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Two Great Chefs, Puck & Ducasse, Prepare One Great Dinner at Hotel Bel-Air!

Jay Weston | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Dorchester Collection, Hotel Bel-Air, Wolfgang Puck, Alain Ducasse, Plkaza Athenee, George Clooney Obama Fundraiser, LA Restaurants, La Around Town, George Clooney Dinner, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

Spago Chef Wolfgang Puck called me the morning after he catered the dinner at George Clooney's house for President Obama, and he was kind enough to detail the menu for that special evening.

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Top Chefs Share Their Mothers' Best Lessons

Allison Adato | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Chefs, Smart Chefs Stay Slim, Mother's Day 2012, Michael Psilakis, Mother's Day, Jacques Torres, Michelle Bernstein, Celebrity Chefs, Mother's Day Gifts, Marcus Samuelsson, Chef's Stories, Michael Symon, Top Chefs, Alex Guarnaschelli, KitchenDaily News
Allison Adato

When you talk to chefs about food, you're going to hear about family. Culinary school may be where they learned to cook for us, but at home is where they learned to eat.

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Rachael Ray: The Most Media-Covered Food Personality Of The Year?

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Chefs, Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Top Chefs Media, Celebrity Chefs, Paula Deen, Top Chefs, Media Attention Chef, Rachael Ray, Food News

Who's the food personality with the most media buzz of 2011? It's Rachael Ray, according to calculations by news archive company HighBeam Research. ...

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L.A. Restaurant Scene is Booming!

Jay Weston | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Lazy Ox, Wolfgang Puck, Cafe Del Rey, Livello, Si Laa, Hotel Bel Air, Best of La, LA Restaurants, Wp 24, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

The first few months of 2012 have proved to be a scintillating scene for the restaurant festival which is our fair city.

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PHOTOS: New Desserts At The Source

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Pastry Chef, Duane Copeland, DC News, Wolfgang Puck, Video, Sweets, DC Restaurants, Desserts, Scott Drewno, Slidepollajax, Pastry Chefs, The Source, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Wolfgang Puck's Newseum restaurant, The Source, has a new face in the kitchen: Duane Copeland, who came on board last month as executive...

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Wolfgang Puck Pens Letter To Restaurants Serving Foie Gras

| Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: California Foie Gras Ban, Wolfgang Puck, Wolfgang Puck Foie Gras Ban, Foie Gras Ban, California Foie Gras, Foie Gras, San Francisco News

This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's SFoodie. By Laura Beck Earlier this month, Wolfgang Puck, perhaps California's most famous chef...

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Princess Grace Comes to Bel-Air for Montblanc

Jay Weston | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Hotel Bel-Air, Grace Kelly, Montblanc, Prince Albert, Princess Grace of Monaco, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

In the mid '50s, I spent several weeks on the set of Royal Wedding. Several times I was introduced to Grace Kelly on the set. Enchanted by her, as was every man. All of this came back to me yesterday at the Hotel Bel-Air.

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Fancy Food For Fancy People: What The Oscar Nominees Will Be Eating

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Oscars Ball Menu, Wolfgnag Pick Oscars Dinner, Sherry Yard, Governors Ball Menu, Oscars Dinner 2012, Oscars 2012 Governors Ball, Wolfgang Puck Governors Ball, Governors Ball 2012, Video, Los Angeles News

Wolfgang Puck is trying something new for the 2012 Governors Ball. Instead of a formal sit-down dinner, the celebrity chef (who has helmed the Gove...

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Puck Goes Back to His (Ginger) Roots

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Asian Cuisine, Beverly Hills, Singapore, Asia, Restaurants, Gourmet, Food News
Perry Garfinkel

"The title of celebrity chef is sort of bogus. Do we have celebrity shoemakers, celebrity butchers? The good news about showcasing chefs and the TV shows is they've attracted a lot more smart kids to the profession than 30 years ago."

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Wolfgang Puck Lands Lifetime Achievement Award

AP | J.M. HIRSCH | Posted 03.31.2012

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The so-called Oscars of the food world this year will give the ultimate nod to a man best known for feeding celebrities at the real Oscars. The James...

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PHOTOS: Celebs Get Creative

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Express Yourself, Wolfgang Puck, The Bell Family Foundation, Express Yourself 2011, Laura Dern, Steve Carrell, Kimberly Brooks, Ps Arts 2011, Ps Arts, Los Angeles News

On a cozy Sunday afternoon, celebrities escaped the rain storm in the Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport for Express Yourself 2011 hosted by P....

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Steakhouse Waiters From City's Top Restaurants Arrested For $1 Million Credit Card Fraud

Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, City Steakhouses, Nypd, Wolfgang's, Ny News, Identity Theft, Credit Card Fraud, Steakhouses, Smith and Wollensky, NY Crime, Atm-Scam-Canadian-Tourists, Credit Card Scam, Video, New York News

Waiters and other restaurant employees from some of the city's top steakhouses, including Smith and Wollensky and Wolfgang's, have been arrested for a...

