Showbiz Surprising news from the South of france, Les Vans, where Piet Huysentruyt after a long hibernation again opened its doors his restaurant ‘Likoké’. Now will his son William to take the helm. “I go as a trainer behind the scenes work. And keep on dreaming. If William wants to, we will open soon a second restaurant. In South Africa,” marvels Bill.
Exactly six years after his restaurant Likoké in Les Vans opened, was rewarded with a Michelin star and Gault-Millau, a place in the group of the fifty best restaurants in France, set the 56-year-old tv chef and michelin-starred chef is a huge step to the side. His son William takes on 28-year-old age take the helm. A logical step, because five years ago he went to the restaurant of his father to work as a sommelier. The past few months, he bought in in the case. There is still more news of the Huysentruyt-front. As the son Cyriel ” yes ” nods, wants to Piet will soon be six months per year in South Africa a second ‘Likoké’ open. As a business owner, not as a chef. And especially to the young Likoké-team, the dead months during the winter period, an extra challenge and especially work to provide.
It’s Friday night, just before seven o’clock. In the French Les Vans, in the middle of the Ardêche, hot host Cyriel Huysentruyt officially its customers in the Likoké welcome. William is the only son of tv chef, michelin-starred chef Piet Huysentruyt, in the off-season in silence to the helm has passed on to his ambitious son.
