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In 2021, he took over the care of wine made from Novi Slankamen vineyard grapes.
His first oenological steps were made while working in wineries in Europe and South America. During his time in Italy, he worked at the Masciarelli winery, while in Chile he was an oenologist at the wineries Viña Carmen and RR Wines. After his international experience he returned and worked in Serbia, and for the past 12 years his wines have been awarded multiple times with the most important world and regional awards, all of which significantly and positively influenced the improvement of Serbian wines reputation in the world. All this has positioned him at the very top of the most prestigious wine connoisseurs in Serbia.
He is currently employed as the Chief Oenologist at the Šapat Wine Atelier, for which he made new wines and a great qualitative leap forward.
He participated in the design of more than 20 wineries, implementing the most modern technologies and techniques in wine production. He graduated from the Faculty of Technology at the University of Novi Sad, majoring in Microbiological Processes.
After 13 years spent in the most luxurious kitchens of restaurants and hotels in Paris, he took over the kitchen at Šapat Wine Atelier in 2022.
He gained his rich experience in restaurants that have been crowned with one to three stars in France, some of them being Four Seasons Hotel George V, Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme, as well as the restaurants Le Pré Catelan and Lasserre, which is one of the oldest restaurants in the capital of France.
The core features of his gastronomic philosophy are seriousness and regularity of food preparation. After more than a decade, he decided to return to Serbia and bring his superior culinary skills to his homeland, where he will combine French techniques and Serbian ingredients.
He believes that a difference between a good and a great restaurant is all about details and believes that Fleur de Sel restaurant will be one of the best restaurants in this part of the world. With his team, he will carefully prepare dishes that will be synonyms for both restaurants at the Šapat winery.
French cuisine is considered to be the number 1 cuisine in the world, and Nikola precisely started his education at the age of 14 in the west at the Médéric School of Gastronomy. He has been mentoring and leading top chefs for the past 6 years.