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Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel Air Restaurant Is Extraordinary

Jay Weston | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Cut, Hotel Bel Air, Hotel Bel Air Restaurant, Justin Wines, Larry King, LA Restaurants, Best of La, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

With all of the glamour and glitz, it comes down to the food... and it's absolutely sensational in the Wolfgang Puck tradition of modern California with European and Mediterranean influences.

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Chef Speak: Sara Johannes of WP24

Heather Taylor | Posted 12.27.2011

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Heather Taylor

We sat down with WP24's Executive Chef Sara Johannes to discuss her culinary influences, her first impressions of LA and where to find the city's best burger.

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Hotel Bel Air Reopens... And the Swans Are Back!

Jay Weston | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Paul Anka, Meals on Wheels, Sidney Poitier, Hotel Bel Air, Hotel Reviews, LA Restaurants, Los Angeles Hotels, La Around Town, Best of La, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

The formerly somewhat dreary hotel, nestled into the woods of rustic Bel Air, has been brightened, refurbished and rebuilt to maintain its oh, so romantic atmosphere while accommodating guests in this wired age.

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L.A. Food & Wine Festival Ends on a High Note

Jay Weston | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Daniel Boulud, Wolfgang Puck, Coastal Management, Cut, Mozza., LA Restaurants, Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival, Food Festivals, La Food and Wine Festival, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

The First Annual L.A. Food & Wine Festival was a ravishing success, ending on a wonderful high note with Wolfgang Puck's debut of his food service stint at the newly-refurbished Hotel Bel Air.

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Opening Night of LA Food & Wine Festival Is... Delicious!

Jay Weston | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: LA Food & Wine Festival, Meals on Wheels, Cheese Shop, Wolfgang Puck, LA Restaurants, Food and Wine Festival, Food Festivals, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

Heralded as having 30 chefs and 200 wineries, the Red Carpet opening night of the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival lived up to its billing in spades.

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Wolfgang Puck's L.A. Food Wine Festival Is Special

Jay Weston | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Meals on Wheels, LA Live, Hotel Bel Air, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

For the past 27 years I have faithfully attended and written about the Wolfgang Puck/Barbara Lazaroff "Meals on Wheels" Benefit. But this year there is a new gala.

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The 17 Biggest Celebrity Chef Restaurant Empires

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Celebrity Chef Restaurants, Wolfgang Puck, Gaston Acurio, Video, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Celebrity Chef Restaurant Empires, Celebrity Chef Empires, Celebrity Chefs, Emperor Chefs, Slidepollajax, Food News

Today's HuffPost Food feature "The Rise Of The Emperor-Chefs" makes it clear that celebrity chefs are at something of a crossroads. Some are getting h...

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Most Celebrity-Branded Foods Disappoint In Major Taste Test

Posted 11.06.2011

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You're in the tomato sauce aisle of your local ShopRite. You're in a rush, you still have 18 other things to buy, and you have to make it home by 4 to...

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My LA: Sally Camacho On 'Top Chef' & The Best Desserts In LA

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 10.15.2011

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Who: Chef Sally Camacho Current Gig: Pastry chef extraordinaire at Wolfgang Puck's WP24 in Downtown LA. Was recently a chef-testant on season two o...

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Share Our Strength Fights Childhood Hunger at Taste of Nation

Jay Weston | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Culver City, Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation, Child Poverty, LA Restaurants, La Impact, La Around Town, Child Hunger, Ending Child Poverty, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

Seventeen million children in the U.S. went to bed hungry last night! That astonishing fact was the impetus for this weekend's Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation benefit held in Culver City.

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PHOTOS: Historic Hotel Bel-Air Will Reopening Soon

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Hotels, Wolfgang Puck, La-Prarie, Rockwell Group, Bel-Air, Hotel Bel-Air, Dorchester Collection, Alexandra Champalimaud, Los Angeles News

The Hotel Bel-Air, a six decade-old symbol of Los Angeles glamour, has announced in a press release that it will reopen its doors in October 2011. The...

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Wolfgang Puck Launches Wine Label

Posted 08.07.2011

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In his continued quest for food world domination, Wolfgang Puck has now launched his own wine label ("Two Buck Puck?" remarked wine blogger Talia Baio...

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The Highest-Paid Chefs

The Daily Meal | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Anthony Bourdain, Wolfgang Puck, Chefs, Bobby Flay, Restaurants, Food, Celebrity Chefs, Paula Deen, Jose Andres, Slidepollajax, Food News
The Daily Meal

How much money do chefs make? According to Nation's Restaurant News, the leading U.S. food-service trade magazine, the average annual salary for an ...

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