Piet Huysentruyt

Piet Huysentruyt (born 7 December 1962) is a Belgian TV chef and the author of five bestselling cooking books.

Piet Huytsentruyt, born in 1962, studied at the cooking school Ter Duinen in Koksijde before working in a number of restaurants in Belgium and abroad.

He opened his own restaurant in Wortegem-Petegem, and got his first Michelin Guide star a few years later.

[1] He starred in a few TV shows, the most famous being SOS Piet, which spawned two books.

By December 2008, he has sold 250,000 copies of his books SOS Piet and SOS Piet 2,[2] and his books top the bestseller list in Flanders in December 2008.