Hollywood, Jan 13: Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has unveiled the A-list menu that will be served to the Oscar crowd after this year`s Academy Awards ceremony. It is traditional that winners and nominees attend what`s known as the Governors Ball directly after the event, but before going on to a variety of exclusive parties. Puck creates a new menu every year but says there is always one thing that is included.
"Once people sit down, every table is going to have four platters of salads and appetizers because people really want to eat as soon as they sit down. We make our smoked salmon Oscars with caviar every year. That`s one thing we never leave out because people really expect it," Puck said.
The interior design for the Governor`s Ball has been produced for 16 years by Cheryl Cecchetto. She says this year`s theme is that of an intimate club. "If you think about what the trend is, it`s sort of clean lines, sharp edges. That`s sort of what the look is. So I really wanted to create a modern-day club that really gave us a fresh, new hot image," she said. Cecchetto also arranges the seating for the 1,600 guests including winners, nominees, studio executives and the entourage around California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Puck also described the main course the stars will consume. "We have braised Kobe beef and lobster. Now the Kobe beef is cooked for six hours in red wine with a little bit of onion, garlic, celery, carrots, thyme, a little rosemary, and then we reduce the sauce and serve it with pumpkin puree. Then we have fresh garden vegetables and the lobster is cooked in puff pastry so that everybody can get a great flavour of the truffles. As soon as you cut into it, the flavour comes out. Not only it looks good, but also it keeps everything hot." And for dessert, there is another delicious Hollywood tradition made with real gold.
"Everybody is going to get a gold-covered Oscar. This is 24-karat gold, so we wrap them up for people and people love to take them home because everybody is going to get an Oscar from us. You can see it`s 24-karat gold. It`s edible. Valrhona chocolate. And then for the main dessert, we have a six-layer chocolate cake with coffee creme inside and a beautiful sugar sculpture on top, so it`s simple, elegant, and delicious," Puck said.
The 77th Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on February 27th.
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