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
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.
nice passion
It is so nice to talk to someone that has a passion for food and family.
healthy today forget
For example, you can eat a Caesar salad and say, "Wow, I ate so healthy today." You forget there was a quarter-cup of oil in there, and all the calories are from fat. So it's better if you eat a grilled chicken breast, some steamed brown rice, and a little salad with balsamic vinegar on top.
children important nutrition
Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.
children home people
I want to teach people how to do it the right way. And it is from that they can teach their children how to do it properly. It will teach them how to cook better and healthier at home.
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.
children fun boys
Restaurants are like having children: its fun to make them, maybe, but then you have them for good and bad. You are going to have to raise them and if something goes wrong when they are 30 years old, they will still be your little boy.
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.
successful genius chef
A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones who change things. That is why someone like Heston Blumenthal is a genius.