After being trained to be a cook, he worked as a miner for several years.
Survived two strokes in his late 20s.
Several international celebrities such as Mick Jagger have visited the "Oldiethek", which initially had been a second hand store, since its opening
in 1989.
Has two children, Christopher (b. 2 February 1985) and Janina (b. 1989). His first child died at the age of six months.
German chef, running his restaurant "Oldiethek" in Rommerskirchen near Cologne.
Als ich jung war, da gab es für Jungs nur die beiden großen Ms: Moped und Möpse. Für das eine hatteste du kein Geld, an die andere durfteste nicht dran, weil du Scheiße aussahst.