Why is Wolfgang Puck Famous?
Wolfgang Puck really burst onto the culinary arts scene when his first restaurant, Spago Hollywood, opened on Sunset Strip, serving his trademark gourmet pizzas. Spago was such a hit that Wolfgang and his wife, Barbara, launched clones in Chicago, Las Vegas, Maui, and Palo Alto. To say that Wolfgang’s culinary arts career has been successful is an understatement. He has national and international restaurants–two Asian fusion, two Asian/Mediterranean fusion, a trattoria, a brasserie, and a bar and grill. He has cafs in Evanston, Orlando, and Ontario, a restaurant in the Minneapolis Walker Art Center, Puck’s in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Wolfgang Puck Express franchises in a dozen or more states. He has restaurant franchises in Japan, owns a catering company with facilities in ten U.S. cities, has written six cookbooks, and promotes his own line of cookware, culinary accessories, and gourmet foods.
