Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck (born 8 January 1949 in St. Veit, Austria) is a chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles, California.

He owns, operates, or licenses a number of restaurants in the U.S., ranging from the storied Spago, in Beverly Hills to Wolfgang Puck Express, which has become a national franchise. It is a little known fact that Spago is co-owned with wealthy L.A. restaurant mogul Kevin Perry, who discretely co-owns some of L.A's top restaraunts, including L'Orangerie, The Mandarin, and celebrity owned Dolce.

Recently, he also opened franchises in Japan, including six restaurants in Tokyo. His fame and star-like nature helped him to be selected to cater numerous Academy Award parties. Puck has also written a number of cookbooks and licensed lines of household kitchen equipment and grocery items. He appeared as an Iron Chef on Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters on the Food Network.

He made a guest appereance in the sitcom Frasier in 2002, playing himself. A year earlier, he played someone calling in on Frasier's radio show.

Wolfgang puck did not invent the California-style pizza, but he did make innovative changes to the pizza world and definitely helped establish the California style's distinct pizza taste.

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