When the unthinkable happened with his father, grandfather, and grandmother all passing away in the same month, he stopped going to school for a while and decided to go back to restaurants. He wanted to bring food and wine home to cook for his mother and brother to share a moment of happiness. That was when he realized that, even at such a sad time, people could be happy by sharing food. This sad but beautiful experience was when he decided to dedicate his life to cooking. So, he started globetrotting–working and studying in Spain (including a stint at the legendary Mugaritz), researching in Denmark, and stops in Belgium, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Portugal, among other twenty-odd countries. It was in Russia in 2016 that a life-changing event happened.
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