In the media
Franky and Coen are regularly in the media. TV programs such as Hart van Nederland but also talk shows such as Jinek have paid extensive attention to the actions of Franky and Coen.
Franky and Coen were regular guests at the well-known radio program "De Coen En Sander Show" of 538 and almost all Dutch radio and TV stations have already reported on the fries campaigns.
Also abroad, the actions did not go unnoticed and there were extensive reports, such as by the German WDR
Below is a selection of radio and TV moments as well as from the written press:
Hongerige Oekraïners dolblij met gratis Brabantse friet
27 Okt 2022
Normaal gesproken werken frietbakkers Franky en Coen in een snackbar in Waspik. Maar nu staan ze met hun rijdende frietkar in Oekraïne. Daar bakken ze de hele dag gratis friet voor alle mensen die er wonen. Zo ook in de verwoeste stad Boetsja.
Brabanders bakken friet in verwoeste oorlogsgebieden: "Sommigen huilen van blijdschap"
27 Okt 2022
Franky van Hintum en Coen van Oosten, twee frietenbakkers uit Brabant, reizen met hun frietkraam door getroffen gebieden in Oekraïne om gratis friet en snacks uit te delen aan mensen die geraakt zijn door de oorlog.
Brabanders bakken friet voor de mensen in Oekraïne
26 Okt 2022
Normaal gesproken werken frietbakkers Franky en Coen in een snackbar in Noord-Brabant. Maar nu staan ze met hun rijdende frietkar in Oekraïne. Daar bakken ze de hele dag gratis friet voor alle mensen die er wonen.
Brabanders bakken friet tussen verwoeste flats in Oekraïne: ‘Sommigen huilen van blijdschap’
26 Okt 2022
Tussen de puinhopen die het leger van Poetin in Oekraïne aanricht proberen de Brabantse frietbakkers Franky en Coen voor een lichtpuntje te zorgen. ,,Sommigen huilen van blijdschap als ze een gratis bakje friet krijgen.’’
Friet bakken aan de frontlinie: ‘Wilden iets voor ze doen’
26 Okt 2022
Brabanders Franky en Coen zijn op missie in Oekraïne. Niet met geweren in hun hand, maar bakjes friet en snacks. De frietbakkers hopen zo de plaatselijke bevolking een hart onder de riem te steken in deze moeilijke tijd. Helmonder Franky legt uit hoe de actie op gang gekomen is.
Franky en Coen deelden meer dan 75.000 porties friet in Oekraïne uit
26 Okt 2022
Al meer dan 75.000 porties friet deelden Franky en Coen sinds het begin van de oorlog in Oekraïne uit. We schakelen live met de vrienden die momenteel voor de zesde keer in Oekraine zijn.
Brabantse frietenbakkers brengen culinair lichtpuntje in verwoest Oekraïne
25 Okt 2022
De Brabantse frietenbakkers Franky van Hintum en Coen van Oosten reizen met hun frietkraam door het door oorlog getroffen Oekraïne. Ze delen frieten en snacks uit in verwoeste gebieden, aan mensen die het heel goed kunnen gebruiken.
Putin verslaan met friet en snacks
13 Okt 2022
Hart van Nederland uitzending 13 Okt - Franky en Coen item start tijd 12:05 - 14:09
Franky en Coen deelden snacks uit aan de Oekraïense grens
23 Mar 2022
De schoonfamilie van Franky van Hintum zit vast in Kiev. Om wat voor vluchtelingen te kunnen betekenen, vertrok de frietbakker samen met Coen van Oosten richting de Oekraïense grens. Waar ze maar liefst 11.000 snacks uitdeelden. Vanavond vertellen ze erover bij Jinek.
Franky and Coen handed out snacks at the Ukrainian border
23 Mar 2022
Franky van Hintum's in-laws are trapped in Kiev. In order to be able to do something for refugees, the chip maker left for the Ukrainian border together with Coen van Oosten. Where they handed out no fewer than 11,000 snacks. Tonight they will tell about it at Jinek.
