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.