8) Wolfgang Puck
Austrian chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck, now based in Los Angeles, originally learnt cooking from his mother, who had experience as a pastry chef.
Puck trained as an apprentice in France before moving to the United States in 1973, where he eventually moved to Los Angeles to become chef and part owner at Ma Maison restaurant.
Following the 1981 publication of his first cookbook, Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen , Puck opened the restaurant Spago on the Sunset Strip.
Fifteen years later, he opened Spago in Beverly Hills, which earned him two Michelin Stars.
Puck established the Wolfgang Puck Companies — trademarked motto: “Live Love Eat’ — encompassing over 20 fine-dining restaurants, premium catering services, more than 80 Wolfgang Puck Express operations, and kitchen and food merchandise.
He is the official caterer for the Academy Awards Governors Ball, and has several TV and film appearances to his name, including Celebrity Cooking Showdown, Wolfgang Puck series, Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters — along with cameos in several movies.
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Sep 7, 2009
Many thanks to James and Aj for their comments. I'd just like to emphasise that the Top 20 Most Influential Celeb Chefs listing was compiled on the basis of votes cast by F&B professionals who took part in the Caterer F&B Survey last month. The listed celebrity chefs needed to be not just intern...
Sep 7, 2009 , United Arab Emirates
We all know these people - would it not have been better and more appropriate to focus on the Talent that we have in The Middle East? There are many amazing Chefs in the hotel industry in the Middle East that deserve some recognition as well??