Joop Braakhekke
Johannes Franciscus "Joop" Braakhekke 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 celebrity in a television commercial.
