Tsakonas started down the culinary path at yearsold in the town of Pyrgos, near the Ionian Sea in his native Greece. 그의 형인 앤드류와 그의 아내 엘레페테리아는 그곳에서 레스토랑을 운영했습니다. The couple served as mentors as the young Tsakonas trained after school and worked nights.