Stefaan Van Laere

Who is Stefaan Van Laere?

Stefaan Van Laere is a Belgian writer who writes and publishes in Dutch. He is the author of several books for children and adults, both fiction and non-fiction. He wrote a tango book with tango teacher Pol Van Assche of Polariteit, two children's books, six thrillers, several restaurant guides and four books about whisky. He is also chief editor of the Belgian Horeca Magazine.

Van Laere is fascinated by single malt whisky. His third whisky book Whisky à la carte, written with connoisseur Bob Minnekeer from the famous Belgian whisky club Glengarry, is his first book translated in French. In this book the authors explain the history and production process of whisky, how to taste it, and give some interesting whisky trails in Scotland. His last whisky book, 'Whisky puur' is the result of the exploration of several important whisky questions. It also demystifies several whisky mythes.

This author also wrote articles for the Dutch-Belgian 'Great Britain magazine' and is considered as one of the greatest whisky writers of the Benelux. He has already sold more than 200.000 copies of these books. In cooperation with Quality Meat Scotland, the organisation for the promotion of Scottish Meat, he wrote wrote several articles in Dutch and Belgian magazines about Scottish and British topics.