https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf Celebrity Chef en-us 2019-10-04 16:45:17 UTC 2019-10-17 12:42:03 UTC hello@padlet.com mylesii201 https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397196837 1. Grew up in  the mountain village in southern Austria

2. Adopted at 6 by stepfather

3. Inspired by his mother: pastry chef

4.Wanted to be an architect but couldn't afford to go to school so he decided to make a career as a chef.

5. Chef Apprentice at age 14

6. At age 18 he moved to france to work at a famous restaurant called L'Oustau de Baumaniere

]]> 2019-10-13 23:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397196837 mylesii201 https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397201711 1. At age 24 Puck left his chef position in France and followed his dream to America.

2. His first good job in the U.S. was at La Tour( 20 story national bank building in Indianapolis) 1973-1975.

3. He quit that job then moved to LA and found work at "Ma Maison". By the late 1970s it was the most famous restaurant in the country.

4.His Success enabled him to move out of the cheap hotel into a penthouse in Hollywood Hills.

5.Puck's new challenge was to launch his own restaurant: encouraged by girlfriend Barbara Lazaroff.


]]> 2019-10-13 23:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397201711 mylesii201 https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397884496 1.Opened January 16 1982

2.Banks declined to lend Puck money

3. A dentist co-signed a bank loan for $60,000 & about 20 others invested a total of $500,000 to his restaurant.

4.His wife Lazaroff created an open kitchen where customers could watch the cooks and the main chef,puck, prepare dishes.

5. Spago means "string" or "spaghetti"
in italian.]]> 2019-10-15 13:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397884496 mylesii201 https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397888361 1. In 1989 they had a son named Cameron

2. In May 1992 Eureaka went bankrupt and closed after 23 months, he lost about $5 million.

3. "Don't go into a buisness you don't understand and can't control" -Wolfgang.

4. Took a risk and opened up a Spago in Las Vegas which began making more money than the original Spago in Hollywood.


]]> 2019-10-15 13:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397888361 mylesii201 https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397896179 1. Working hundred hours a week - has to trust longtime staff and chefs around the world.

2. Cutback on his hours to spend more time with his family.

3. Racial and cultural insensitivity with ObaChine Seattle

4.Became a U.S. Citizen in 1999

5. In 2003 he met his new wife Gelila Assefa- waa a hostess for Spago.

]]> 2019-10-15 13:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397896179 mylesii201 https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/397904079 1. Don't quit

2.Keep perspective

3.Balance artistry with business
 
4. Build a strong team 

5. Study what works and then  keep improving.

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- He is very passionate about his work and family and even when his first dream career didn’t go as planned it all worked out at the end and it made Wolfgang puck one of the world’s best known culinary chef. Even with the struggles that came along with his success he overcame it with his will to never quit. ]]> 2019-10-15 17:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mylesii201/met0jzk4bfaf/wish/398069751