Hundreds of kilos of caviar, black truffle, sushi and tomahawk steak have been shipped to Hollywood for the standard lavish Oscars after-party this Sunday.
They shall be washed down with hundreds of bottles of tequila and champagne on the Governors Ball, the place newly minted Academy Award winners get their statuettes engraved whereas fellow A-listers feast, dance and gossip.
“We make 25,000 small plates,” stated Wolfgang Puck, the movie star chef who’s returning to take cost of the celebration’s menu for a thirty second consecutive yr.
“You can have Japanese food, you can have Austrian food, you can have always the best steak,” the Austrian-born restaurateur advised AFP, as he seared a juicy tomahawk at a Tuesday press preview occasion.
At a time when slimming capsules are ubiquitous in Los Angeles, Puck joked that Tinseltown’s famously weight-obsessed stars can have their Miyazaki beef “with Ozempic instead of spinach” if they like.
Quantities matter at a celebration of this scale: Puck anticipated that 1,200 of his conventional hen pot pies would require 50 kilos (22 kilograms) of black truffle, served alongside 70 kilos of caviar, 1,000 plates of macaroni and cheese, and greater than 200 kilos of tomahawk steak.
A brand new sushi station will characteristic 5 cooks making ready handrolls and nigiri.
Piper-Heidsieck champagne and Dassai sake shall be served together with wines from Domaine Clarence Dillon — and movie-themed Don Julio tequila cocktails.
This yr’s choices embody the “Best in Show,” the “Golden Cut Margarita,” the “Maestro Martini” and “The Sequel,” made with gold vanilla edible paint streaked alongside the aspect.
These are the Mexican and Italian-inspired creations of Lorenzo Antinori, co-founder of Hong Kong’s world-renowned Bar Leone, who has been flown in for the occasion.
As regular, dessert shall be accompanied by hundreds of golden chocolate statuettes, making certain everybody can take an Oscar house.
“I think the reason why people love them so much is because it’s so hard to get a real Oscar, right?” chef Garry Larduinat advised AFP.
“So having one made of chocolate, being able to take it home and be like ‘I was there,’ that’s very special. It’s unique,” he stated. “This is the only place you can get one.”
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