Career
Vandenhaute started his career as a sports-journalist, and in the early nineties he made the popular television-program Het Huis van Wantrouwen (House of Mistrust) together with Mark Uytterhoeven. Vandenhaute is also tho owner of the restaurant Couvert Couvert (one Michelinstar since November 2005). In 2005, he was awarded the title of manager of the year in Belgium, by the Belgian businessmagazine Trends.