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At the age of 14, Puck’s mother began looking around for a job for her son and stumbled on a job as a cook for a hotel. Puck welcomed the idea. He didn’t get along with his stepfather and sought this opportunity to get out of the house. His stepfather, a disparaging character, believed Puck wouldn’t be able to cut it at work and would be back at home in a few weeks. He left home with carrying the weight of his stepfather’s words.
Three weeks later, the chef found Puck in the den. The chef, outraged that Puck had defied his orders, began yelling in a fury. It was the hotel manager who recognized Puck's persistence and seized the opportunity. He took Puck and sent him to go cook at a sister hotel. The new environment proved Puck was no failure. He excelled in his new environment, soon becoming one of the top students in his apprenticeship. His studies eventually led him to . But the end goal had always been America.
“If you try new things, sometimes they are not successful. Once I opened Eureka and then closed it, I said I stay in the restaurant business. I am not in the beer business, I don’t know it that well. So let’s not do too many different things.”“We always do something to keep the fire burning….I thought after 15 years at the old Spago it was time to change.” Puck decided to redecorate the restaurant to change the ambiance.
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