Wolfgang Puck Quotes

I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe.

One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs, who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don't have a good foundation for other things.

Stay away from iodized table salt. It's just bad and doesn't help food taste good.

I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.

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

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

I've discussed this with many doctors, and it is just so imperative that people learn how to properly cook food to get those vital nutrients out of them.

Most seasonings are based on family tradition.

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

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

The usage of proper salt is really just a small piece of education. However, I want people to really get the proper nutrition from food for them and their family.

I won't quit my day job. I like restaurants. I don't do a lot of television, either, even though people come to me with projects all the time. I have to spend time in the kitchen.

What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino, but no food.

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

I want to teach people how to do it the right way. And it is from that they can teach their children how to do it properly. It will teach them how to cook better and healthier at home.

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

A lot of chefs are traditional and do it very well. But the ones who are the most successful are the ones who change things. That is why someone like Heston Blumenthal is a genius.

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

I want to help build their basic food terminology.

For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.

I think the most important thing when you are in a competition and you have, let's say, ingredients you have to use make something you did already because none of the judges, you know, probably had it in our lifetime, so I think do something you feel confident with, not something completely new where you are not sure how many hours or how many minutes you have to cook it or if the seasoning is right or if the combinations of spices and herbs are right.

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

There's a lot of processed food in America and I know that can make some tourists who're used to fresh food feel sick.