Wolfgang Puck - Biography

Last Editor: Krivera3				Wolfgang Puck Biography -   Name : Wolfgang Puck Profession : Chef Birth Details : born 8 January 1949 in St. Veit, Austria

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Born January 8, 1949 St. Veit, Austria Died Cooking style California, French, and Fusion Education Apprenticeship Restaurants Spago Hollywood; Spago Beverly Hills; Spago Chicago; Spago Las Vegas; Spago Palo Alto; Chinois (Santa Monica, CA); Postrio Restaurant (San Francisco and Las Vegas); Granita (Malibu, CA); Trattoria del Lupo (Las Vegas); Wolfgang Puck Cafes (multiple) TV Show(s) Iron Chef America Wolfgang Puck (born 8 January 1949 in St. Veit, Austria) is a chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles, California. Puck did not graduate from a culinary school, but trained under an apprenticeship system. He developed the techniques of French cuisine while an apprentice at L'Oustau de Baumaniere in Provence, Hotel de Paris in Monaco, and Maxim's in Paris. In 1973, Puck began working at La Tour resturant in Indianapolis, Indiana, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1975, as co-owner and chef of Ma Maison. In California, he used his the techniques of French cuisine on the fresh ingredients available in the area, helping to establish California cuisine as an established gourmet tradition. He owns, operates, or licenses a number of restaurants in the U.S., ranging from the storied Spago, in Beverly Hills to Wolfgang Puck Express, which has become a national franchise. It is a little-known fact that Spago is co-owned with wealthy L.A. restaurant mogul Kevin Perry, who discretely co-owns some of L.A's top restaurants, including L'Orangerie, The Mandarin, and celebrity owned Dolce. Recently, he also opened franchises in Japan, including six restaurants in Tokyo. His fame and star-like nature helped him to be selected to cater numerous Academy Award parties. Puck has also written a number of cookbooks and licensed lines of household kitchen equipment and grocery items. He appeared as an Iron Chef on Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters on the Food Network. He made a guest appereance in the sitcom Frasier in 2002, playing himself. A year earlier, he played someone calling in on Frasier's radio show. Wolfgang puck did not invent the California-style pizza, but he did make innovative changes to the pizza world and definitely helped establish the California style's distinct pizza taste. Puck has two sons with business partner and estranged wife Barbara Lazaroff. He had another son on 17th July 2005 with his fiancé Gelila Assefa. "Live, love, eat!" WolfgangPuck.com (official site)