Monday, July 9, 2007

WOLFGANG PUCK IS DOWN WITH SISTAHS, MARRIES ONE!

Wolfgang Puck married Ethiopian native Gelila Assefa in a three-day celebration on the Italian island of Capri.

PEOPLE is reporting that the celebrity chef and the handbag designer hosted a wedding reception for 250 guests Saturday on a hillside above the Grand Hotel Quisisana. The bride wore a J. Mendel gown and custom-designed Christian Louboutin shoes.

Famous for his Oscar parties, Puck brought his own catering team to prepare a menu using the lemons of Capri for his 58th birthday brunch Sunday at Quattro Passi Restaurant.

Puck and Assefa, 38, met in Los Angeles, where Puck first established Spago 25 years ago and where Assefa was studying. We remember when Gelila started hosting at the restaurant when she was just starting out right after fashion school at L.A.'s FIDM. She's good people!

Congratulations to the two, who have two sons, Oliver, 2, and Alexander, 7 months.