All posts containing the tag: "wolfgang puck"
Posted Sep 18th 2009 12:45AM by TMZ Staff
Wolfgang Puck has a P.R. problem -- one Kanye West ... and he's screwing with the menu.
CUT -- Wolfgang's Bev Hills restaurant -- has menus with pics of various celebs on the cover, including Kanye West, President Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Angelina Jolie.
Last night, several tables got dealt Kanye menus and complained to the server, who obliged by trading up.
We spoke with the manager of CUT, who confessed people were handing back Kanye menus even before his hateful VMA stunt last Sunday. We think you know his record.
But truth be told, the manager says people have also turned back menus featuring Obama and Arnold.
The restaurant will boldly continue to deal in Kanye.
Filed under: Kanye West, Exclusives
Tags: cut, kanye west, KanyeWest, menu, president barack obama, PresidentBarackObama, restaurant, wolfgang puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Aug 1st 2009 12:28AM by TMZ Staff
Does a restaurant need to put up a "Caution: Wet Floor" sign if the floor isn't actually wet?
A woman from Michigan is suing Wolfgang Puck over an incident she claims went down at his Beverly Hills restaurant Spago back in 2007. According to a lawsuit filed last month, the woman claims she slipped and fell on the floor -- not because the floor was wet, per se, but because of "an overly slick finish on its wood floor." This is the same kind of person who sues because the coffee is too hot.
Anyway, the woman claims she fell and suffered "disabling and serious personal injuries" as well as "shock and injuries to her nervous system."
She is seeking unspecified damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: lawsuit, spago, wolfgang puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Apr 28th 2009 2:30AM by TMZ Staff
Wolfgang Puck is being sued over a restaurant bathroom -- not because a woman claims it was covered in "urine and feces" -- but because someone allegedly ripped her off the crapper while she was in mid-squat.
The woman claims she just wanted to take care of some toilet business during a lunch at Puck's most famous Beverly Hills restaurant, Spago back in 2007. But according to the lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, the bathroom floor was covered in "standing pools of urine and feces" -- and the only usable toilet didn't have a lock on the door.
Here's where it gets messy -- the woman, Majorie Linden, claims she had to use one of her hands to hold the door closed while she took care of business on the throne. But mid-squat, with her hand stuck firmly on the handle, another woman allegedly yanked the door open causing Linden to fall "face-first onto the tile floor."
Marjorie claims the fall broke her back, messed up her knee, and caused serious mental damage -- among other things. Needless to say, she's suing.
But reps for Spago claim the woman is completely full of crap when it comes to the cleanliness of their bathrooms -- "In our 27 years of business we've never had an issue close to this ... that portion of the claim is totally without merit."
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: beverly hills, BeverlyHills, feces, lawsuit, Majorie Linden, MajorieLinden, spago, urine, wolfgang puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Jan 20th 2009 1:34PM by TMZ Staff
Today Barack Obama joins the exclusive ranks of an illustrious list of people ... like Heidi and Spencer!
Along with images of iconic celebs like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, the walls of Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills restaurant CUT feature the image of President Barack Obama and -- believe it or not -- everyone's favorite douchebag couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. For the record, the Speidi pics are the closest to Barack's pic.
The food at CUT is amazing, but the decor might make you lose your appetite.
Filed under: The Hills, Barack Obama, Heidi & Spencer, Politix
Tags: Barack Obama, BarackObama, Heidi and Spencer, Heidi Montag, HeidiAndSpencer, HeidiMontag, Spencer Pratt, SpencerPratt, Wolfgang Puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Sep 22nd 2008 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
By adding portraits of Heidi & Spencer to the A-list covered walls of CUT restaurant in Bev Hills, Wolfgang Puck definitely "jumped the shark" this weekend. Just don't try asking him what that means.
Filed under: The Hills, Heidi & Spencer
Tags: heidi montag, HeidiMontag, spencer pratt, SpencerPratt, wolfgang puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Mar 2nd 2007 1:12PM by TMZ Staff
Why is everybody concerned about not revealing the hosts of the parties catered by Wolfgang Puck's catering company, which exposed hundreds of guests to the Hepatitis A virus? Wolfgang Puck's people wouldn't tell us, and the head of Public Health for Los Angeles County won't tell us, despite multiple chances to do so.
