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A chef is a mixture maybe of artistry and craft. You have to learn the craft really to get there.

- Wolfgang Puck

Learn, Maybe, Mixture, Chef

It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef and nobody else in the kitchen. Generally you have five, ten, 15 people with you. So that's really important is to train them right, but first you have to hire the right people.

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Hire, Very, Hiring, Chef

One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.

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Say, Always, One Thing, Chef

A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult.

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Manager, Sometimes, Cook, Chef

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.

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Potatoes, Very, Feels, Comfort Food

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

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Be Nice, Like, Firm, Nasty

When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing.

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Always, About, Prefer, Hobby

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

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Like, Japanese, Knives, Sharp

You know, I never really thought of myself as a 'celebrity.' One of the titles that I like least is 'celebrity chef.'

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Thought, Celebrity, Like, Titles

For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.

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Loved Ones, Makes, Having, Dine

In L.A. you live in a big city, but you feel like you're in the countryside. For example, I can be at home in the swimming pool and be five minutes from everything.

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City, Big, Like, Big City

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

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Never, Poor, Took, Vacation

It's a myth that generally Asians are mostly vegetarians. The Japanese are the kings of red meat, but it's expensive. The Chinese and Vietnamese love their pork. Many Indians, especially the Muslims, can't live without their lamb.

- Wolfgang Puck

Love, Asians, Mostly, Vietnamese

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

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Work, School, Left, Kitchens

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.

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Feel, Some, Used, Fresh

Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart.

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Song, Notes, Flavors, Combine

Everybody has to put purees underneath everything now. It's like people think we need the steak, and then we need some baby food with it.

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Think, Some, Everybody, Underneath

I think the time of the formal dinners is over.

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Think, Over, Formal, Dinners

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

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Fancy, Italian Food, About, Ingredients

I like Dover sole. It's always one of my favorites. I like it when I'm in England. I eat it every day almost. I think it's probably one of my favorite fish.

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Always, Sole, Favorites, Dover

When I'm in Los Angeles, my wife and I go to the farmers' market with the kids every Sunday.

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Wife, Angeles, Every Sunday, Los Angeles

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.

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Change, Like, Very, Change Things

When I do a cooking class now, I tell people that the most important part is to read the recipe many times so you know what you're doing. What I don't tell them, though, is that sometimes I do parties where I'm rushing so much I don't have time to follow my own advice.

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Advice, Doing, Tell, Class

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

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Service, Very, Lot, Restaurants

Restaurants are like having children: it's fun to make them, maybe, but then you have them for good and bad. You are going to have to raise them and if something goes wrong when they are 30 years old, they will still be your little boy.

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Bad, Maybe, Your, Restaurants

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

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City, London, Most, Europe

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

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Art, Think, New, New Yorkers

The good news about showcasing chefs and the TV shows is they've attracted a lot more smart kids to the profession than 30 years ago. On the downside, though, these young chefs all say they want their own restaurant and their own TV show.

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Young, Good News, TV, Years Ago

Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore.

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Learn, Everybody, Weeks, Thinks

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

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Think, Profession, Very, Thousands

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