Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family. — Wolfgang Puck Austria Copy Share Image
When I was 27, if I didn't put 15 things in one dish I wasn't happy. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
When you have made as many mistakes as I have, then you can be as good as me. — Wolfgang Puck Failure Copy Share Image
I want to give people a basic education, and to help them think for themselves when it comes to food. — Wolfgang Puck Basic education Copy Share Image
Food television opened the eyes, and palates, of our guests. They became more adventurous. — Wolfgang Puck Adventurous Copy Share Image
I used to write cookbooks. It was passion to try to bring healthy and fun recipes to people's homes. It was a… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
I tell everybody the same thing: You have to make every dish so when you taste it, you should remember it when… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Stay away from iodized table salt. It's just bad and doesn't help food taste good. — Wolfgang Puck Food Copy Share Image
Everybody has to put purees underneath everything now. It's like people think we need the steak, and then we need some baby… — Wolfgang Puck Baby Copy Share Image
When I'm in Los Angeles, my wife and I go to the farmers' market with the kids every Sunday. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs,… — Wolfgang Puck Anxious Copy Share Image
When I do a cooking class now, I tell people that the most important part is to read the recipe many times… — Wolfgang Puck Advice Copy Share Image
The usage of proper salt is really just a small piece of education. However, I want people to really get the proper… — Wolfgang Puck Education Copy Share Image
I always tell people that they are really the critics. If people come three times a week to your restaurant they are… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Omelets are about technique. Now, different people make it different ways, but, if you're a chef in Europe, an omelet has to… — Wolfgang Puck Chef Copy Share Image
It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
I want to teach [people] the secret of great visual presentation. Your stomach sees the food first, and I want to help… — Wolfgang Puck Aesthetics Copy Share Image
It was a revolution, but now it is an evolution. People know more ingredients, people know more techniques, and people look for… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Collecting cookbooks is still my biggest passion! Believe it or not, I actually got the biggest form of inspiration from my kids.… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing when you are in a competition and you have, let's say, ingredients you have to use… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations. — Wolfgang Puck Expectations Copy Share Image
You see fewer and fewer chefs who are really big - most stay in shape. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
It is so nice to talk to someone that has a passion for food and family. — Wolfgang Puck Family Copy Share Image
A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service. — Wolfgang Puck Food Copy Share Image
Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children. — Wolfgang Puck Children Copy Share Image