Career
After graduating from Johnson & Wales University, he spent most of his time working in the United States Northeast and Europe, before relocating to the west coast of the United States in 1997 to work as a chef at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. In 2002, he left for the executive chef position at the Napa Valley Grille in Los Los Angeles He soon moved to London to work at a variety of restaurants under the guidance of Gordon Ramsay. In 2006, he became the executive chef at Soleil K in San Diego.