Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck ( born July 8, 1949 in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria ) is a provider in the United States Austrian chef. Puck lives in California.

Biography

He is the owner of more than 70 restaurants in the U.S., ranging from upmarket fast-food restaurants to cafés to gourmet cuisine. The latter runs in its program under the name Fine Dining Group. The best known among them are the Spago in the cities of Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Palo Alto and on Maui and the Chinois, the Postrio, the Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill and the Trattoria del Lupo - all four also in Las Vegas. His remaining Restaurants Wolfgang Puck Express, etc. as well as the cafes are distributed throughout the United States. Under his name, moreover, several dozen restaurants are operated by franchisees in the United States and in Japan. Striking feature is that all of Puck 's restaurants offer Wiener Schnitzel and very often the Carinthian noodles (Carinthian cheese pasta ) its Carinthian home.

Puck has six restaurants in Tokyo and Yokohama City. Overall, it employs over 5,000 employees, its annual turnover is in the 400 - million - dollar range. For years, it is in the Oscar organizers tradition, with the culinary part, the feast every Academy Awards to entrust the Wolfgang Puck Catering.

In partnership with the Humane Society of the United States Puck undertook in 2007, in its stores no foie gras ( foie gras ) offer more and only products from organic- organic farming, eggs from free-range chickens and meat not held in close stables pigs and to use calves. In 2009, Puck opened a gourmet restaurant on the Reunion Tower in Dallas.

Trivia

In episode 13 of the third season of the U.S. series Las Vegas Wolfgang Puck got a guest role in the Montecito Casino, where he runs his restaurant under the name Wolfgang Puck. In the TV series The Simpsons, he has as a cartoon character in Episode 11 of 13.Staffel a cameo appearance, he is also seen as a special guest star in Episode 15 of Season 9 of Frasier. He had another promotional appearance in Who 's the Boss? in Season 4, Episode 9 ( Small fish ), and in the Late Night Show The Jay Leno Show on 13 October 2009. He entered twice as a juror in the U.S. cooking show Hell's Kitchen ( Season 9, Episode 8 of 9 August 2011 Season 10, Episode 19).