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
love people three
I always tell people that they are really the critics. If people come three times a week to your restaurant they are the ones who find something they really love.
everybody food people underneath
Everybody has to put purees underneath everything now. It's like people think we need the steak, and then we need some baby food with it.
class follow parties people recipe rushing time
When I do a cooking class now, I tell people that the most important part is to read the recipe many times so you know what you're doing. What I don't tell them, though, is that sometimes I do parties where I'm rushing so much I don't have time to follow my own advice.
few people profession thousands
Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.
cook generally hire hiring nobody people restaurant
It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef and nobody else in the kitchen. Generally you have five, ten, 15 people with you. So that's really important is to train them right, but first you have to hire the right people.
people
I've discussed this with many doctors, and it is just so imperative that people learn how to properly cook food to get those vital nutrients out of them.
people nutrition
The usage of proper salt is really just a small piece of education. However, I want people to really get the proper nutrition from food for them and their family.
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.
people
People are visual and hands on learners.
people revolution evolution
It was a revolution, but now it is an evolution. People know more ingredients, people know more techniques, and people look for more ingredients they've never looked for before. In the '80s, you couldn't find raw tuna in any restaurant that wasn't Japanese. Now, you can't find any restaurant without it or sashimi.
people secret helping
I want to teach [people] the secret of great visual presentation. Your stomach sees the food first, and I want to help them match food flavor profiles with the aesthetics of everything.
people different chef
Omelets are about technique. Now, different people make it different ways, but, if you're a chef in Europe, an omelet has to be cooked on the outside, with just a simmer of color, and the inside has to be soft. It should be cooked like a steak - medium rare.
people kitchen teach
The only way to teach people how to truly do it and do it the right way, is to get those ingredients and kitchen tools in front of them and in their hands to use.
mean years people
Young people want to be famous before they know how to cook, before they know how to treat people, before they know what hospitality means. I stayed in France for seven years and Austria for three, so before I was a chef anywhere I was already cooking for 10 years.