Puck Says No To Foie Gras

High profile chef Wolfgang Puck has taken foie gras off his menus. Farm Sanctuary, a organization dedicated to the protection of farm animals, had targetted Puck for an aggressive campaign beginning in 2004, and engaged him and his companies in conversation last summer along with the Humane Society of the United States. Puck's changes aren't limited to foie, but extend to more animal-friendly food practices across the board. According to the New York Times:

He has directed his three companies, which together fed more than 10 million people in 2006, to buy eggs only from chickens not confined to small cages. Veal and pork will come from farms where animals are not confined in crates, and poultry meat will be bought from farmers using animal welfare standards higher than those put forth by the nation’s largest chicken and turkey producers. Mr. Puck has also vowed to use only seafood whose harvest does not endanger the environment or deplete stocks.

Puck is also increasing his vegetarian offerings at all his restaurants as part of a nine-point program he's calling "Wolfgang’s Eating, Loving and Living’ (WELL)." Now we wonder which celebrity chef will be next.

And Farm Sanctuary is having a benefit in NYC this April - it's chaired by Russell Simmons.

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By Laren Spirer in Food on March 22, 2007 3:27 PM

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Thomas

Let the count down until Anthony Bourdain gives Puck a royal smack down in the online begin.....NOW!

celebrityChefsSucksAnyways

WolfGang PUck is a real dork and his cooking is more of a joke than anything else. More reason not to go to his crappy establishments. Generally speaking, the US doesn't really have good cusines, its just a bunch of monkey celebrity wannabes. To the idiots posting about "oh, bravo", shut the f up

sp

i for one LOVE foie gras, and all sorts of other naimals products sqeamish losers turn their noses up to. oh well, too bad for you. bring on the lard.

nick

wolfgang puck seems like such a sweetheart.

smitty

nice!

Jason

Awesome. Show the world that great cuisine does not require meat!

Tom

What's this? An organization using the correct tactics instead of pressuing governments into passing bans?

I'm speechless. Good for the Humane Society.

amanda

Bravo Wolfgang! I hope more high-profile chefs follow his example as well.

Landor

"Now we wonder which celebrity chef will be next." Good question! I hope this announcement marks a trend where the public is more inquisitive about their food sources and where our suppliers respond with better information and more humane farming practices.

I look forward to inviting others to dining at one of Mr. Puck's establishments soon.