Economy: A world-famous chef lands at Shwechat Airport

an airport. Over 100 restaurants around the world, a star on the Walk of Fame, the gastronomy of Hollywood stars and one of the most famous restaurants in Beverly Hills: Austrian Wolfgang Puck is a global gastronomic legend. Now the famous chef will open his first restaurant in his homeland and will start in mid-December 2021 at Vienna Airport “Wolfgang Puck Kitchen & Bar” with a restaurant, bar and fast food area. The catering facility is operated by SSP – The Food Travel Experts, a long-term catering partner at Vienna Airport.

Airport enrichment

“I am very excited to open this small restaurant in the place where my journey began. I hope that everyone will enjoy what we have prepared for this new location. It is something very special for me,” says celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck. “We are very pleased to intensify our close cooperation with Vienna Airport. At the same time, we are very proud to bring on board a franchise partner in the form of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who, like no other, represents healthy, high-quality international cuisine with culinary roots in Austria”, confirms Oliver Hopp, General Manager, SSP DACH. “With world-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck’s new restaurant, a piece of Hollywood is moving to the airport. In the future, guests will enjoy high-quality cuisine made with the best ingredients in a modern setting. We are very pleased that Wolfgang Puck has chosen Vienna Airport as the location for its first local restaurant. With our long-term culinary partner SSP, the gastronomy show at Vienna Airport will be further upgraded with a special culinary highlight,” says Mag Julian Jäger, Board Member of Flughafen Wien AG. “With world-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck’s new restaurant, a piece of Hollywood is moving to the airport. In the future, guests will enjoy high-quality cuisine made with the best ingredients in a modern setting. We are very pleased that Wolfgang Puck has chosen Vienna Airport as the location for its first local restaurant. With our long-term culinary partner SSP, the gastronomy show at Vienna Airport will be further upgraded with a special culinary highlight,” says Mag Julian Jäger, Board Member of Flughafen Wien AG.

Opening end of the year

The new Wolfgang Puck Restaurant is located in the public area of ​​the arrivals hall and is open to the public for all guests. The restaurant with bar and fast food area serves high-quality food and drinks such as international classics, Wolfgang Puck signature dishes, gourmet pizzas and of course Austrian cuisine on an area of ​​more than 700 square metres. The new restaurant will open in December 2021. Wolfgang Puck has earned two Michelin stars in his global career and now operates more than 100 restaurants from America to Japan; In Europe, it will be represented in Budapest from June 2021. Its success story began in 1982 with the restaurant “Spago” in Los Angeles, which remains one of the most popular trendy restaurants in Beverly Hills to this day. For decades, Wolfgang Puck has been cooking for the stars of Oscar night in Hollywood and soon also all guests at Vienna Airport.