New television program: Yvette van Boven explores the royal kitchens
If anyone deserves the title ‘Queen of the Kitchen,’ it’s Yvette van Boven. Next year, we’ll see her at work in a new television program. And what a program it is. In Oranje van Boven: The King’s Kitchens, Yvette gets a unique glimpse into the kitchens of the Dutch Royal House.
Yvette’s CV has by now become a book in its own right. She has published quite a few cookbooks, most of which have become bestsellers and won prestigious awards. By now, we’ve cooked our way through Van Boven’s leftovers from front to back and back again. Our favorites from it? Her corn soup and wrap with salad and avocado mayo. And if her book Home Made Basics were an LP, we would have played it until it was proverbially worn out by now. Just try her maccheroni with pesto.
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Yvette has plenty of experience writing cookbooks. But television work is no stranger to her either. Quite the opposite, in fact. In Koken met Van Boven on Omroep Max, she entered the kitchen to make simple, affordable dishes with ingredients from local specialists. Later, she made Streken van Van Boven, in which she searched for the origins and future of typical Dutch dishes. Her programs are always a feast, which is why we’re very happy that soon we’ll be able to enjoy a new Yvette show.
Oranje van Boven: The King’s Kitchens
In her latest program, Oranje van Boven: The King’s Kitchens, we get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the royal kitchens. Yvette spent a year ‘interning’ with the department of the Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household. She did so at Noordeinde Palace and the Royal Palace Amsterdam. The kitchens of these palaces have always been somewhat mysterious. They are the places where luxurious state banquets, important lunches and snacks for exciting receptions are prepared. How exactly this is done was a secret—until Yvette investigated it for us.
Six episodes
As the queen of the kitchen, Yvette is naturally very interested in the recipes prepared in the royal kitchens. We’ll certainly see her at work. But that’s not all. How do you actually organize a royal event? What does it involve? And which staff members are responsible for it? Yvette gets answers to all these questions in six different episodes.
Just a little longer to wait
For us television viewers, the royal kitchen will remain a secret for just a little while longer. It won’t be until next year—in 2024—that we can watch Oranje van Boven: The King’s Kitchens. We can’t wait. Until then, we’ll just watch the reruns of Koken met Van Boven. Luckily, that’s entertaining enough for us too.
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