Restaurateur and showman Nikolai Tishchenko is a real star, the new host of the Inspector General show. Find out about the personal life and details of the biography of Nikolai Tishchenko in our material!Restaurateur and showman Nikolai Tishchenko is a real star, the new host of the Inspector General show. Find out about the personal life and details of the biography of Nikolai Tishchenko in our material!
Nikolai Tishchenko began to be recognized on the streets long before participating in the show “Inspector General”. After all, behind him is a successful career and a very eventful life.
How Nikolai’s path began and how he became what he is today – read all the details of the celebrity’s biography in our article.
Nikolai Tishchenko in childhood
Nikolai is a native of Kyiv. He was born on May 17, 1972, in a complete family – mother Zhanna, father Nikolai, and sister Yulia.
The family lived in a private house on Lukyanovka. From early childhood, the boy was fond of sports, which became for him the “engine of progress” in life.
Nikolai always talks about the family with pleasure – after all, he knows the family history at least to the third generation.
On the paternal side, I have all centenarians, 90 years is not the limit for them. I even found great-grandmother Ulyana and great-grandfather Mitrofan. They were afraid to tell where they came from, and only later I found out that they were dispossessed and they came to Kyiv from the Kuban, ”Tishchenko shares in an interview.
The maternal line is no less interesting because it has a significant share of Polish blood: Nikolai’s grandfather, Tadeusz Tarnavsky, was a visiting Pole. In Kyiv, he worked as a photographer, traveled a lot, and took care of his grandson from childhood.
In childhood and adolescence, my mother often said that I looked like her father, Tadeusz Tarnavsky. I have his physique, figure, says Nikolai.
No less interesting is the story of the parents’ acquaintance, which Nikolai once shared with fans. Here is what he said:
Dad was then 22 years old, he worked in a household, where he was jokingly called the Minister because of his exactingness. The father heard that a beautiful girl had appeared in the team, and decided to get acquainted: he went to her photo studio, and at that moment she closed herself in the room to develop the film.
He knocks, introduces himself as the Minister of Household Services, mother, out of fear and inexperience, opens the door, although according to all the rules during development it is prohibited. Naturally, she ruined the film …
She was only 17 years old. The next day, dad invited mom to the park and ice cream cafe, and after 4 days they filed an application with the registry office.
Even in childhood, the future restaurateur realized that he did not want to work all his life “for his uncle”. Therefore, his business became a dream and a goal, to which Nikolai consistently went.
Study and work. First marriage
Nikolai Tishchenko decided to get an education at the Kyiv Architectural Institute, now KNUBA. In addition to a diploma in mechanical engineering, these years were marked by another title: after 3 years of judo training, Nikolai received the title of “master of sports”.
In 1998, young Nikolai Tishchenko decides to try himself in an unusual field – the restaurant business. At that time, in Ukraine, the food culture was not that highly developed, and the institution that hit the post-Soviet space was perhaps McDonald’s.
Tishchenko quickly achieves unprecedented success – in a couple of years, prestigious and recognizable establishments are under his patronage. In 2007, the restaurateur unites them into the Nasha Karta network of companies.
Tishchenko’s restaurants – “Velur”, “Vulyk”, “Richelieu”, sushi bar “Fluffy”, “Safe” – are known both in the country and abroad.
In 2005, Nikolai’s television career begins – he acts not only as a showman but also as a producer of television and musical projects.
To the viewer, Nikolai becomes known as a captain in the international show “Patriot Games”, he also appears in “Fort Boyard” and the Lord of the Mountain.
By this time, Nikolai’s personal life is also settling in – he marries a peer, a friend of his youth, Larisa Tishchenkovskaya.
In 2005, the first child was born – the son of Danila.
However, the first marriage did not last long – according to Nikolai himself, the interests simply diverged, and a small age difference prevented:
I never hid that I like girls, women younger than me. My first marriage, perhaps, therefore, fell apart. My wife and I were the same age, and at some point it seemed to me that we simply outgrew each other and began to move away. Together from the very youth, then got married, this woman gave me a wonderful son, for whom I am grateful to her. But everything changes and life does not stand still.
Personal life of Nikolai Tishchenko
After the divorce, Nikolai soon proposed to his second chosen one. She became the 21-year-old winner of “Miss Ukraine 2008” Irina Zhuravskaya.
