Marko Cilic was born on June 9, 1993 in Kraljevo. He graduated from the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja (University of Kragujevac) in 2016. He also successfully completed the Master of Academic Studies at the same faculty in 2017. Since 2012, he has been actively working and professionally improving himself in the food and beverage sector (more precisely in the kitchen sector) in various hotels and restaurants in the country and abroad. Since October 2021, he has been employed at the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, University of Kragujevac. He is employed as a skills teacher, for the narrower scientific field of gastronomic management.