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I tell everybody the same thing: You have to make every dish so when you taste it, you should remember it when you go home.

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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
Chef
Restaurateur
Wolfgang Johannes Puck
Everybody
Tell
Remember
Home
Thing
Every
Dish
Make
Dishes
Taste

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