Sandrine

Sandrine Van Herzeele (born on March 27th, 1979 in Schoten, Belgium, north of Antwerp) is the winner of the ninth season of the successful TV series "Bake Off Vlaanderen", based on the British format The Great British Bake Off. The show is hosted by Belgian famous singer Barbara Dex and broadcasted on the public TV channel VRT1 (formerly known as één). The ninth season was recorded between March and June 2026. Claudine Renard and Lien Stockmans finished second and third place, respectively. Sandrine works at a hair salon in Schoten, the name of the salon is "Him and Hair" and there are mostly Belgians of foreign descent who work at the salon. Sandrine has no foreign descent. She's known for wearing tattoos (her tattoos include a dragon, Donkey Kong, Emily from the Corpse Bride movie, and the text "Never prove someone wrong", along others). Sandrine also loves her Spice Girls T-shirt. She really loves strawberries, dark chocolate, blueberries, butter, and dough! These are all the recipes she baked during the show: A red velvet cake Banana and blueberry bread Disney Princess cupcakes Tiramisu Baguette (with garlic butter, of course!) Strawberry shortcake Nizza cookies Sandrine doesn't mind if she gets milk, chocolate or dough in her face. She can speak Dutch, English and French. Sandrine's parents work at a bakery in Antwerp, this is why she dreamed of being a contestant in a baking contest. Her favorite song is "Dance the Night Away" by The Mavericks. Her favorite animal is a snake. Her favorite color is red. She also loves Tarot cards! (Please don't mind the picture or voice)