Having traveled around Europe and gained experience, Bogdan and Ivan consciously moved towards the restaurant industry. Ivan opened the first BB Burgers project in 2013. Bogdan, helping his partner and close friend, was simultaneously engaged in supplying vegetables and fruits from Russian cities to large companies in the capital.

In the fall of 2017, together with brand chef Glen Ballis, was opened a joint project Margarita Bistro on the corner of Malaya Bronnaya street.

There are now 15 restaurants in the Lucky Group, which are united by values, attention to detail and most importantly – hospitality. In addition to restaurants, Lucky Group develops the areas of events, catering, training services and merch.

He has worked with Vladimir Mukhin (White Rabbit, 1 star Michelin), Artyom Astafiev (Artest, 2 stars Michelin), and completed an internship with Ana Roš (Hiša Franko, 3 stars Michelin). He served as the head chef of the Moscow gastro-bistro Asiatique, as well as the head chef of Azimut restaurant (author’s European cuisine, Vladikavkaz, 5 stars hotel). He also worked with Vasily Zaitsev from LUCKY GROUP. He is currently the head chef of La Piazza restaurant in Yerevan.

He started his career in 2015 at La Bottega restaurant as a bartender. Later he continued to work in Strelka and Insider bars in Moscow. In 2019, he became a member of the Lucky Group team as a bartender at Lucky Izakaya bar. And in 2022, he was involved in the opening of the Japanese Jun restaurant as a bar manager. Since January 2023, he has been managing the bar department of the restaurant group in Astana. Since July 2023, he has been the bar manager of La Piazza and Koyo restaurants in Yerevan.

He began his career at the age of 17 in Saint Petersburg. By 21, he had already taken the position of restaurant manager for a 150-seat venue with a rooftop terrace overlooking the Gulf of Finland.
The hospitality industry fascinated him so much that he soon moved to Vladivostok, where he successfully worked for five years and significantly expanded his professional experience.
He is now a manager in the Lucky Group projects in Yerevan, at the restaurants La Piazza and Koyo, which he is genuinely happy about and inspired by future achievements.

He started his career in the industry of hospitality in 2008 as a bartender in Krasnodar, where he started to get interested in wine by visiting all local wineries.

After moving to Moscow, he worked in Four Seasons, Metropol and White Rabbit restaurants, as a banquet manager and service-manager

In 2023, he became the chef-sommelier of the Koyo and La Piazza restaurants in Yerevan.