Talk:Wolfgang Puck/Archive 1

Why I reverted
The text I reverted was taken directly from Food Network's website. There's a nice copyright notice at the bottom. Gentgeen 05:46, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC) I so waant a show of food restaurants before the year I was born! I how awesome that would be to try all new restaurants that are still open!!

history
had a thug life —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.155.8.213 (talk) 16:16, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

where did he go to school

where is he from

etc.

—This unsigned comment was added by Jgold03 (talk • contribs).


 * A lot of that information was hidden in the info box under Puck's picture. I've move much of than information into the narative of the article.  Thank you for bringing this up, so the article could be improved. Gentgeen 05:41, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

"He was born to Maria Worth in a butcher shop who abandoned her before their child's birth. (Austrian shops can be very callous.) Maria married Josef Puck in 1956, who adopted Wolfgang. The marriage produced another son and two daughters." This is very strange. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.176.20.2 (talk) 04:01, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

name
How do you pronounce his birth name? Top-Fah-schnig? Wjhonson 17:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Topfschnig. I'm not a German speaker, but I know the P and F are pronounced together, like "Pfeiffer", where you don't enunciate the P, but when it's at the end of a syllable you do, so the first syllable is "topf". "sch" is almost always equivalent to English "sh" or [ʃ] in IPA, and the I is long, how English speakers spell "eee". The G at the end of the word is sometimes a G and sometimes a "ch" like in Scottish "loch" or "Chanukah", and the IPA is [χ]. In short, I'd say it's: topf.shneegh. JesseRafe 00:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi. People in Austria definitely pronounce it this way: "topf-schnick" (to be honest it's kinda hard to pronounce for Austrians too, because the name Topfschnig derives from Slovenia and has been assimilated by Austrian authorities many decades ago.) By the way: the G at the end is never pronounced as "ch" in Austria and southern Germany, that would be typically for someone from northern or central Germany. -- I AGREE

Spago
Spago deserves its own page.... except I know way too little about the place to write one. Anybody? Anybody? JDoorj a m    Talk 07:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I know that there is a Spago in Beverly Hills (very good, I dined there) and one in Las Vegas (I have heard not so good reviews about it). Funcrab 21:55, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Controversy: Hep A not B
I changed Hepatitis B to Hepatitis A because that is what the story clearly says the cook was infected with.


 * I don't see any reference to this in the article at all. Perhaps it has been vandalized.24.4.132.165 (talk) 01:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Free image
If the current image is removed, there's a free image at Image:Wolfgang Puck cropped.jpg. Not great, but it meets our rules. - Peregrine Fisher 17:53, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * A more recent picture would be nice. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I have a recent picture of Wolfgang puck, 2 weeks before Oscars 2016, Facebook/ Twitch323 JasenCordiero (talk) 14:17, 21 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Please see commons:Special:UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons. Peaceray (talk) 14:31, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Restaurants
I would like to see a list of his restaurants and more of a discussion of his cuisine. Spago is mega famous. And each of his restaurants is different. That's more interesting to me than his marketing and product licensing empire, which is also notable. ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:38, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

veal controversy
Is this honestly worth mentioning? the appeal of this information is so narrow being only interesting to the most extreme animal rights activist I can't even fathom anyone but whoever the poster was would care. Further the information cancels itself out. I'm going to delete half that section since its unsupported and unsubstantiated by the article cited and reads like talking points from some bunny jihadi —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgeddis (talk • contribs) 02:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Las Vegas (TV series)
Any reason why it isn't listed in his notable TV appearances? 78.86.230.62 (talk) 16:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

name in caption
Why is he being called "Wolfgang Jorge Puck?"

other restaurants
So far the list only gives Puck's successful restaurants. It might be fun to list the ones that didn't make it as well. Like the one he opened in Los Angeles in the late 1980s around sausages and beer, both made on the premises. Can't remember its name; interior design was by Barbara Lazaroff, looked like Deconstructed Third Reich, and probably the reason it failed.

There was also a restaurant in Newport Beach, CA at Fashion Island back in the early 90's, also, there is a restaurant in Costa Mesa, CA at South Coast Plaza (it was closed for a while getting a remodel) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.203.191.93 (talk) 09:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

johannes
So where does the "Johannes" in his name come from? Macetw (talk) 16:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Where's the pizza??
I couldn't help but notice that pizza was not mentioned in this article. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Wolfgang Puck famous for his gourmet pizza?? I searched other sites and they all mentioned that he was famous not only because of Spago, but because of his pizza varieties that had never been done before. I believe this fact should be emphasized in this article. Please tell me if I am wrong!! When I asked my Mom who Wolfgang Puck was, she said, "Isn't he that pizza guy?" That was the only thing she could remember of him. I was reading the Wikipedia article when she said this, and had no idea what she was talking about. Other than that, I believe the article is very clear.

Here's History.com http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/official-oscars-chef-wolfgang-puck-born — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.151.192.102 (talk) 21:02, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

FIX THIS ARTICLE
I don't know how to fix wikipedia articles so someone come fix this. The front page is broke at the moment. The info that's supposed to be under the picture is in the article and it looks all broken. 24.187.12.73 (talk) 23:44, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Source of Puck name
The current text says "At that time, he changed his professional name to Puck because he thought his surname was hard to pronounce. He playfully picked a swear word that began with the letter F but changed the first letter to prevent it from being obscene." This sounds like he made a free choice and picked a name that was close to a common obscenity. A source is cited, but my copy of that book contains no such story. (Maybe some other edition does?) Previously, the article said (without citing a source) that Puck's name came from his stepfather Josef Puck. I suspect this change was either an error based on an urban legend or just plain vandalism. I've re-written this section based on an apparently reputable online source. Comments welcome. 71.197.166.72 (talk) 07:15, 24 February 2016 (UTC) {{archive