CHEF · SPEAKER · WRITER · JUDGE
Feeding the future
What will we eat tomorrow? And who will cook it for us?
Those two questions drive all my work. In the kitchen, on stage, in stories and at the judges’ table.
Sheila Struyck · Photo: Studio Brug / Nina Slagmolen
BETWEEN KITCHEN AND BOARDROOM
I am a chef, classically trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and London, to give vegetables the leading role.
Before that, I spent more than thirty years at the top of international business. I bring both worlds wherever I go.
Step by step, bite by bite.
What I do
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Cooking
Private chef for business gatherings, on location or at the open fire. A seasonal menu with a story, served in English, Dutch, German or French. The proof is in the taste.
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Speaking
Keynote speaker, chair and moderator. On leadership, lasting change and what the boardroom can learn from the kitchen. Three talks: Cooking class for the boardroom, Step by step and Feeding the future.
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Storytelling
Portraits of chefs who do things differently. In English for We’re Smart World, in Dutch for Food Inspiration and in my series Leiden in de keuken (Leading in the kitchen). Also the podcast De Bekokstovers and the book Lekker is dat. All my English articles live on Substack. Subscribe for free and new pieces land in your inbox automatically.
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Judging
Inspector for the We’re Smart Green Guide and judge at the International Taste Institute in Brussels and the Joop Braakhekke Award. I see tomorrow’s talent and ensure others see it too.
In the boardroom
SHIFT INVEST · MEATLESS · ELHO · LUZAC
Co-founder and venture partner at SHIFT Invest. Supervisory board member at Meatless, Elho and Luzac. Formerly on the Executive Committee of Europcar Mobility Group, CMO of Philips Consumer Lifestyle and brand manager at Procter & Gamble. Full CV on LinkedIn.
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