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• Began cooking pastries with his mother when he was a child.
• First job in the U.S. was at La Tour in Indianapolis in 1973.
• Wrote his first cookbook, Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen, in 1981. 
• Opened his first restaurant, Spago, in West Hollywood in 1982.
• Has overseen and cooked for the exclusive Governor's Ball post-Academy Awards party since 1995.
• His charity, Wolfgang Puck & Barbara Lazaroff Charitable Foundation, funds the American Wine & Food Festival, which in turn benefits Meals on Wheels.
• Appeared as himself on a number of scripted series, including Who's the Boss?, Frasier and Las Vegas.