Piet Huysentruyt (born 7 December 1962) is a Belgian TV chef and the author of five bestselling cooking books.
Piet Huysentruyt (born 7 December 1962) is a Belgian TV chef and the author of five bestselling cooking books.
Piet Huytsentruyt, born in 1962, studied at the cooking school Ter Duinen in Koksijde before working in a number of restaurants in Belgium and abroad. He opened his own restaurant in Wortegem-Petegem, and got his first Michelin Guide star a few years later. [1]
He starred in a few TV shows, the most famous being SOS Piet, which spawned two books.
By December 2008, he has sold 250,000 copies of his books SOS Piet and SOS Piet 2, [2] and his books top the bestseller list in Flanders in December 2008. In December 2009, he appeared in the new film about Kabouter Plop, Plop en de Kabouterbaby. [3]
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