The 39-year-old restaurateur signed with his new soulmate on September 3, 2010, and a few months later they started talking about family discord on the Web, and the couple divorced.
Why the marriage broke up is not known for certain. Rumor has it that the cause could be adultery. Which Nicholas himself, by the way, never denied.
In one of the interviews, he admitted:
I can not say that in my life there were no such situations. It’s no secret that I live a bright and eventful life, so everything happened. The reasons why we men cheat on a loved one are very different. Let’s not forget that a man is a hunter by nature. It’s in our nature. Such a genetic code. We are polygamous, and we need to come to terms with this. Why did I change? Relationships, love is harmony. Harmony in everything. Starting from joint communication on various topics and ending with passionate sex. Love is when both are insanely good. I missed the range of sensations.
After the fiasco of his second marriage, Tishchenko devoted himself to his career and his son Danila. But the status of a bachelor, according to Nikolai, always bothered him.
“I was comfortable in my marriage. I don’t like being by myself at all. I am for family values! I just like young women, but they themselves do not yet understand what they want. If in my first marriage with my wife we grew up together, then in the second marriage we were just different people. I am sure that my next relationship will be very happy, ”he admitted in an interview.
And in 2016, the fans found out that Tishchenko was ready to say “Yes!” again! in front of the altar. His bride was a 22-year-old student Alla Baranovskaya.
According to Tishchenko, the girl took not only her youth and beauty but also her mind – at the time of their meeting, Alla already had her own event agency.
Now the whole family lives “in two countries.” The young wife, according to Tishchenko, has an excellent relationship with his eldest 12-year-old son, and they even spend holidays together.
Nikolai spends a lot of time with his eldest son – it is his restaurateur who sees him as the heir to his business.
“I have a lot of plans for him! I have a dream that he knows at least 5 languages, that he is an athlete, goes in for wrestling, that there is such a master of sports, Lieutenant Colonel Chingachguk!”
He himself, without suspecting it, is already fulfilling my plans. I switched his classes to play mode. He already knows two languages: Spanish and English. Teaches Chinese and French, Catalan. He is also engaged in freestyle wrestling, equestrian sports … He has almost no free time. Everything is scheduled! Although he finds time to indulge. Like all boys, he is naughty. But I also like it very much that he is not a bastard … He has a character!
I would like him to be the successor to my business, but I also want my son to choose his own profession. I will not put pressure on him, – Tishchenko shares in an interview.
Nikolai plans to have at least two more children: “I want more children. When I work with Daniil, uploading him to everyone, I understand that you just need to have more children! Then each of them will make my parental dreams come true!”
Nikolay Tishchenko in the show “Masterchef” and “Inspector”
Since 2011, Nikolai Tishchenko has been a member of the jury of the MasterChef show, which received numerous sequels and popular love.
According to the celebrity, having come to the project, he pursued a very specific goal:
“I want a new layer of professionals to appear in Ukraine: chefs, restaurateurs, who would successfully compete with foreign gurus and luminaries of this business! And the guys who participate in the MasterChef Kids show have all the makings for this.”
However, in 2016, the restaurateur unexpectedly announced his departure, very upsetting the audience. Later it turned out that the reason was joyful – the upcoming wedding required more time.
The project inspired Tishchenko to open his own culinary school where a person with any level of knowledge can learn the basics of cooking.
The new year 2017 was marked for the 45-year-old Nikolai by a new turn in his television career: he became the host of the cult show “The Government Inspector”!
“I was constantly tested for strength. They settled in a hotel without hot water and heating (the temperature in the room was +13), forced me to spend the night in a sleeping bag, which was too small for me, and told about the various difficulties of working in the Inspector General.
Now, in the new TV season, viewers can see if the restaurateur and showman managed to get used to a new role.
Nikolay Tishchenko in Dancing with the Stars 2018
In August 2018, it became known that Nikolai Tishchenko plans to become a member of the show “Dancing with the Stars” (“Dancing with the Stars”) 2018. Who will become Nikolai’s partner on the floor is still unknown. But fans of the star restaurateur are following the newly discovered talent of Tishchenko with great attention.
Nikolai Tishchenko is a controversial person, but definitely a strong and successful person, a favorite of thousands of women, and a man with a good sense of humor.