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The first Spago location opened in 1982, on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, with Mark Peel as chef de cuisine under Puck. The second Spago restaurant opened at The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, on the Las Vegas Strip in 1992. It was closed in 2017 and relocated to Bellagio Las Vegas in spring 2018. [2]
The first menu, including the famous BBQ Chicken Pizza, was developed by Ed LaDou, then the pizza chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant. CPK became an immediate success, and the company expanded throughout Southern California. By 1992, there were 26 CPKs. [12] Flax and Rosenfield served as co-CEO and co-chairmen of CPK from 1985 through to ...
In 1985, Puck received a Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in a ceremony at Denver, Colorado, presented by Awards Council member Ray Charles. [14] In 1993, Spago Hollywood was inducted into the Nation's Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame. [15] The next year it received the James Beard Restaurant of the Year Award.
Wolfgang Puck, in 1980 and 1981, was preparing to open the restaurant that would make him famous, Spago, in West Hollywood, California. Initially conceived as a pizzeria, Spago's was modeled after the upstairs cafe at Chez Panisse. [4] [10] He was so impressed with the pizza LaDou had made for him at Prego, he hired LaDou as head pizza chef.
An Italian restaurant, Carmine's, opened in 2013. At 27,000 sq ft (2,500 m 2), it is among the largest restaurants on the Strip. [112] [113] Several new restaurants were added in 2019, including Water Grill, which took the former Spago space. [114] In 2022, Bill and Giuliana Rancic opened the RPM Italian restaurant. [115]
In May 1997, Lazaroff and Puck owned 36 restaurants together, with ObaChine in Seattle, featuring Southeast Asian cuisine and decor, being the 36th. At the close of 2019, Lazaroff co-owns Spago Beverly Hills, Spago Las Vegas and Spago Maui, Chinois on Main, Trattoria del Lupo, Postrio Bar & Grill, and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Las Vegas.
In the summers of 2022 and 2023, she hosted Beachside Brawl, and from August through November 2022, she served as co-host of Guy's Ultimate Game Night. In January 2025, she will co-host season 28 of Worst Cooks in America , replacing original host Anne Burrell .
Yard has served as a chef in several Wolfgang Puck restaurants, including Spago, [10] [7] [8] Rainbow Room and Tribeca Grill. [2] She also served as chief operating officer, Restaurant Division at iPic Entertainment, a national entertainment group known for their upscale movie theaters, in-cinema dining, and restaurants.