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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
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Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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It's an interesting thing, Top Chef. Some of the contestants will make you one great dish, and then make you something on the next show that will make you say, Is that the same person?
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A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.
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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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I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.
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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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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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America has undergone a total food and wine revolution.
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Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.
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There is no value with just one restaurant or with one person. The brand has to be bigger than the person.
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I fell in love with food because of my mother. So, I will definitely be sharing and expanding more recipes from my culture (as well as many other cultures), and will be sharing recipes that I have experienced from my whole culinary life.
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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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One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.
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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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It is so nice to talk to someone that has a passion for food and family.
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Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
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I think it's really important to keep on staying motivated.
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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.
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Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network. When I opened Spago, I had the kitchen in the dining hall. It was probably the first restaurant to do so. The dining scene became more casual. All these cooking shows have transformed our profession one-hundred percent.
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Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?
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When I was 27, if I didn't put 15 things in one dish I wasn't happy.
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