extensive breakfast. Various rolls, a fresh egg, sweet and savoury toppings and of course the orange juice and croissant are not missing.

Rest assured, you will always go strengthened into a new day full of discoveries. Need a few more tips? Feel free to ask us during breakfast!

Dining room and lounge at La Joyeuse

Table d’Hôtes – Guest table

Would you also like to sit down at a long table in the evening and enjoy Marjan’s cooking skills? Marjan cooks as much as possible with regional products, such as vegetables from her own vegetable garden or from the local, organic farmer. We serve a 3-course dinner every day. The costs are € 28.50 p.p. including table water and coffee and/or tea, excluding drinks.

Every week we organize an Italian evening on Wednesday and a French evening on Friday.

Lunch, wine tasting, …

Are you going for a day of walking or cycling? We can make a packed lunch for you. It consists of various sandwiches, fruit, muesli bar, small salad and a thermos of coffee or tea. Costs are € 12.50 p.p.

If you want to do nothing for a day, it is also possible to have lunch with us. We have a small lunch menu.

We also organize a wine tasting. As an enthusiastic wine lover, Wiebe will introduce you to the tastiest wines from the Val de Loire region, appellation Châteaumeillant. During the wine tasting you can indulge your taste buds with the various wines, such as Vin Blanc (white wine), Vin Gris (rosé) and Vin Rouge (red wine). The combination of delicious wines and tasty, matching delicacies makes the wine tasting an unforgettable experience.