The ceremony of the 91st edition of the Academy Awards, commonly called Oscar, will take place on Sunday 24 February at the historian Dolby Theater from Los Angeles. The coveted 24 golden statuettes will be in the hands of those who, in front of or behind the camera, worked to bring a dream, an idea or a message on the film. As happened in 1961, this year there will not be an official presenter on stage (after the forced resignation of Kevin Hart), actors will be established as well Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy or Gary Oldman to deliver the prizes. After the ceremony, winners and losers will go to celebrate at Governors Ball, or the dinner official organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A dinner charged not only with emotions and glamor, but also with taste and creativity created for 25 years by Wolfgang Puck, starred chef – with a star also on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
After days of stress to wait for them nominations and diets to get beautiful on the red carpet, theafter-party must guarantee a 5-star menu – at least. Moreover, the fact that the stars arrive hungry is something known, so much so that the jokes are not wasted – from pizza in the audience to Brad Pitt is Jennifer Lawrence in 2014 at the snacks of Jimmy Kimmel last year! Fortunately, driving the Governors Ball there is the chef Wolfgang Puck, which has been cooking for Hollywood stars for over a quarter of a century special dishes for a special evening. Food & Wine met him and, in addition to anticipating the menu of the Oscars, he gave very juicy goodies from the past.
Before the Academy asked him to cook for the most glamorous dinner of the year, Chef Puck was already at the stove for movie stars from the mid-eighties in his String, the historic Beverly Hills restaurant. Organized by the agent Irving "Swifty" Lazar, the evening was considered by most like the place to be: "Many watched the awards at the restaurant, ran to the theater on the stage to get the Oscar and then immediately came back!". This is where we saw it coming Michael Jackson is Madonna together after the 62nd edition of the Oscars or a very young couple formed by Tom Cruise is Nicole Kidman. A fable that broke off in 1993, when Lazar went to a better life and the board the Academy calls chef Puck to entrust him with the Governors Ball catering.
Since then many things have changed, as the location moved from the Shrine Auditorium into downtown at the Dolby Theater on brilliant Hollywood Boulevard, or organizing a slimmer dinner as a cocktail because of the request in 2011 of Dawn Hudson, c.e.o. of AMPAS. Others do not change: the statuettes in 24-karat golden chocolate and unleavened bread tartlets with smoked salmon, dill sauce and caviar remain from the beginning. Agnolotti with peas, chicken with black truffle or mac and cheese Truffles are successful dishes, which end up being repeated over the years. The menus have also arrived in the menu vegan and vegetarian options, yet the chef swears he saw characters ordering meat that special evening despite the contrary food choice. Wolfgang Puck he is satisfied with his job and has no intention of leaving the witness, if not his son … "but even in ten years!"
