Dutch television presenter and chef
Johannes Franciscus "Joop" Braakhekke (11 April 1941 – 8 December 2016) was a Dutch chef, restaurateur, television presenter and author.
Life.
Braakhekke was born in Apeldoorn in the Veluwe, where he grew up. As a child he wanted to become an actor, but eventually settled on becoming a restaurateur. After high school he went to Paris and Barcelona to learn culinary arts. In 1968 he returned to the Netherlands and worked as a restaurateur, first in Apeldoorn, at the bistro "Le Philosophe", and then in Amsterdam, at "De Kersentuin", "Le Garage", and "En Pluche".
For five years beginning in 1993, Braakhekke was a presenter on the popular television cooking program "Kookgek", and wrote a cookbook.
Trivia.
In December 2008, Braakhekke won the Loden Leeuw prize for appearing in an air freshener advertisement in the Netherlands. The prize is awarded to the most annoying television commercial.
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