Ottolenghi cookbook *Simpel* earns Dutch Platinum Book award
Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook *Simpel* has received a Dutch Platinum Book award after selling more than 350,000 copies in the Netherlands since 2018.
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook *Simpel* has received a Platinum Book award in the Netherlands after selling more than 350,000 copies there since its 2018 publication, Nieuws.nl reports.
The chef was presented with the certificate during a brief visit to the country. The CPNB, the Dutch book-sector organisation, called it “unprecedented” for a cookbook to receive the distinction.
Published in Dutch, *Simpel* features more than 130 recipes described as easy to prepare. The award scheme has operated since 2012, with Gold, Platinum and Diamond certificates for books selling more than 200,000, 350,000 and 500,000 copies respectively.
Ottolenghi is a London-based chef and restaurateur and the author of 11 bestsellers, Nieuws.nl reports. His latest book, *Even simpel*, was published in September 2026.
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