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De Kok
De Kok or DeKok is a Dutch occupational surname. It may refer to: *Frans de Kok (1924–2011), Dutch conductor * Frits de Kok (1882–1940), Dutch businessman, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell *Ingrid de Kok (born 1951), South African author * Irene de Kok (born 1963), Dutch judoka * (born 1930), Dutch auxiliary bishop * Roger G. DeKok (1947–2003), United States Air Force commander * Roosmarijn de Kok (born 1994), Dutch fashion model * Winifred May de Kok (1893–1969), South African author See also * De Cock * De Kock *Kok (surname) Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007 (20,834 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnames ... {{surname Dutch-language surnames Afrikaans-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chef
A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive formal training from an institution, as well as by apprenticing with an experienced chef. There are different terms that use the word ''chef'' in their titles, and deal with specific areas of food preparation. Examples include the ''sous-chef'', who acts as the second-in-command in a kitchen, and the ''chef de partie'', who handles a specific area of production. The kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, many of which use the word "chef" in their titles. Underneath the chefs are the ''kitchen assistants''. A chef's standard uniform includes a hat (called a ''toque''), neckerchief, double-breasted jacket, apron and sturdy shoes (that may include steel or plasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger G
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch-language Surnames
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken countryw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kok (surname)
Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007 (20,834 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnames in the Netherlands/ref> Notable people with the surname Kok include: List of people with the surname Kok *Ada Kok (born 1947), Dutch swimmer *Adam Kok III (1811–1875), leader of the Griqua people in South Africa * Alexander Kok (1926–2015), English cellist *Ann Kok (born 1973), Chinese Singaporean television actress and singer * (1882–1969), Dutch poet, co-founder of De Stijl * Bessel Kok (born 1941), Dutch businessman * Boris Kok (born 1991), French-born Cambodian footballer * Christiaan Kok (born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer * Debbie Kok (1963–2010), New Zealand football player *Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor *Eelyn Kok (born 1978), Singaporean television actress *Felix Kok (1924–2010), English violinist, brother of Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Kock
De Kock is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "the cook". The surname may refer to: * Arthur de Kock (1866–1957), South African rugby player * Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871), French novelist *Eugene de Kock (born 1949), South African police colonel and assassin * (1818–1881), Dutch government minister, son of Hendrik Merkus *Gerald de Kock, South African cricket commentator *Gerhard de Kock (1926–1989), Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, son of Mike de Kock *Gert De Kock (born 1980), South African rugby player *Hendrik Merkus de Kock (1779–1845), Dutch general, minister, and governor of the Dutch East Indies **Fort de Kock on Sumatra was named after him * Henry de Kock (1819–1892), French playwright, novelist, and chansonnier, son of Charles Pal * Jean Conrad de Kock (1755–1794), Dutch banker executed in France, father of Hendrik Merkus and Charles Paul *Johan de Kock (born 1964), Dutch footballer *Kobus de Kock (born 1988), South African rugby player *L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Cock
De Cock or de Cock is a Dutch and Flemish surname. It may refer to: * Helenius de Cock * Hendrick de Cock, Dutch Church reformer * Jan De Cock, Belgian artist * Jan Claudius de Cock, Belgian painter, sculptor, and printmaker * Jan Wellens de Cock * Kevin De Cock * Olivier De Cock * Oscar De Cock * Tom De Cock Tom De Cock (born 23 September 1983 in Schoten) is a Flemish radio DJ, television host and writer. At the age of 16 he published his first novel "De Openbaring" ("The Revelation"). Radio In 2008 he started as a radio DJ at the public radio st ... See also * De-cock {{surname Dutch-language surnames Surnames of Dutch origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred May De Kok
