Marcel van Silfhout is a Dutch freelance investigative journalist.

Marcel van Silfhout (1968) worked as an investigative journalist for the Utrechts Nieuwsblad, the GPD and for TV programmes such as Zembla (VARA), KRO's Reporter, De Ombudsman and Uitgesproken (VARA). He is a board member of the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ).

His travel cookbook Kookkaravaan, Smaakroute door Marokko was declared 'Dutch Cookbook of the Year' in 2011 and '3rd Best Cookbook of the World' in 2012. Since 2013 he has been active as an independent investigative journalist.

Marcel van Silfhout

Basic information

Name
Marcel van Silfhout
Title
Investigative journalist
Expertise
food security, railways
Country
Netherlands
City
Oosterbeek
Links

Supported projects

To the Bone: An Investigation Into Molecular Gastronomy and Food Additives

  • Agriculture
  • Healthcare

What are all those E numbers doing in the kitchens of our restaurants? An investigation into molecular gastronomy and the food additives industry in our modernist cuisine.

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How safe is our food?

  • Healthcare

THE HAGUE - More than 60,000 people in the Netherlands are infected with salmonella every year. The resistant ESBL bacterium has been found on three-quarters of the chicken meat there. Is our food as safe as manufacturers and ministers claim?

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