Born in 1957 in Strasbourg France started work at 15 as well as going to the Strasbourg Ecole Hôteliè่re. Upon graduating went to work in London to learn English, and forgot to go back to work again in France.

After a year in the national service in an airborne combat enginer regiment, it was back to England working in several well known hotels and restaurants.

After two years on an English cruise ship as a waiter and bartender, he landed in Sydney spending 5 years in the oldest French restaurant there. It was after moving to the Gold Coast in 1985 to be part of the biggest Casino operation in Australia that it came upon future friend and partner Michel Binaux. Worked in Perth, Western Australia during the America's Cup in 1987. Next a year in the world No. 1 hotel in Bangkok paved the way for the opening of LE BANYAN restaurant, that was in 1989.

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