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Wolfgang Puck Net Worth and Biography

Wolfgang Puck is an Austrian-American chef and restaurateur, with an estimated net worth of $120 million.

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August 18, 2022

Wolfgang Puck is an Austrian-American chef and restaurateur, with an estimated net worth of $120 million. He is one of the most successful restauranteurs in the world. He founded numerous businesses to share his culinary talents, including Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Catering, and Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc.

Bio Data

Full Name	Wolfgang Johannes Puck
Date of Birth	July 8, 1949
Gender	Male
Marital Status	Married
Career	Chef
Net worth	$120 Million
Nationality	American

Biography

Wolfgang Puck was born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria. He learned cooking from his mother, who was a pastry chef. He also trained as an apprentice under Raymond Thuilier at Hôtel de Paris in Monaco, and at Maxim’s Paris. Puck moved to the United States in 1973 at age 24. After two years at La Tour in Indianapolis, Puck moved to Los Angeles to become chef and part owner of Ma Maison restaurant.

Career

Following the 1981 publication of his first cookbook, Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen, Wolfgang Puck opened his first restaurant Spago on the Sunset Strip in 1982. He moved the restaurant to Beverly Hills in 1997. The restaurant has been recognized as one of the Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S. since 2004.

His success enabled him to launch the Wolfgang Puck Companies which includes the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc., and Wolfgang Puck Catering. The Wolfgang Puck Companies encompass over 20 fine dining restaurants, among the top 40 Restaurants in the U.S., premium catering services, more than 80 Wolfgang Puck Express operations, and kitchen and food merchandise, including cookbooks, canned foods, and coffee products.

But Puck isn’t all business; he has also made appearances on numerous TV programs. He is the official caterer for the Academy Awards Governors Ball and has appeared on cooking competition TV shows such as Celebrity Cooking Showdown, Iron Chef, Hell’s Kitchen, and Top Chef. He was also featured as a guest judge on Season 7 of MasterChef and made a cameo appearance as himself on an episode of Tales from the Crypt and appeared in a TV commercial advertising the state of California.

Honors and Accolades

Wolfgang Puck is a recipient of numerous awards and honors for his contribution to the American hospitality Industry. In 1985, he received a Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement, a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Service Show, Wolfgang Puck, in 2002

In 1993, Spago Hollywood was inducted into the Nation’s Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame. The next year it received the James Beard Restaurant of the Year Award. Spago Beverly Hills received a James Beard Foundation Outstanding Service Award in 2005. It was awarded two Michelin stars in 2008 and 2009. CUT Beverly Hills was awarded a Michelin star in 2007 and CUT at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore in 2013

Puck was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame in July 2016, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his work in the TV industry in 2o17. In June 2022, Puck was recognized by the International Hospitality Institute on the Global 100 in Hospitality, as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality.