No one was allowed to tell her what to cook or what to wear…

For thirty years she ran a fisherman’s cafe in Ostend. And then, the turnaround: showbiz. Annie Deleersnyder (74), the cook of the talk show ‘Gert late night’, was suddenly a household name. She appeared on TV, even had to sign the Antwerp Meir and got her own cookbook – a bestseller. She died of cancer on Monday.

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