De Worsten van Babel

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 programmes 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 an espresso coffee as a filling.^[1]

Hugo Kennis
Hugo Kennis in 2019
Born	17 April 1986[3] Eindhoven
Nationality	Netherlands
Known for	Eigen Huis & Tuin:Lekker Leuven

Hugo Kennis, from North Brabant,^[4] trained as a chef and catering manager at De Rooi Pannen in Eindhoven and Tilburg.^[5] He also studied Musical Theatre at the Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts.^[6][4]

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 tijden soap 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 2022, Kennis took part in the Halloween season of De Verraders,^[11] first as a faithful and later as a traitor on Videoland. That same year, Kennis was seen in the Waku Waku quiz show,^[15] and worked with Thomas Cammaert in the Christmas special of LEGO Masters.^[16] He was also a judge in a national Oliebollen-making competitions for SBS6.^[17]

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 RTL 4.^[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 Connection quiz show in 2024 on NPO 1.^[22]

In July 2021, Kennis split from his fiance, dancer Sander Vos, after a relationship lasting more than six years.^[23][3]

In a 2020 interview Kennis discussed the trio making "dishes in an extreme form" and that their first dish was "one sausage that was filled with a three-course dinner. So a starter, a main course, a dessert and even an espresso to finish" and that their name De Worsten ("The Sausages") derives from that dish.^[1]

Jasper Gottlieb is a Dutch actor, presenter and podcaster. He is best known for his role in the SpangaS soap opera and as a (football) presenter and podcast maker.^[24] He studied at the Utrecht School of the Arts and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.^[25][26]

He presents Weekendcrashers on NPO 3.^[27] He also presents Studio Jaxie,^[28] a talk show on AT5 about AFC Ajax. He 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]

Source:^[31]

• Character (1997), as Jacob (age 6)^[32]
• Amazones (2004), as Moes^[33]
• Allerzielen (2005), as Dylan^[34]
• SpangaS (2007-2011), as Flip van Hamel
• SpangaS op Survival (2009), as Flip van Hamel
• Happy End (2009), als Moshe
• Verliefd op Ibiza (2013), as Dylan^[35]
• Wat maak je menu? presenter, with Marius, NTR (2020)^[36]

Marius Gottlieb is a Dutch actor. He is best known for his role in the Dutch youth drama series SpangaS.

In 2008, he starred in Radeloos, based on the book by Carry Slee.^[37] The Gottlieb brothers also played together in Character.^[32] After SpangaS, Gottlieb obtained a graphic design diploma at the Royal Academy of Art, in The Hague.^[38]

• Character (1997), as Jacob (age 6)^[32]
• Moonlight (2002), as New Boy^[39]
• Erik of het klein insectenboek (2004), as Papilio^[40]
• Nieuwe Ouders (2005), as "Tweeling"^[41]
• Bruno en Violet (2005), as Pestkop^[42]
• Don (2006), as Miloš^[43]
• SpangaS (2007-2011), as Tobias van Hamel
• Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten (2008), as Rick Heesters jr. (Episode, Offside)^[44]
• Radeloos (2008), as Paco^[37]
• Doorbraak (2008), as Tommy Groothart^[45]
• SpangaS op Survival (2009), as Tobias van Hamel
• Vroeger was het anders, NTR (2012)
• Verliefd op Ibiza (2013), as Boyd^[35]
• StukTV (2015)
• Wat maak je menu? presenter, with Jasper, NTR (2020)^[36]

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]

This 10-episode series from 2017, involved the boys travelling by camper-van across Europe from The Netherlands to Spain.^[1]

• Hugo Kennis on Instagram
• Jasper Gottlieb on Instagram
• Marius Gottlieb on Instagram