Wolfgang Puck Net Worth

Who has great recipes and lots of money? This chef! Wolfgang Puck is actually a top notch Chef, Restaurateur, Actor, Voice Actor, Businessperson which has established a strong foothold in the hearts and the kitchens of many families and individuals around the globe. From delicious cuisine to wonderful appearances in books and TV, our lovable chef is recognised as a true master in this field. Attending and later graduating Apprenticeship really meant a lot, laying the ground foundation for a beautiful and highly successful career. Born on unknown in unknown, Wolfgang Puck has a family of Josef Puck, Maria Topfschnig unknown and Alexander Wolfgang Puck, Byron Puck, Cameron Puck, Oliver Wolfgang Puck. Balancing personal life and being a premiere chef sure has its challenges but Wolfgang Puck seems to cope with them well. So much so that the net worth shows what’s what. The net worth of Wolfgang Puck is estimated to be $75 Million.

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Wolfgang Puck was taught how to cook by his mother, an occasional pastry chef, and then trained at L’Oustau de Baumanière in Les Baux-de-Provence, at the Hotel de Paris in Monaco, and other places in Europe before he decided to move to Los Angeles in the United States in 1973, when he was 24 years old. He now cooks in Californian, French and Fusion style. Wolfgang Puck’s net worth started growing when he became a chef as well as a co-owner at “Ma Maison” restaurant.

Along with Barbara Lazaroff, Puck established the restaurant named “Spago on the Sunset Strip” in 1982. In 1997, they opened “Spago” in Beverly Hills. The restaurant is known for its Californian cuisine, and has been acknowledged as one of the Top 40 restaurants in the US since 2004. These restaurants have helped Wolfgang to increase his net worth.

What is most important is that Puck established Wolfgang Puck Companies that involves Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. and Wolfgang Puck Catering. Currently, Wolfgang Puck Companies owns around 20 restaurants in total. There is also Wolfgang Puck Express which involves JC Penney in Monroeville, Denver International Airport, Indianapolis International Airport, Pearson International Airport, and Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. The company also deals with the production of various kitchen goods, canned food and cookery-books.

Wolfgang Puck has published several cookbooks, all of which have become very popular, and thus added considerable amounts to Wolfgang’s net worth. These books include “The Wolfgang Puck Cookbook” (1986), “Pizza, Pasta, and More” (2000), “Live, Love, Eat” (2000), and “Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy” (2004).

Wolfgang Puck is also a TV star. He has appeared as himself  in “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “Las Vegas” (2006), “The Weather Man” (2005), “The Muse” (1999), and “The Jay Leno Show Jaywalking” (2009). Wolfgang also increased his net worth with performances in TV series “Hell`s Kitchen” (2011 – 2012), “The Next Food Network Star” (2011), “The Smurfs” (2011), “Top Chef: New York” (2011) and “Top Chef: Las Vegas” (2009), and “Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters”.

For his great talent, in 2002 Puck was rewarded with a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Service for the show, “Wolfgang Puck”.

In his personal life, Wolfgang Puck’s was married to his first wife Marie France Trouillot from 1975-80. His co-partner Barbara Lazaroff was his second wife, from 1983 to 2003, and they have two children. Wolfgang has been married to Gelila Assefa since 2007, with whom he also has two children.

Structural info

• Full Name: Wolfgang Puck
• Net Worth: $75 Million
• Date Of Birth: July 8, 1949 (age 65
• Place Of Birth: Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
• Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m)
• Profession: Chef, Restaurateur, Actor, Voice Actor, Businessperson
• Education: Apprenticeship
• Nationality: United States of America
• Spouse: Gelila Assefa (m. 2007), Barbara Lazaroff (m. 1983–2003), Marie France Trouillot (m. 1975–1980)
• Children: Alexander Wolfgang Puck, Byron Puck, Cameron Puck, Oliver Wolfgang Puck
• Parents: Josef Puck, Maria Topfschnig
• Nicknames: Wolfgang Johann Topfschnig , Wolfgang Johannes Topfschnig , Wolfgang Johannes Puck
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wolfgangpuck
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wolfgangpuck
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/chefwolfgangpuck
• IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0699826
• Awards: James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Chef, James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant, James Beard Award for Humanitarian of the Year, James Beard Award for Outstanding Service, James Beard Award for Lifetime Achievement
• Nominations: James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur, James Beard Award for Television Segment
• Movies: The Smurfs, Food Fight
• TV Shows: Iron Chef America, Wolfgang Puck’s Cooking Class, Cooking Class With Wolfgang Puck

Facts

• Father, with Gelila Puck, of sons Oliver Puck and Alexander Puck.
• Los Angeles, California, USA [May 2002]
• Chef Govind Armstrong began his career in 1982 working at Wolfgang’s ‘Spagos’.
• Founder of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.
• Chef/owner of “Spagos” in Beverly Hills, California.
• Has lived in Los Angeles since 1975.
• In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $13 million.
• Fiancée Gelila Assefa gave birth to their son Oliver Wolfgang on 17 July 2005.
• Filed for divorce from Barbara Lazaroff on November 27, 2002.
• Has 2 children with Barbara Lazaroff, Cameron and Bryon.
• Celebrity chef and restaurateur

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