Wolfgang Puck, whose combination of classic French techniques and California and Asian influences helped lay the groundwork for the fusion-cooking movement in the U.S., will keynote ICSC’s Food for Thought Conference, to be held March 9–11 in Santa Monica, Calif.
His empire
Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group: 26 restaurants
Wolfgang Puck Catering
A stacked IMDb page
Wolfgang Puck Worldwide
- Home Shopping Network kitchen line
- Wolfgang Puck Cooking School, launched online in 2016
- Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen, a column that runs in 30 newspapers and reaches some 5.3 million people every week
- Seven cookbooks, including Wolfgang Puck Makes It Healthy
- Packaged foods and coffees
Coming up: HBO Max just ordered up an eight-part, unscripted documentary that goes behind the scenes of Wolfgang Puck Catering jobs, including the post-Oscars Governors Ball
His newest restaurant
What: Wolfgang Puck Players Locker
Who: Joint venture with five players from the Vegas Golden Knights NHL team
Where: Downtown Summerlin mixed-use complex, west of Las Vegas
When: Grand opening Feb. 24
‘Cool’ factor: Diners can rent their own lockers and stock them with their own collections of alcohol, wine and rare spirits
By Brannon Boswell
Executive Editor, Commerce + Communities Today
