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What do Oscar nominees eat? Menu for the Governors Ball
Thursday, February 22, 2007

According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org), the following is the full menu for Sunday night's 2007 Governors Ball, put together by Wolfgang Puck Catering. Guests will be greeted tableside by the amazing trays of hors d'oeuvres and tapas platters and be near bars and buffets, which later will be transformed into dessert tables.


Trays Passed:

Lobster Tempura with Vanilla Bean and Pineapple
Mini Prime Cheeseburgers with Remoulade and Aged Cheddar
Spicy Tuna Tartare in a Sesame Miso Cone
Dungeness Crab Cake with Marinated Tomatoes and Basil Aioli
Smoked Salmon Pizza with French Farm-Raised Osetra Caviar and Dill Creme Fraiche
Pizza with White Truffles from Alba, Italy
Smoked Salmon Oscars with French Farm-Raised Osetra Caviar

Bar Tables:

Marinated Olives with Rosemary, Chili and Orange
Homemade Flatbread and Grissini
Assorted Bruschetta

Tapas:

Mini Gold-Wrapped Baked Potato with French Farm-Raised Osetra Caviar and Creme Fraiche
Roasted Pumpkin Squash Ravioli with White Truffles from Alba, Italy
Potato Gnocchi Gratin with Gorgonzola
Chinois Chicken Salad with Candied Cashews, Crispy Wontons and Honey Sesame Dressing
Caesar Salad with Parmesan Crostini and Creamy Garlic Dressing
Chopped Chino Farms Vegetable Salad with Spiny Lobster and French Farm-Raised Osetra Caviar
Stir Fried Chicken Lettuce Cup with Thai Basil and Pine nuts
Miso Glazed Black Cod with Sticky Rice and Cucumbers
Celery Root-Apple Soup with Black Truffles
Beet and Goat Cheese Napoleon with Toasted Hazelnuts and Citrus Shallot Vinaigrette

Sushi Station:

Assorted Maki: Spicy Tuna, Lobster & Avocado, California, Smoked Salmon, and Vegetable
Assorted Nigiri: Big Eye Tuna, Yellowtail, Snapper, Salmon, Uni, Unagi and Shrimp
Edamame, Marinated Cucumbers, and Seaweed Salad with Sesame Dressing

Seafood Station:

Spiny Lobster, Jumbo Prawns, King Crab Legs, Kumamoto Oysters, Farm-Raised Mussels and Littleneck Clams
Horseradish Cocktail Sauce, Mustard and Red Wine-Ginger Mignonette

Buffet:

Grilled Snake River Farms Kobe Beef with Bordelaise Sauce
Wasabi Potato Puree
Roasted Organic Chicken Breast
Risotto with Black Truffles from Perigord, France
Spiny Lobster Shanghai Style with Crispy Spinach
Striped Bass En Croute with Sauce Choron
Stir Fried Chino Farms Organic Vegetables
Assorted Organic Breads

Dessert:

Oscar's Sweet Extravaganza, including Meyer Lemon Bars, Valrhona Organic Chocolate Fudge, Hazelnut Marjolaine, McGrath Farm Strawberry Baked Alaska, Fuji Apfelstrudel and Medjool Date Toffee Cake.


Some food for thought about what's involved in the Governors Ball, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:

1,500 guests
900 staff on-site
350 culinary staff
150 technicians
40 musicians
6,000 pieces of hand-polished flatware
500 bottles of Laurent Perrier Champagne
2,000 bottles of Sterling wine
120 lighting color faders
1 mile of rope lights
30,000 square feet of fabric on ceiling
1,000 yards of wall treatment
750 different arrangements in custom-designed wood boxes and antiqued stone containers
10,000 roses woven through pergolas and on table scapes
Gold orchids and rust Calla lilies flown from Holland
Smilax being cut in the Louisiana Bayou for the pergolas
Fruits integrated throughout including kumquats and tangerines
28,000 square feet of carpet
8 tons of steel for scaffolding
24,000 square feet of wood decking
3,600 board feet of lumber
16,000 feet of 1-by-3-inch recycled lumber to create columns, tables and railings
4,050 feet of 1-by-2-inch steel tubing for pergolas
300 pounds smoked wild salmon
100 pounds natural certified Angus beef
600 spiny lobster
10 pounds French farm-raised Osetra caviar
250 whole organic chickens
16 pounds black truffles from Perigord, France
10 pounds white truffles from Alba, Italy
15 whole yellowtails
150 pounds big eye tuna
25 Thai snapper
100 dozen Kumamoto oysters
100 pounds black farm-raised mussels
150 pounds littleneck clams, farm raised
300 pounds jumbo shrimp
550 pounds Snake River Farms Wagyu beef (American Kobe)
25 whole wild striped bass
500 pounds organic Valrhona chocolate

First published on February 22, 2007 at 12:00 am
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