Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
Traveling between Leiden and New York, for Jazz and Chocolate
We were ready for Christmas when we got a message from Shiho; ‘NHK, Japanese Television wants do to a mini-documentary about ChocoJazz, do you have any events coming up?’ Obviously, her deadline was approaching and the holidays were approaching, but we said:…
Here are a few pictures of my trip to Puebla, Mexico for the National Fulbright Conference. There were around 400 super inspiring people from all over the world, specializing in different fields of work. I did a 10-minute plenary talk…
The days before… After a long trip to the Netherlands, we arrived at Schiphol Amsterdam. Although it is always nice to spend some time in my home country and see friends and family, our trip had a different purpose this time.…
Coming back from Zutphen to New York felt a bit like coming home. But no time to sit down and relax, because we had another ChocoJazz show coming up! Since this year is the year of De Stijl – the art…
It has only been a year ago since Teddy and I started our ChocoJazz shows but it has taken a huge flight. Each painting is different and musically it differs what I’m playing and who is playing. It could be…
While traveling between New York City and the Netherlands, Pastry Chef ChocoTed and Jazz singer Vivienne Aerts will invite you in a beautiful venue and present amazing new dishes, tickling flavors and swinging music. An event full of Jazz and…
So we wanted to look like a very unconventional chef and singer…. so we turned ourselves into Rockstars! With the fantastic make-up skills by Anja Mendillo and the view and photographic eye of Trudy Giordano we made this glam pictures!…
This summer Teddy and I decided to collaborate in this experimental event called : ChocoJazz! 1 night, 10 courses, 10 songs, 100 guests: It was a huge success. The NieuwPlaatz was packed with amazing people, enjoying amazing food, drinks, art and…
September 2016 this amazing young Dutch photographer came to visit New York for her new project; Streetnotes. A travel website where she interviews and films musicians in their favorite spot in New York. She contacted me and we met up…
ChocoJazz is a collaboration between myself, jazz musician Vivienne Aerts and pasty chef ChocoTed. We host occasional livestream web shows containing live jazz and live pastry preparations. Secondly, we also host live events where we share sweet culinary one bites…
Ok, a little update for now. After graduating in Berklee I had a long break – almost 3 months – in the Netherlands. It was so great to be back and see my family and friends and have some quiet…
