He was born in Gornji Milanovac, where he began his career. Even as a teenager, he worked and trained at the restaurant Norveška kuća, and at sea at the restaurant Jadran Kod Krsta. At the age of nineteen, he started working at the Metropol Hotel, and at the age of 22, he became the youngest executive chef in a five-star hotel within the Marriott International corporation. After that, he led the food and beverage sectors in Hamburg, at the Amfora Hotel in Hvar, at the Viceroy Hotel in Kopaonik, and he is currently employed at Karisma Hotels and Resorts corporation. He is a proud father of daughters Magdalena and Teodora.