De Worsten van Babel ("The Sausages of Babel") are a Dutch trio (chef Hugo Kennis and actor brothers Jasper & Marius Gottlieb) who present a series of television programme involving travel and food for 24Kitchen, as well an in-person show.[1] They have also written cookbooks together.[2] Their first collaboration featured a sausage with three courses and a coffee as a filling.[1]
On the culinary channel 24Kitchen he presented the children's cooking program Smaakpupillen.[7] He was also one of the chefs in the 24Kitchen shows, Food Truck Challenge,[8][9]Grenzeloos Koken and De Eenvoudige Maaltijd.[4] In 2010, he was understudy in the musical theatre production Je Anne ("I, Anne") by Mark Vijn.[10] In 2011, he played a role in the SpangaS live stage show. In 2017, Kennis was briefly seen in Goede tijden, slechte tijdensoap opera as the Italian chef Antonio.[4] In 2018, Kennis participated in the Een goed stel hersens game show.[11]
In 2019, Kennis won the twentieth season of the RTL show Expeditie Robinson.[12][11] In the spring of 2022, Kennis was seen after three years in the special season Expeditie Robinson: All Stars, in which former (semi)finalists compete with each other to become the ultimate Robinson.[13] This time he was eliminated in the fourth episode and finished in twelfth place.
In 2018 he became the permanent chef in the RTL 4 afternoon program "5 Uur Live".[4] After that he became the permanent chef in the daily RTL program Eigen Huis & Tuin:Lekker Leven.[14]
In 2023, Kennis won the first season of RTL 4's Race Across the World with DJ Eva Cleven.[18] In the same year, Kennis also participated in the "Make Up Your Mind" celebrity drag queen competition on RTL4.[19]
In 2024, he participated in the television program "Voor het blok" together with Cleven.[20] That same year, Kennis also participated in the television program "Say Whut!?".[21] In addition, he participated in the "The Connection" quiz show in 2024 on NPO 1.[22]
In July 2021, Kennis split from his fiance, dancer Sander Vos, after a relationship lasting over 6 years.[23][3]
Gottlieb is one of the two hosts of Studio Socrates, a podcast about "everything that makes football beautiful."[29] In Studio Socrates, Gottlieb discusses an aspect of football with Daan Sutorius every week. The podcast is named after the Brazilian footballer Sócrates.[29]
Gottlieb is a curator at the Lisser Art Museum (LAM).[30]
In 2023 he acquired the De Druif restaurant in Amsterdam with Xander Waller.[28]
Wat maak je menu? presenter, with Jasper, NTR (2020)[36]
Television
De Worsten van Babel op de Camping
This is a 10-episode series from 2017, involving the trio staying at campsites across The Netherlands, and cooking meals based on ingredients available (including through foraging on the site itself).[46]
De Worsten van Babel On Tour
This 10-episode series from 2017, involved the boys travelling by camper-van across Europe from The Netherlands to Spain.[1]
