Wolfgang Puck Organic Hearty Lentil Vegetable Soup, 14.5 Ounce Can
Wolfgang PuckFor more than three decades, Wolfgang Puck has come to represent the ultimate in the culinary arts and restaurant hospitality. The Austrian-born Puck began his formal training at age 14, inspired by his mother, Maria, a hotel chef. Encouraged by a friend, Wolfgang left Europe in 1973 at the age of 24, having already learned his craft as a classically trained French chef in the master kitchens of three-star French restaurants: the Hotel de Paris in Monaco, Maxim's in Paris, and L'Oustau de Baumaniere in Provence. After spending two years as chef at the restaurant La Tour in Indianapolis, Puck moved to Los Angeles and became both chef and part owner of Ma Maison, which quickly became a magnet for the rich and famous.After the 1981 publication of his first cookbook,Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen, based on his popular recipes at Ma Maison, Spago, located in West Hollywood on the Sunset Strip, was an instant success and culinary phenomenon from its opening day in 1982. His first signature dishes--such as "gourmet" pizzas topped with smoked salmon and caviar and Sonoma baby lamb with braised greens and rosemary--put him and Spago on the Los Angeles foodie map. Over its popular 18 years, the original location of Spago earned many accolades, including the prestigious Restaurant of the Year award by the James Beard Foundation in 1994.Over a span of 20 years, an empire of Wolfgang Puck dining establishments has opened, including fine dining restaurants in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Palo Alto, and Maui and casual dining and quick service restaurants in nationwide urban centers, airports, and supermarkets. In May 2000, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc., was established to manage global brand strategy across Wolfgang Puck's business activities in consumer packaged foods, cooking products, and other lines of products and media opportunities, including Wolfgang Puck's Soups, one of America's fastest-growing soups. Wolfgang's philosophy with his soups, which applies to everything he does, is straightforward. As he says, "The recipe for all my soups is simple. The finest ingredients and lots of good, honest, old-fashioned love." Wolfgang lives in Beverly Hills and has two sons, Cameron and Byron.