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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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For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.
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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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The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient.
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Stay away from iodized table salt. It's just bad and doesn't help food taste good.
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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 think the time of the formal dinners is over.
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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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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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One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs, who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don't have a good foundation for other things.
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For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.
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Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous.
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I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe.
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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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What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food.
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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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New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.
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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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A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.
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It is going to have healthy food and exercise mixed together. With smaller portions, and more exercise, you live a better life.
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Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.
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