Wolfgang Puck is probably one of the most well known chefs in America, and became one of the first “celebrity chefs” in the U.S. with his opening of Spago. Born in Austria, he trained in France before coming to the U.S., making a stop in Indianapolis before settling in Los Angeles. Along with running catering operations (he is the official caterer of the Academy Awards Governor’s Ball), writing cookbooks, hawking his own line of wares on QVC, playing himself and voicing characters in movies (he’ll be playing Chef Smurf in The Smurf Movie), he owns over 15 restaurants, including The Source, located in the Newseum. Between wine dinners, we were able to catch up with the charming chef to ask him about his path to becoming a chef and what inspires him.