• Ivan Kukarskikh and Bogdan Panchenko

    Founders of Lucky Group
    Having traveled around Europe and gained experience, Bogdan and Ivan consciously moved towards the restaurant industry. Ivan opened the first BB Burgers project in 2013. Bogdan, helping his partner and close friend, was simultaneously engaged in supplying vegetables and fruits from Russian cities to large companies in the capital.
    In the fall of 2017, together with brand chef Glen Ballis, was opened a joint project Margarita Bistro on the corner of Malaya Bronnaya street.
    There are now 22 restaurants in the Lucky Group, which are united by values, attention to detail and most importantly – hospitality. In addition to restaurants, Lucky Group develops the areas of events, catering, training services and merch.
  • Artemy Lopatin

    Chef
    Inspired by classic Japanese cuisine, Artemy honed his skills in Tokyo (Nobu Tokyo) and London (Nobu London) under the supervision of Nobu Matsuhisa, with the team of Daisuke Nakazawa in New York (Sushi Nakazawa).
    Artemy embodied many years of experience in Jun, where the main thing is pure taste and the uniqueness of a seasonal product.
  • Anastasia Poluhina

    General Manager
    She started her career in the hotel business at Swissôtel (Accor chain). Later she became a secret guest at Lucky Group restaurants, where she got to know the projects and developed an interest in the group's restaurants. Her first project was Koji, but the real inspiration was Jun, a place that became for her a symbol of harmony, tranquility and involvement in art. Here every employee is part of the team, creating an atmosphere of sincere hospitality. Since the summer of 2025, she has been the manager of Jun restaurant.
  • Kirill Semenov

    Chef
    He has been in the profession for over 14 years. Joined the team at Jun Restaurant in early 2023 as a sous chef. In 2025, he interned with Chef Jun Saito at Higashi-Azabu Saikoh restaurant in Japan. The work is all about dialog with the guest and sharing energy through food and product, sincere love and honesty for his work.
  • Andrey Lekomtcev

    Bar Manager
    12 years in the industry. He became part of the Lucky Group team in 2021 as a bartender at Lucky Izakya Bar, after which he worked as a senior bartender at Dacha on Novy Arbat, from where he moved to the position of bar manager at Jun. He is also an ambassador of Happy Trade and Dacha Brew.
    Wisdom of recent years - luck loves preparation!
  • Evgenia Nazimova

    Sommelier
    In the profession of sommelier since 2015. She is a certified sommelier of the International Association of Sommeliers (A.S.I.). She worked as a chef sommelier in the restaurants "KrabyKutaby" and Pavilion.Prud.Patriki - RR (Rappoport Restaurants). She is a co-author of the first professional sommelier phygital course in Russia for the Wine State wine school. Appreciates hedonism and the opportunity to share a bottle of good wine with like-minded people. Low intervention, pure taste, zero bullshit.

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