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Wood work

How did you end up in the kitchen world?

After a few years of travelling and working in the bar/restaurant business, I arrived back in Amsterdam, then met my beautiful wife. I said, “Okay, I don’t want to work nights any more.” So I ended up working in a workshop with a friend of a friend. During my time there, I studied medicine and economics but never finished anything. When I was in the workshop, I felt – with the smell of the wood, the measuring stuff, the functionality – like everything was finally

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