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Wolfgang Puck is a celebrated chef, restaurateur, and television personality. Born on July 8, 1949, he has become a culinary icon in the United States and globally. Puck is renowned for his innovative fusion of French cuisine with American culinary traditions.

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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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones who change things. That is why someone like Heston Blumenthal is a genius.”

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“A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.”

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“Young people want to be famous before they know how to cook, before they know how to treat people, before they know what hospitality means. I stayed in France for seven years and Austria for three, so before I was a chef anywhere I was already cooking for 10 years.”

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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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“Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart.”

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Born: July 8, 1949
Known for: Chef
Quotes: 71

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