Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang Johannes Puckis an Austrian-born American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and occasional actor. Wolfgang Puck restaurants, catering services, cookbooks and licensed products are run by Wolfgang Puck Companies, with three divisions...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth8 July 1949
CountryAustria
nice passion
It is so nice to talk to someone that has a passion for food and family.
salesman
Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.
tradition
Most seasonings are based on family tradition.
chef anxious
One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs, who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don't have a good foundation for other things.
mixtures crafts chef
A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.
knives
I like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp.
mistake restaurants
I learn more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes.
mistake made
When you have made as many mistakes as I have, then you can be as good as me.
boxing people tennis
When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing.
nice nasty easier
I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.
vacation austria my-family
I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.
cities paris my-favorite
I really love Paris. It's my favorite city.
italian ingredients fancy
Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
dishes ifs
When I was 27, if I didn't put 15 things in one dish I wasn't happy.