Oscars after-party – what’s on the menu for the Hollywood elite? Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck opens up
- Puck, who has catered for the Governor’s Ball for 25 years, will be serving golden Oscar statues, caviar, quail, lobster and other delicacies
- The celebrity chef says the menu will reflect the international make-up of the film industry
They will nibble on Oscar shaped flatbreads topped with smoked salmon and caviar, sip French champagne and sink their teeth into tiny chocolate Oscar statuettes.
Nothing is too good for Hollywood’s elite, who will be wined and dined after the Academy Awards on Sunday by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck.
Puck has catered the extravagant post-Oscars party – the Governors Ball – for decades, preparing thousands of dishes for the 1,500 guests, including the night’s winners.
“We have been doing the Oscars for 25 years, which is really amazing,” the 69-year-old chefsaid on Thursday during a tour of his kitchen where he was prepping for the extravaganza.
“I remember the first time we did it, it was in downtown LA, at the Shrine Auditorium,” he added. “We built the kitchen in the car park, it was raining and windy, it was so difficult. Now we have two state-of-the art kitchens, so it makes it much easier.”
Sunday’s menu, he said, will feature some classics that are always hits with party goers, including wood-fired crispy flatbreads – 6,500 of them – with crème fraîche, smoked salmon and caviar.