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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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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
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Wolfgang Johannes Puck
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I think the time of the formal dinners is over.
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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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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 would say that I mostly use Kosher Salt for seasoning my water and flour. I love sea salt, too. I think both are just fine, as long as it's not iodized salt.
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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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My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.
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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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Most seasonings are based on family tradition.
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Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.
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It's easier being a judge than a competitor. As a judge, you don't have any risks. That makes it much more enjoyable.
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