The Art Of
Gastronomy
Gastronomy is more than feeding people — it is design, hospitality, ritual and culture all served on the same plate. After ten years across Maltese, Vietnamese, vegan, German and boutique-hotel kitchens, food has become a language I think in.
My approach blends culinary craft with management discipline: building menus around seasonality and venue identity, training service teams to deliver them, and shaping every dish so it tells the story of the place it comes from.
Calm under pressure, obsessed with details, and energised by a full dining room — I bring new tastes, new concepts and new ways of running food businesses.
In The Kitchen · Culinary & Service
Food
2014 – Present · Malta · Berlin
A decade in kitchens and on the floor — from Maltese tradition to Vietnamese, vegan, museum and boutique-hotel cuisine. Hands-on with menus, plating, sourcing and service.
Worked across five distinct food cultures — Nenu The Artisian Baker (Maltese), The Grassy Hopper (vegan), Banh Mi (Vietnamese), Pergamon Museum BMB Gruppe (Berlin) and Pallazzo Castagna (boutique hotel). Each kitchen taught a different language: ingredients, rhythm, and what guests want from the experience.
I bring this to my own work as a chef and consultant — designing menus, plating, training service teams, running catering kitchens and connecting the kitchen to the brand it serves.
Cross-cultural culinary experience: Maltese, Vietnamese, vegan, Berlin contemporary, boutique-hotel European.
Menu design and recipe development — built for ingredient seasonality, dietary specialisation and venue identity.
Plating and presentation for restaurants, cafes and high-end catering — every dish styled for table and camera.
Floor and service training — front-of-house standards, table flow, guest experience, and cross-team communication.
Catering kitchens for events of every size — sourcing, prep, logistics, on-site execution. 50+ events delivered.
The Art Of
Alchemy
Drinks are alchemy — turning beans, ice, citrus and spirit into a moment that lifts the room. Specialty coffee taught me precision; mixology taught me composition; running a bar taught me both at once.
Five years co-running Coffee Circus & Co in Malta gave me the full arc — building a drink program, training the team that pours it, and shaping the brand the menu lives inside.
Whether it is a third-wave espresso, a seasonal cocktail or a custom event drink, I design beverages as concepts: dialled-in for consistency, designed for guests, and built so any team can execute at speed.
Behind The Bar · Coffee & Mixology
Drinks
2014 – Present · Malta · Berlin
From specialty coffee programs to event mixology — building drink experiences where the recipe, the technique and the moment all matter.
Five years co-running Coffee Circus & Co in Malta — a specialty coffee community of multiple shops, each with an artistic and authentic concept. Started behind the bar, grew into managing locations, training baristas, developing recipes and shaping the brand.
Across Berlin and Malta I have led drink programs in cafes, restaurants and museum venues — from third-wave coffee to seasonal cocktail menus, dialed-in for consistency, designed for guests, and built for teams that need to execute at speed.
Co-built and operated Coffee Circus & Co — a multi-location specialty coffee community in Malta (2018 – 2023).
Hands-on barista training: coffee preparation, dialling-in, latte art, guest interaction — across multiple locations and teams.
Recipe development for signature drinks, seasonal menus and event programs — coffee, cocktails, soft drinks.
Mixology and bar service for catering events — built drink-led concepts for 50+ private and corporate clients.
System improvement: bar setup, ordering, par sheets, opening/closing flows — designed for service speed and quality consistency.
01 · Service
Events & Catering
Built a successful catering events business serving 50+ clients across all event types. Logistics, team management, food & drink preparation — high-quality production from concept to last service.
02 · Service
Creative Communications
Brand development, photography, social media, marketing and web for hospitality brands. A deep understanding of the industry combined with a creative skill set built specifically for catering and food businesses.
03 · Service
Consulting & Training
Hands-on barista, service and operational training. System improvement for product quality, service consistency and back-of-house workflow — drawn from running multi-location coffee shops for 5+ years.
Food Service
Experience
A decade of kitchens, bars and front-of-house — Malta to Berlin.
- 05Malta2024
Pallazzo Castagna
Boutique Hotel
- 04Berlin2023 – 2024
Pergamon Museum — BMB Gruppe
Museum Cafe
- 03Berlin2021 – 2022
Banh Mi
Vietnamese Cuisine
- 02Malta2016 – 2018
The Grassy Hopper
Vegan Cafe
- 01Malta2014 – 2016
Nenu The Artisian Baker
Maltese Restaurant