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Headshot of Wolfgang Puck.
Chef Wolfgang Puck says he's never had to "work" a day in his life.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wolfgang Puck, a 76-year-old chef based in Los Angeles. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

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Smoked salmon pizza
Wolfgang Puck showed me how to make his signature dish, the smoked salmon pizza.
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After all the Academy Awards are passed out, 1,700 of Hollywood's biggest stars flock to the Governors Ball hungry. Wolfgang Puck and his team feed them all. More than 100 chefs are flown in from all over the world to handle the massive scale.