3. Wolfgang Puck ($75 million)
Even without his cooking skills, that name would still sell out in TV industry. Wolfgang. Only Austrians can name their child that cool.
Wolfgang Puck’s mother occasionally worked as a pastry chef. He was drawn into culinary since he was young. And eventually he knew that’s what he is going to do for living.
He may not have his own cooking show. But who has time for that when you are the official caterer for the Academy Awards? However, he did make some time to guest-star several cooking shows, such as Top Chef, MasterChef, and Iron Chef America.
Wolfgang’s $75 million of net worth comes from his own culinary enterprise, Wolfgang Puck Companies. There are more than one hundred culinary operations under these companies. Among them are 25 fine dining restaurants.
His main restaurant is the first one he opened, Spago. If you happened to be in Beverly Hills, stop by for his signature dish: House Smoked Salmon Pizza.
