Wolfgang Puck

I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.

— Wolfgang Puck

You see fewer and fewer chefs who are really big - most stay in shape.

— Wolfgang Puck

I want to help build their basic food terminology.

— Wolfgang Puck

When you have made as many mistakes as I have, then you can be as good as me.

— Wolfgang Puck

Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.

— Wolfgang Puck

I grew up so poor in Austria that we never took a vacation with my family.

— Wolfgang Puck

I think it's really important to keep on staying motivated.

— Wolfgang Puck

When I was 27, if I didn't put 15 things in one dish I wasn't happy.

— Wolfgang Puck

There is no value with just one restaurant or with one person. The brand has to be bigger than the person.

— Wolfgang Puck

New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.

— Wolfgang Puck

I learned more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes.

— Wolfgang Puck

My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks.

— Wolfgang Puck

I've discussed this with many doctors, and it is just so imperative that people learn how to properly cook food to get…

— Wolfgang Puck

If you're cooking for a woman, make a good risotto and a salad. If you don't have time to make desert you…

— Wolfgang Puck

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are…

— Wolfgang Puck

It's easier being a judge than a competitor. As a judge, you don't have any risks. That makes it much more enjoyable.

— Wolfgang Puck

The food could taste amazing; however, if you present a plate of misfortunate looking food...you would really question yourself about whether or…

— Wolfgang Puck

I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds…

— Wolfgang Puck

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

It was a revolution, but now it is an evolution. People know more ingredients, people know more techniques, and people look for…

— Wolfgang Puck

I want to teach [people] the secret of great visual presentation. Your stomach sees the food first, and I want to help…

— Wolfgang Puck

Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so…

— Wolfgang Puck

When I do a cooking class now, I tell people that the most important part is to read the recipe many times…

— Wolfgang Puck

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

Collecting cookbooks is still my biggest passion! Believe it or not, I actually got the biggest form of inspiration from my kids.…

— Wolfgang Puck

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

Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.

— Wolfgang Puck

People are visual and hands on learners.

— Wolfgang Puck

The most important thing for me is to really buy the best ingredient.

— Wolfgang Puck

Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.

— Wolfgang Puck

I think the time of the formal dinners is over.

— Wolfgang Puck

I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens.

— Wolfgang Puck

Most seasonings are based on family tradition.

— Wolfgang Puck

Don't go and cook Indian food if you never cooked Indian food, you know?

— Wolfgang Puck

I like the Japanese knives, I like French knives. Whatever's sharp.

— Wolfgang Puck

Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network.

— Wolfgang Puck

A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.

— Wolfgang Puck

I really love Paris. It's my favorite city.

— Wolfgang Puck

To me, an airplane is a great place to diet.

— Wolfgang Puck

Nutrition is just so important to me, mostly especially for children.

— Wolfgang Puck