And so we're wondering: What is it about these hosts that makes Puck's company and the L. A. County Department of Public Health think that it's better to keep the hosts' identities secret than to get the word out as quickly and widely as possible, using the media to help prevent the spread of the virus?
An official from Public Health told TMZ earlier in the week that some of the hosts were "very high profile people." To that we say, so what?
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, the Director of Public Health for LA County, tells TMZ, "I don't believe that broad notification is the best way to reach people. It is much better for the people who hosted these parties to contact their guests directly." But why, we ask?
Fielding says that yesterday, after TMZ put pressure on County officials, the Department gave hosts of these parties a letter, warning them of their exposure. He said that his staff would work with the hosts "today and Monday" to confirm that their guests would be notified, but could not guarantee that all would get the notice.
And again, when pressed, neither Dr. Fielding nor Puck's people could provide a specific legal rationale for not revealing the names of the hosts of these parties. Dr. Fielding cited "privacy concerns" and the fact that some of the parties were held in private homes.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Tags: Hepatitis A, HepatitisA, Wolfgang Puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Feb 28th 2007 11:45AM by TMZ Staff
The hepatitis scare triggered by an employee working for Wolfgang Puck's catering service is shrouded in mystery.
Puck catered 14 events between February 1 and February 20, at which an employee was infected with acute Hepatitis A. Puck's reps would only confirm one event to TMZ -- a Sports Illustrated party.
So what other events did Puck cater? They won't tell us. They say it's a matter of privacy and it's up to the Los Angeles County Health Department to notify individuals who may have been exposed. We've called the Health Department multiple times today and got the runaround. So what's the deal if someone was at the party and doesn't know he or she was exposed? Sounds pretty much like tough luck.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Tags: Wolfgang Puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Feb 27th 2007 8:00PM by TMZ Staff
An urgent warning has been issued by the Health Department, warning the star-studded crowd who attended the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue party on Valentine's Day that they may have been exposed to acute hepatitis A. The list of possibly exposed guests: Beyonce Knowles, Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Bar Rafaeli, and dozens of ridiculously hot bikini models.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed that an employee of Wolfgang Puck Catering was recently diagnosed with the disease, and has strongly urged anyone who attended the SI party, or any of the 13 other events catered by Puck between Feb. 1 - 20, to get an immune globulin shot by tomorrow to prevent illness.
When contacted, a rep from Puck's catering company would not tell TMZ which other events Puck catered, nor would they reveal how many other people may have been exposed to the illness. They did say, however, that no one who attended Sunday's Governor's Ball at the Academy Awards is at risk.
A rep for Beyonce told TMZ that they "were looking into it."
Filed under: Beyonce Knowles
Tags: Beyonce, Hepatitis A, HepatitisA, Wolfgang Puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Dec 7th 2006 11:23AM by TMZ Staff
Newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and their usual group of pals; Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony hit up Cruise's favorite eatery, Wolfgang Puck's Cut steakhouse in Beverly Hills yesterday, gobbling up steaks before their post-wedding party this weekend.
The meatfest was a warm-up for Saturday's stateside wedding reception, being thrown by Tom's business partner, Paula Wagner, who is opening up her L.A. home to host yet another Oprah-less shindig.
Bring your own couch.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Tom & Katie, Jennifer Lopez
Tags: CUT, jennifer lopez, JenniferLopez, katie holmes, KatieHolmes, marc anthony, MarcAnthony, reception, steakhouse, tom cruise, TomCruise, victoria beckham, VictoriaBeckham, wedding, wolfgang puck, WolfgangPuck
Posted Sep 27th 2006 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes found a sitter for Suri, Connor and Isabella last night and enjoyed a romantic date night at Wolfgang Puck's exclusive CUT steakhouse and lounge in Beverly Hills.
Although Suri made quite a stir when she made her public debut on the cover of Vanity Fair's October issue, TomKat's kitten has yet to go along for a public outing with her parents.
C'mon! Feed that baby a steak!
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Tom & Katie
Tags: beverly hills, BeverlyHills, connor, CUT, isabella, katie holmes, KatieHolmes, steakhouse, suri, tom cruise, TomCruise, tomkat, vanity fair, VanityFair, wolfgang puck, WolfgangPuck
