Dave and Dries Roelvink are not going to make a cooking show on television after all. Those plans have been scrapped, says dad Roelvink in conversation with the Party. “That’s off the job.”
More than two years ago, Dries Roelvink revealed that there are serious plans for a cooking show with his eldest son Dave. They would then go shopping together and father would teach son how to cook. “We are going to record a pilot for a cooking show,” he said on the radio at the time.
Stripe cooking show
The plans were very serious. It was Dries’ intention to show the pilot episode ‘here and there’, in the hope that a television bobo would take the bait. “You see me shopping with him and I’m going to explain to him recipes that I have in mind.”
How is it now? Dries in the Party: “No, that’s off the track. Dave wasn’t thrilled either when I raised it with him. I have participated as a guest chef at 24Kitchen twice. I was also asked if I would like to do something on 24Kitchen every week, but that is too much for me.”
24Kitchen chef
Dries does not want to work as a 24Kitchen chef. “For me, it should be non-binding and a hobby and not become an obligation.”
He is also not very impressed with the TV chefs there. “The last time I was at 24Kitchen, chef and presenter Perry de Man made a different version of my meatball. It wasn’t as good as mine, because it added so much, such as truffle and paprika, that I thought: no, that’s not how grandma’s ball is meant.”
Jumbo balls
There are currently real Dries Roelvink meatballs on the shelves at Jumbo. How much is he really involved in such a marketing stunt? Or did he give it his name unseen in the context of raking money?
Dries: “I went there twice to taste. The first time I thought: mwa, this meatball is different from the one I make. The second time, the meatball was really close to the taste of mine.”