Meet The Team

In October 2005 Johan and Carin Agricola became the Managing Directors of Engelenburg Castle. 

Maurice Kersten is trained by Masterchef Robert Kranenborg in the Amstel Hotel (Amsterdam) and Pascal Jalhaij at Restaurant Vermeer ( Amsterdam ). Since 2005 Maurice is the Executive Chef of Kasteel Engelenburg. His vision is to use only the freshest local ingredients. Herbs from our own gardens, game from our estate and fish from the Ijssel river and nearby lakes and sea. Working with supliers with whom he sharese a passion for sustainable food is the basis of our cuisine

Béla started his hotel career after hotel school in 1994 at Kasteel Engelenburg.  He left us for a period of 5 years to become reservations manager of the 5 star Grand Hotel Karel V in Utrecht.  After his return to Kasteel Engelenburg Béla as appointed sales & reservation manager. Béla is head of department of our front office and reservations team.

Arjen studied Hospitality Management and did his Master degree  at the University of North London.  During his traineeship in Scotland he fell in love with Scottish Single Malt Whisky.  But his real passion is wine.  He is  viticulturist of the wine academy and has in 2018 achieved the degree of Magister Vini, the highest degree in wine in the Netherlands. Arjen travels regularly to South Africa to explore new wines and stay in touch with the winemakers.  

In 1988 Jurgen started as employee number 1 at Kasteel Engelenburg after he finished his hotelschool training.  

André is our financial controller since 2010. Before joining our team he gained a lot of experience at Bilderberg Hotels and Regardz Hotels.