His story reads like a novel. At age 13 he starts attending a pastry school in Milan. His first internship at age 13 and a half, at the famous Pasticeria Martesana in Milan, is where he falls in love with pastry work. At the age of only 22 years he becomes partner of a pastry shop in the province of Milano, but not feeling satisfied there he returns in 2007, at age of 27, to Martesana to become the head pastry chef. 31 years old he wins the silver medal at Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie in Lyon and two years later, in 2013, he becomes the World Chocolate Master.