He completed his education from 1982 to 1985 as a cook in the hotel Monopol in Gelsenkirchen-Buer as well as in the restaurant Kaiserau in Gelsenkirchen-Erle under Harald Schroer.
His first time working as sous-Chef was on board of the Sea Cloud, a four-masted sailing ship for luxury cruises.
In summer of 2024 he became namesake and gastronomic advisor of the Hard-Rock Restaurant in the newly opened hoteltower in Hamburgs Heiliggeistfeld-Bunker in Hamburg-St. Pauli.
[4] Since 2008, he has been active in television and appeared, among other shows, on the reality TV cooking competition Fast Food Duell.
[4] Since 2023, together with Alexander Kumptner and Ali Güngörmüş, he has been featured in the Kabel Eins series Roadtrip Amerika – Drei Spitzenköche auf vier Rädern (Roadtrip America - Three top chefs on four wheels), where they travel across America in multiple episodes.
In episode six of the television show Wer kocht das Beste für die Gäste?