born in Korça, in Albania, in 1993, he arrived in Italy on a dinghy boat with his parents, at the age of 4. His mother was a kitchen hand in restaurant Lo Scalo in Chiusi Scalo: that’s where his passion for cooking was born. Then he studied at catering school in Chianciano Terme, and then worked in Italy and abroad: at Inkiostro in Parma with Terry Giacomello, at relais Monaci delle Terre Nere in Zafferana Etnea, and before that in Spain with Eneko Atxa. In 2015 he won the Albanian edition of MasterChef
