Wolfgang Puck

“The kitchen is a place of adventure and discovery. The recipes are just the beginning.”

“To be a successful restaurateur, you have to be a great businessman, a great cook, and a great host.”

“For me, a good meal is not just about the food, it's about the company.”

“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.”

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

“Passion is the most important ingredient in all of my cooking - in all of my life.”

“You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.”

“I learned to cook in my mother's kitchen. And I think that was the best training.”

“A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.”

“For me, it's a great joy to be together with my friends, my family, my team, and to cook for them.”

“You have to have a dream, whether that dream is to make a lot of money or to be a great politics or a great cook.”

“I use only the best ingredients. If you see what I have in my pantry, it's all stuff that I'm proud of.”

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

“Live, love, eat.”

“I believe that if you're a good cook, you can cook anywhere. A good chef can go to any country and cook.”

“Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.”