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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.
Wolfgang Puck
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Wolfgang Puck
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 8
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