| Joop Braakhekke | |
| Birth Name: | Johannes Franciscus Braakhekke |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Occupation: | Celebrity chef Restaurateur Television presenter Author |
| Years Active: | 1993–2016 |
| Organization: | Le Garage |
Johannes Franciscus "Joop" Braakhekke (11 April 1941 – 8 December 2016) was a Dutch chef, restaurateur, television presenter and author.[1]
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.
In December 2008, Braakhekke won the Loden Leeuw prize for appearing in an air freshener advertisement in the Netherlands.[2] [3] The prize is awarded to the most annoying television commercial.