Great action: Franky and Coen take a chip cart to the Ukrainian border
9 Mar 2022
It almost sounds like a joke: when you finally escaped safely from Ukraine to Poland, the first thing you encounter there is a Dutch chip shop. For Franky and Coen from Helmond it is very serious. When they heard that there was no need for clothing, but mainly food, they didn't think twice.
Cost-free Pommes für ukrainische Flüchtlinge
April 7, 2022
Der Niederländer Franky steht mit seinem Imbisswagen sonst immer auf dem Feierabendmarkt in Gelsenkirchen Buer. Jetzt provides seine Pommes an der polnisch-ukrainischen Grenze.
Waspik fries farmer with thousands of snacks and hundreds of kilos of fries to the border with Ukraine: 'Everything helps'
10 Mar 2022
VIDEO - WASPIK - Coen van Oosten has a snack bar in Waspik, but is now going to bake fries at the border of Poland and Ukraine. Together with friend and colleague Franky van Hintum, he wants to do something like this for the many refugees there. The journey with the chip cart is quite an operation.
Franky is going to bake fries in Ukraine, brand of fries helps!
9 Mar 2022
Franky and Coen were regular guests at the well-known radio program
"The Coen And Sander Show" by 538
Coen & franky with chip cart to Ukraine
May 19, 2022
Every week Frank & Eva speak with Franky in the afternoon show. With his companion Coen, he has already gone to the Ukraine border with his chip cart to hand out free fries and snacks. This time they really go into the country themselves with all the possible dangers that entails.
Coen and Franky handed out free fries at the Ukrainian border
24 Mar 2022
French fries bakers Franky van Hintum and Coen van Oosten decided not to watch, but to roll up their sleeves
Franky and Coen baked fries in Ukraine and come back with great stories
24 Mar 2022
With 11,000 snacks and 2000 kilos of fries in their chip cart, Franky van Hintum from Helmond and Coen van Oosten from Waspik drove to the Ukrainian border. The duo returned to Brabant with a cartload of moving war stories and a good feeling.
Frietbaker Franky whined like a small child on the border with Ukraine:
'Our chip shop became a gathering place'
Mar 18 2022
HELMOND - He howled like a little child. Frietbaker Franky van Hintum also cuddled for the first time in his life with many men who needed it. The help that the Helmonder was able to offer to Ukrainian refugees on the border with Poland made a great impression on him.
Frying fries for refugee Ukrainians: Coen and Franky are also doing it in the Netherlands after Poland
22 Apr 2022
In addition to handing out free fries at the Ukrainian border, the Helmond fries bakers Coen and Franky are now also rolling up their sleeves for refugees from Ukraine in the Netherlands.
Waspikse fries farmer travels to the border with Ukraine again: action for even more fries and snacks for refugees
24 Mar 2022
WASPIK - Coen van Oosten from Waspik will soon return to Poland to bake even more fries for Ukrainian refugees. Together with Franky van Hintum, he wants to keep this campaign going for as long as possible. And so a crowdfunding campaign has started
Frietbaker Franky whined like a small child on the border with Ukraine:
'Our chip shop became a gathering place'
Mar 18 2022
HELMOND - He howled like a little child. Frietbaker Franky van Hintum has also, for the first time in his life, cuddled with many men who needed it. The help that the Helmonder was able to offer to Ukrainian refugees on the border with Poland made a great impression on him.
Waspik fries farmer with thousands of snacks and hundreds of kilos of fries to the border with Ukraine: 'Everything helps'
10 Mar 2022
VIDEO - WASPIK - Coen van Oosten has a snack bar in Waspik, but is now going to bake fries at the border of Poland and Ukraine. Together with friend and colleague Franky van Hintum, he wants to do something like this for the many refugees there. The journey with the chip cart is quite an operation.
French fries go further than Poland this time: free fries in Ukraine
May 18, 2022
They have already traveled twice to the border between Poland and Ukraine in chip trucks. Now Franky and Coen are crossing the border for the first time to provide food and drink to people in Ukraine.
Franky and Coen are now going to bake free fries in Lviv (Ukraine)
May 12, 2022
Franky and Coen are going to bake for Ukrainian refugees again, but this time in Ukraine. "We were approached from Lviv with the question whether we would like to bake fries and snacks there for free," the duo explains. They also went to many places in Brabant.