It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 2004 and retained that rating until 2012.

[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Owner and head chef of Schathoes Verhildersum was Dick Soek.

[10] In 2012, for practical and economical reasons he moved the restaurant and all staff from Leens to Den Ham, continuing his enterprise on one location.

Although "schathuis" literally translates as "treasure house", it was in fact the cow shed, taking its name from the old Frysian word "skat", meaning cattle.

[13] The schathuis was at that time a tearoom, and Soek added a fine dining restaurant to it.