Team

Founders and creative directors Vivienne Aerts and Ted Steinebach, and a team of entertainment professionals are ready to create a curated experience for your event. If you want to know what Vervool can do for you, do not hesitate to reach out through the contact page.

ted steinebach

Ted Steinebach
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Ted Steinebach is a Dutch pastry chef, artist, writer and experience designer whose work brings together fine dining, chocolate, music, visual art, and cultural storytelling. Trained in classical pastry and shaped by the discipline of Eleven Madison Park in New York, he has developed a culinary practice in which flavor, texture, chocolate, live music, and visual composition come together as one experience.
 
As co-founder of Vervool, Ted creates edible performances that translate music, painting, design, and cultural history into taste. His work includes multi-course dessert concerts, museum and design-inspired projects around Mondrian, Rembrandt, and Moooi, and the world’s largest edible pastry painting: a 40-square-meter live artwork created in Düsseldorf for an audience of 1,500 people as well as a feature on NHK, Japanese television. Through his work with Original Beans Chocolate and his Dutch culinary projects in New York, Ted connects rare ingredients, responsible sourcing, heritage flavors, and fine-dining technique with audiences far beyond the restaurant.
Vivienne Aerts

Vivienne Aerts
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The staggeringly versatile skill-set of NYC-based Dutch Singer, Educator, Psychologist and Artist-preneur Vivienne Aerts busts myths around the ‘Jill of all trades’ paradigm with a nonchalance that leaves even the most skeptical purist taking a bow. A Fulbright scholar and Suma Cum Laude Berklee alumna, her collaborators since have included some of the most iconic names in the world of jazz like Lee Konitz, Kenny Werner, Dave Liebman, Chris Potter, Peter Erskine, and Florian Weber.  Since 2015, Vivienne has been residing in New York City where she has performed at venues including the Blue Note Jazz Club, Jazz Standard, Dizzy’s Club, Metropolitan Room, and Mezzrow. Her third award-winning album, Typuhthâng (2023), features 100 female musicians and comes with a bar of chocolate supporting Congolese female cacao farmers through a partnership with Original Beans. Known for her eclectic “Vervool”  experience events with her husband, renowned pastry chef Ted Steinebach, Aerts’ interdisciplinary approach bridges music, psychology, and social impact. Since 2014, she has worked at Berklee College of Music, where she teaches a new wave of artists focused on mental well-being, addressing core issues that affect the arts ecosystem. Her innovative work spans mental health, education, and entrepreneurial artistry, challenging the status quo for creators and audiences alike. Up next is a new album ‘Current’ that she produced on a tiny sailboat, blending jazz, electronics, and vocal loops with water-inspired soundscapes.
 
More info: www.vivienneaerts.com.