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I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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Work
Kitchens
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A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult.
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I have two young boys, and my wife is at home. Most of the time, I will cook the food, and we'll eat together.
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I think it's really important to keep on staying motivated.
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The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient.
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For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.
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Prep things in advance so that you don't have to cook everything at the last moment.
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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.
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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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Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore.
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I learn more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?
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People are visual and hands on learners.
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I love strong flavors too. Like I don't mind if it looks clean and clear and you know what you are eating if it has Italian, Chinese or Japanese flavor I love them all.
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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.
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I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.
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Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.
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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
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