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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.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
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