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Wolfgang Puck on Anthony Bourdain & fast food

April 30th, 2009, 10:37 am · 8 Comments · posted by Nancy Luna, Staff Writer

In between trips this week to his restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, I had the opportunity this week to interview  food icon Wolfgang Puck.

The carb-counting Puck, 59, is heading to Orange County this Saturday for the grand re-opening of his South Coast Plaza restaurant — Wolfgang Puck Bistro,  located at Macy’s.

We talked about the remodeled eatery, Orange County diners (are we any different than Los Angeles foodies?) and what fast-food restaurant he’s willing to eat at — if forced by his kids. (Hint: It’s not McDonald’s.)

My only regret : I brought up food celebrity Anthony Bourdain during our conversation, which did not go over well. Mentioning the food industry’s current “it man”  to Puck was like bringing up Steve Jobs to Bill Gates. It was not a good idea.

I spotted Anthony Bourdain at a March restaurant conference in L.A. His fave fast food? In-N-Out's Animal-style burger!

“But, does he have a successful restaurant?” Puck counters when I rave about Bourdain’s funny personality.

Ouch! Moving on …

To read the full Q&A interview with Puck, and to get more details on Saturday’s South Coast Plaza event go here: Wolfgang Puck heads to O.C. — OCRegister.com.

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Posted in: Fast food news • In-N-Out Burger • Restaurant openings • Anthony Bourdain • Wolfgang Puck
 

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 8 Comments

• Fork N Knives says:

  April 30, 2009 at 12:10 pm

  I would love to meet Anthony , my friend has gone to dinner with him before.

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• oakley says:

  April 30, 2009 at 12:22 pm

  I LOVE Tony. (Heck, I dreamed about the guy a couple of times.) But yeah, Puck brought up a good point. I know he’s all about traveling and eating now, but I would love to see Tony take on the restaurant challenge. I mean, it was fun as heck to watch him and Eric Ripert worked the line in that one No Reservations special. His restaurant adventure would be cool to watch. Just sayin!

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• Cally says:

  April 30, 2009 at 12:57 pm

  Such egos….Anthony Bourdain is so cool, I love watching “No Reservations”

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• Eric says:

  April 30, 2009 at 2:29 pm

  I can’t figure out how Anothony B can even taste food…………considering how many cigarette’s he smokes……….the guy’s a chain smoker!

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• hanhster says:

  April 30, 2009 at 2:36 pm

  I love Bourdain! Can the OC get an interview w. him instead of Wolfgang who is kinda of passe these days?

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  • Nancy Luna, Staff Writer says:

    April 30, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    Hahhster: I’ll work on it. But, I did have an opportunity to ask Bourdain a question during a speech he gave at a local restaurant conference. I asked if he ate any fast-food, and he said he loved In N Out. He orders Animal-style burgers.

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• Puna says:

  May 1, 2009 at 4:21 pm

  Not sure what Wolfy’s angle was on his “…successful restaurant?” remark. Julia Child, and for that matter, Rachael Ray weren’t restauranteurs either. I suppose a retort question could have been “But, does Puck have a successfully running TV gig?”

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  • carnivore says:

    May 3, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Absolutely. It sounds to me like Puck is jealous. Bourdain DID have a successful restaurant in NYC - Les Halles - but how’s he going to have time to run the restaurant and do his travel gig too … and given the choice, I wonder which one Puck would choose. For the rest of us, it’s a no-brainer.

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