Viki’s hospitality career began in the unlikeliest of places: at a college for Industrial Engineering. Gifted in sciences, he had decided to pursue a career in engineering. However, working as a waiter to support himself alongside his course, he soon realised that his attention was more caught up in the world of restaurants than in engineering, and that his purpose was in the kitchen. So, he set out on a journey of self-teaching, devouring all the cookbooks he could find. Boasting a photographic memory, Viki soon found his feet and developed a razor-sharp culinary intuition that still guides him today.