Passionate about history and always looking to find new additions for his Vintage cocktail book collection, in 2014 Luca moved to London from Italy to continue his hospitality journey; taking him to prestigious hotels such as Ritz, The Lanesborough, Brown’s Hotel, L’oscar London and Shangri-La Hotel At The Shard, where he was in charge of Gong Bar, the highest cocktail bar in Western Europe.

Following his passion for whisky, he recently joined The Lakes Distillery, award winning distillery producing fine single malts in the Lake District, as Prestige Development Manager.

Since 2015 he has contributed as columnist for BarTales, Italian bartending magazine, focusing on bartending history and classic cocktail research.  In recent years he is on judging panel for London Spirit Competition.