Rodeo Drive, now world-renowned, began as little more than a bridle path. Pioneering designers, hoteliers and entrepreneurs transformed it into a rival to New York’s Fifth Avenue — with sun, palm trees and Hollywood sizzle. Rodeo Drive-The Podcast brings a taste of this famed three-block stretch in Beverly Hills to listeners around the world.
Welcome to Season 5 of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast! Tune in for more fascinating conversations with leading international figures in fashion, design and architecture, hospitality, media and entertainment. Hear Cameron Silver on the revival of the caftan, Sophie and Didier Guillon of La Maison Valmont on bringing ultra-luxe skin care to the capital of beauty culture, Maximilian Büsser on his “radical” watchmaking adventure with his horological friends, and much more. Guests will share personal stories and insights with host Lyn Winter, who brings you behind the scenes on the world’s best-known three blocks in retail. Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Season 5 follows four seasons of conversations with fashion, design, art, architecture and entertainment luminaries, retailers, collectors, chroniclers, makers and creators, including Mattia Agazzi, Nicolas Bijan, Joan Juliet Buck, Ruth E. Carter, Nicole Chapoteau, Michael Chow, Anne-Lise Cremona, Carolina Cucinelli, Jeffrey Deitch, Simon Doonan, José Eber, Pari Ehsan, Sara Gay Forden, David Foster, Steven Gaines, Robert Hayman, Stephen Jones OBE, Iris Ko, Jay Leno, Humberto Leon, Ming Liu, Faye McLeod, Amanda Mille, Booth Moore, Wolfgang Puck, Stefano Ricci, Dame Zandra Rhodes, Royal Kennedy Rodgers, Antwaun Sargent, Dirk Schönberger, Tamtam, Kathy Vance, Rayni Williams, Sergio Zambon, and Alyssa Payne and Sebastian the Standard Poodle.
Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.
Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube. Check back in regularly for what’s next in the series.
Contact
Lyn Winter, Inc., (213) 446-0788, rodeodrive@lynwinter.com.
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Rodeo Drive, now world-renowned, began as little more than a bridle path. Pioneering designers, hoteliers and entrepreneurs transformed it into a rival to New York’s Fifth Avenue — with sun, palm trees and Hollywood sizzle. Rodeo Drive-The Podcast brings a taste of this famed three-block stretch in Beverly Hills to listeners around the world.
Welcome to Season 5 of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast! Tune in for more fascinating conversations with leading international figures in fashion, design and architecture, hospitality, media and entertainment. Hear Cameron Silver on the revival of the caftan, Sophie and Didier Guillon of La Maison Valmont on bringing ultra-luxe skin care to the capital of beauty culture, Maximilian Büsser on his “radical” watchmaking adventure with his horological friends, and much more. Guests will share personal stories and insights with host Lyn Winter, who brings you behind the scenes on the world’s best-known three blocks in retail. Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Season 5 follows four seasons of conversations with fashion, design, art, architecture and entertainment luminaries, retailers, collectors, chroniclers, makers and creators, including Mattia Agazzi, Nicolas Bijan, Joan Juliet Buck, Ruth E. Carter, Nicole Chapoteau, Michael Chow, Anne-Lise Cremona, Carolina Cucinelli, Jeffrey Deitch, Simon Doonan, José Eber, Pari Ehsan, Sara Gay Forden, David Foster, Steven Gaines, Robert Hayman, Stephen Jones OBE, Iris Ko, Jay Leno, Humberto Leon, Ming Liu, Faye McLeod, Amanda Mille, Booth Moore, Wolfgang Puck, Stefano Ricci, Dame Zandra Rhodes, Royal Kennedy Rodgers, Antwaun Sargent, Dirk Schönberger, Tamtam, Kathy Vance, Rayni Williams, Sergio Zambon, and Alyssa Payne and Sebastian the Standard Poodle.
Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.
Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube. Check back in regularly for what’s next in the series.
Contact
Lyn Winter, Inc., (213) 446-0788, rodeodrive@lynwinter.com.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
At age 14, a country boy left an abusive home to take a job peeling potatoes in a nearby restaurant. Two decades later he was a legendary chef, restaurateur, and caterer to the stars in Hollywood.
Wolfgang Puck shares his extraordinary journey on Rodeo Drive: The Podcast, Season Four, in a conversation with Lyn Winter.
Born in a rural village in Austria, Puck set off on his own after middle school and worked his way to the top of fine dining in Provence, Paris and Monte Carlo before arriving in Los Angeles, where he transformed Ma Maison and then launched the game-changing Spago in West Hollywood and then Beverly Hills, followed by Chinois On Main, and now CUT by Wolfgang Puck Restaurant and Lounge at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel.
Along the way, he invented the open kitchen, introduced Asian fusion, elevated farm-to-table produce and became the caterer for the Oscars. Now his empire spans more than 27 restaurants around the globe, cookware, wine and coffee lines, best selling cookbooks and a documentary film. He has a star on Hollywood Boulevard, a character based on him in an animated TV show, and is studying at Harvard.
Puck talks about the twists and turns on his path to success, including the challenges of seating the stars in the most popular restaurant in town. He recalls feeding Lionel Ritchie and Jimmy Connors on the staircase, creating smoked salmon pizza for Joan Collins, and sealing the deal to cater the Academy Awards.
“I said, ‘I don't tell you how to make the movie, you don't tell me what to cook,’ and that was it. And they said, okay, and they were happy because they didn't have to choose. Before they used to get into fights; one wanted chicken, one wanted fish, one wanted steak, and so forth.”
He recollects the violence in his life, first from a terrible stepfather and then in the kitchens of his early days. “It used to be totally, totally crazy in the kitchens, you know. And for what? … But normally, if they mess up something, I just show them how to do it the right way, right. It's easier than yelling at them.”
And he expresses the joy of foraging for fresh vegetables, dating back to his childhood with his beloved mother, also a cook.
“If you ask me, ‘what do you prefer, going shopping at Neiman Marcus or to the farmers market’? There is no doubt that we'll go to the farmers market. So for me, our cooking is all about the ingredients. If we get the best ingredients and then we don’t mess them up we're going to have good food.”
Finally, Puck talks about bringing in the next generation and his son Byron, even though he has no plans to stop working himself, “I get excited about everything…to me, continuing doing what you love to do and when you're passionate about it, that's what life is all about.”
Season Four of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.
Season Four Credits:
Executive Producer and Host: Lyn Winter
On behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kathy Gohari
Scriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances Anderton
Editor: Hans Fjellestad
Theme music by Brian Banks
Production Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso.
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