Professional Chef Wolfgang Puck TSconing and Mcoutts

Early life  Wolfgang Puck was born on January 8,  He was born in St. Viet, Austria.  As a young child Wolfgang worked at his mother’s side helping her cook.  He started formally training to be a chef at fourteen years old.

Early Life  Wolfgang Johannes Puck as a teen studied in the culinary arts in Austria.  He then moved to France to apprentice L'Ousteau de Baumaniere.  He as a very young chef worked in three of the best restaurants in France.

Major Characteristics  Wolfgang Puck opened a restaurant called Spago in California  He fused California ingredients with classic French cuisine.  The popularity of Spago increased with it’s very fashionable décor, using imaginative pizza varieties.  He focuses more of a Californian style of cooking with pizzas but also makes it fancy by putting salmon and caviar.

Chef Wolfgang

More Interesting Facts  Wolfgang Puck has been a chef for many special events such as the Oscar’s.  The name Wolfgang comes from Germany and means traveling wolf.  The last name Puck is an English name and means “elf”.

Facts about his cooking  In his restaurants he has fashionable decorations and a bustling open kitchen.  He also is known for his crazy topping ideas on pizzas that can be caviar or other weird items.  He has restaurants in Detroit, Las Vegas, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.

Recipe: Dessert Pancakes  1 1/2 cups cups all-purpose flour  2 teaspoons baking powder  1 teaspoon baking soda  1/4 cup sugar  1/8 teaspoon salt  2 eggs  1 1/2 cups buttermilk, or 1 cup buttermilk and ½ cup milk  1/4 cup melted unsalted butter  1 teaspoon vanilla extract  1 cup Dried Apricot Jam  1/2 cup whipped cream or crème fraiche

Wolfgang Puck YouTube  If you want more info about Wolfgang puck’s recipes and how to make them he has a YouTube channel you can go to  He has multiple recipes such as what he makes for the Oscar's and what he makes for his restaurant  Also he really gets his fans involved in his videos and cooking ideas

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