Andrei Konstantinovich Dellos is an interesting, creative person. He mastered several professions, became famous as an artist, decorator. Founder of the Maison Dellos holding, owner of restaurants in Moscow, New York and Paris.
Andrey Konstantinovich Dellos is an artist, famous restaurateur, owner of popular restaurants. He is the first restaurateur to be awarded a Michelin award, an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts and a Knight Commander of the Legion of Honor.
Biography and career
Andrei Konstantinovich is the son of the architect Konstantin Petrovich Dellos (has French roots) and the famous performer of Russian romances Marina G. Maltseva, the great-grandson of the famous French couturier who supplied costumes for the Emperor of Russia and had several salons in Moscow and St. Petersburg. He was born on December 29, 1955 in Moscow.
Andrei Konstantinovich's childhood passed in a creative environment, celebrities often came to visit them. In addition, he went to school with the children of actors. Communication with creative people influenced the choice of profession. As a child, Andrei Konstantinovich decided that he would definitely get an interesting profession related to creative activity in theater and cinema. He even dreamed of becoming a director. He did not fulfill his childhood dreams, he chose a completely different profession for himself.
The first specialty received by Andrei Konstantinovich is associated with restoration work. He graduated from the 1905 Memorial Art School and received a diploma as an artist-restorer. Andrei Konstantinovich studied a lot. Four years after graduating from college, at the insistence of his father, he entered the Moscow Automobile and Highway Institute, where he received an education and a diploma as a civil engineer. The knowledge gained was useful in life. Andrei Konstantinovich speaks foreign languages, having received the appropriate education at the institute and in special courses.
During the period from 1980 to 1987, Andrei Konstantinovich changed several types of activities. He painted pictures, worked as a guide-translator, artist-restorer, interpreter-simultaneous interpreter, editor-in-chief, published dictionaries, worked as a builder.
In the late 80s and early 90s he lived in France and worked there as an easel painter.
Organizational abilities of Andrei Konstantinovich began to manifest themselves in childhood. They came in handy in 1992, when he and Anton Tabakov opened the PILOT disco and the SOHO art club. Andrei Konstantinovich was looking for money for a disco and an art club. He received part of the money from his friend in Japan, part of the money on the security of his apartment. Since 1996, Andrey Konstantinovich began to open restaurants, shops, and actively engage in other projects. The most famous of his projects are: the Bochka restaurant and the Pushkin Cafe restaurant.
The Mu-Mu cafe chain also belongs to him. Andrey Konstantinovich opened a restaurant in New York and several restaurants in Paris. The restaurateur is not going to stop there and plans to open restaurants in Arab countries. The restaurants are part of the Maison Dellos holding.
Personal life
Andrei Konstantinovich had an affair with Alena Khmelnitskaya. At that time, she was not yet an actress. They had a big age difference, but the age of love is not a hindrance. Alena really wanted to marry him, they lived together until 1989. It was in this year that Andrei Konstantinovich went to live in France.
He entered into his first marriage with a French woman named Veronique, she belonged to the count's family. They had a child, daughter Catherine. Andrei Konstantinovich broke up with his first wife in the mid-90s.
Andrei Konstantinovich met his second wife in the early 90s, in the restaurant of the House of Cinema. Her name is Evgenia Metropolskaya. The wife of Andrei Konstantinovich is an antiquarian, runs two shops and a gallery, is well versed in decorative arts. They have a son, Maxim Dellos. The couple are happy together.
