Wolfgang Puck is a famous chef who has successfully created an empire in food. At age 14, he worked in his first restaurant. A few weeks in, he was fired. And contemplating suicide. Fast-forward, and Wolfgang became the first “celebrity chef.” He’s expanded his love of food in every single way: restaurants, cookbooks, catering (he’s catered the Oscars.) Now he also has a MasterClass available online.
“I always wanted to be in charge of my own destiny,” he said. “I thought, ‘This is what I was born to do.” I don’t fully understand destiny. So I wanted to know. How could he actually feel that? How could he know? How could anyone know?
Show Notes
Wolfgang’s MasterClass - "Build Your Cooking Techniques"
We talk about some of his restaurants including:
Cut
Rogue (this one's in LA and only serves 10 people a night)
Spago
Eric Ripert (famous chef)
Chef (a movie starring Jon Favreau)
Le Cirque
Billy Wilder (famous director)
Ma Maison
The Wall by Pink Floyd
Serena Williams (tennis player)
Frank Gehry (architecture)
Picasso
Four Seasons
Freddy Rosen who started Ticketmaster
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