328 - Wolfgang Puck: Knowing Your Calling is Step One. Following It is Step 2 (A Chef’s Journey)

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Wolfgang Puck is a famous chef who has successfully created an empire in food. At age 14, he worked in his first restaurant. A few weeks in, he was fired. And contemplating suicide. Fast-forward, and Wolfgang became the first "celebrity chef." He's expanded his love of food in every single way: restaurants, cookbooks, catering (he's catered the Oscars.) Now he also has a MasterClass available online. "I always wanted to be in charge of my own destiny," he said. "I thought, 'This is what I was born to do." I don't fully understand destiny. So I wanted to know. How could he actually feel that? How could he know? How could anyone know? Show Notes Wolfgang's MasterClass - "Build Your Cooking Techniques" We talk about some of his restaurants including: Cut Rogue (this one's in LA and only serves 10 people a night) Spago Eric Ripert (famous chef) Chef (a movie starring Jon Favreau) Le Cirque Billy Wilder (famous director) Ma Maison The Wall by Pink Floyd Serena Williams (tennis player) Frank Gehry (architecture) Picasso Four Seasons Freddy Rosen who started Ticketmaster I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:10.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.6	I always wanted to be in charge of my own destiny.
0:20.0	I saw this is what I was born to do.
0:23.0	You know?
0:24.0	She felt that.
0:25.0	How do you feel that?
0:27.0	Like my whole body, my whole spirit changes when I'm in the kitchen or when I'm at the farmers market.
0:33.0	You think it's possible to get started in a field.
0:36.0	If you're a little too old and you can't have the time to learn the ABCs of your craft.
0:40.0	I really think it is important to learn the basics really well.
0:45.0	But I think in this day's imagination is even more important.
0:56.0	Wolfgang Puck.
0:57.0	I almost don't know how to introduce you because it feels like too small to say the first celebrity chef.
1:03.0	That's like a very Hollywoodish way to introduce you.
1:06.0	You're an inspiration for defining success not by the business empire you clearly run.
1:12.0	Or you know the brand around your name.
1:16.0	But you're just love and passion for cooking since the age of 14 or earlier and how you just single mind the lead,
1:23.0	pursued and expanded that interest in every way going from apprentice to chef to chef at Indianapolis to L.A.
1:31.0	To starting restaurants to expanding those restaurants to expanding your name and to other brands to build the fastest growing catering empire.
1:38.0	You cater the Oscars, you want all these Michelin awards.
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