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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
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Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food.
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A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.
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I won't quit my day job. I like restaurants. I don't do a lot of television, either, even though people come to me with projects all the time. I have to spend time in the kitchen.
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I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.
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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.
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I want to give people a basic education, and to help them think for themselves when it comes to food.
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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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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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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.
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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.
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I think it's really important to keep on staying motivated.
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Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
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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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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.
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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
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Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?
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To me, an airplane is a great place to diet.
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Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.
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