Winifred May de Kok, M.D. (17 May 1893 – 1969) was a South Africa born writer. Biography She was born in South Africa on 17 May 1893 and attended medical school in England during the 1920s. She married Alfred Edgar Coppard, the British short story writer at Oxford and a leading light of a literary group, the New Elizabethans. She practiced medicine until 1953. In that year she became a television broadcaster, for a show that discussed family life and family health. The show was broadcast by the BBC as ''Tell Me, Doctor Tell may refer to: *Tell (archaeology), a type of archaeological site *Tell (name), a name used as a given name and a surname *Tell (poker), a subconscious behavior that can betray information to an observant opponent Arts, entertainment, and m ...''. A forthright spokeswoman for women's and neonates' health before the era of family planning, she published several books and articles on parenting and family health. She died in 1969. Selected works *''New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roosmarijn De Kok
Roosmarijn "Roos" de Kok (; born ) is a Dutch fashion model, best known for her work for Victoria's Secret. Early life De Kok was born on 18 December 1994 in Amerongen, Netherlands. Career She was discovered at a birthday party where another guest, who was a model, told her to look into modelling and sent a picture of her to Wilhelmina Models. After video-calling the agency, she was asked to come to New York City and signed with the agency in early 2013. She was formerly signed to Wilhelmina Models. She has been in campaigns for brands such as Balmain, H&M, Pacsun, Victoria’s Secret, Tom Ford, Wildfox Couture, and Giuseppe Zanotti. She has appeared in editorials for various international editions of Vogue and Elle. De Kok has walked the runway for brands such as Philipp Plein, Oscar de la Renta, Cushnie, Balmain, Ralph Lauren, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. De Kok was described as the "model du moment" by the ''Daily Front Row'' in 2016. ''Vogue Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene De Kok
Irene Margreta Maria de Kok (born 29 August 1963 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who is a two-fold world-champion and represented Holland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There De Kok won the bronze medal in the women's half-heavyweight division (– 72 kg), alongside Laetitia Meignan Laetitia Meignan (born 25 June 1960 in Paris) is a retired judoka from France, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she won a bronze medal in the women's half-heavyweight division (72 kg ... from France. She was named ''Dutch Sportswoman of the Year'' in 1987 after having claimed her second world title. References External links * Dutch Olympic Committee * 1963 births Living people Dutch female judoka Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic judoka of the Netherlands Olympic medalists in judo Sportspeople f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooking
Cooking, cookery, or culinary arts is the art, science and craft of using heat to Outline of food preparation, prepare food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting local conditions. Types of cooking also depend on the skill levels and training of the Cook (profession), cooks. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. Archeological evidence of cooking fires from at least 300,000 years ago exists, but some estimate that humans started cooking up to 2 million years ago. The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients. New inventions and technologies, such as the invention of pottery for holding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid De Kok
Ingrid de Kok aka Ingrid Fiske (born 1951) is a South African author and poet. Biography Ingrid de Kok grew up in Stilfontein, a gold mining town in what was then the Western Transvaal Province, Transvaal. When she was 12 years old, her parents moved to Johannesburg. In 1977, she emigrated to Canada where she lived until returning to South Africa in 1984. She has one child, a son. Her partner is Tony Morphet. De Kok is a fellow of the University of Cape Town, an Associate Professor in Extra-Mural Studies, and part of a team of two that designs and administers the public non-formal educational curriculum that constitutes the Extra-Mural Programmes at the University of Cape Town. She has also designed and co-ordinated national colloquiums and cultural programmes, such as one on Technology and Reconstruction and on Equal Opportunity Policy, and At the Fault Line: Cultural Inquiries into Truth and Reconciliation. She runs various capacity building, civic and trade union programmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frits De Kok
Johan Egbert Frederik "Frits" de Kok (6 January 1882, in Maastricht – 28 October 1940, in The Hague) was the General Managing Director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company from 1937 to October 1940. This was the most senior executive position in the company and due to the structure of Royal Dutch Shell at the time was, with the Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, the joint senior executive position in the Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yo ... group. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kok, Frits 1882 births 1940 deaths 20th-century Dutch businesspeople Chief Executive Officers of Shell plc Delft University of Technology alumni Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) People fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
