Inside Wolfgang Puck's 84‑dish Oscars banquet for Hollywood's biggest stars
Wolfgang Puck's team will serve 1,600 guests with 84 luxury dishes including wagyu beef, caviar, and truffle specialties at the official Oscars after-party.
- Wolfgang Puck Catering will serve 1,600 guests at the Governors Ball on March 15, 2026, featuring an 84-item menu following the 98th Academy Awards.
- Driven by tradition and guest appetite, Wolfgang Puck, chef, says his goal is to gather the best ingredients, and his team is catering the 32nd Governors Ball with an 84-item menu for 1,600 guests.
- Putting the banquet together requires 75 savory chefs, 45 pastry chefs, 325 front of house staff, more than 352 pounds of Japanese Miyazaki Farms A5 wagyu, 30 pounds of Kaluga caviar, 3,000 chocolate Oscar replicas, and two gallons of 24K liquid gold.
- Each Hollywood A-lister at the Governors Ball receives a dark chocolate mini Oscar statuette, and Oscar nominees get an Everyone Wins gift bag valued at about $350,000.
- Puck times kitchen service to award announcements, saying 'Let’s get everything ready, let’s get the Chicken Pot Pie in the oven' when Best Director is presented, and 'You know, most of the people did not eat all day long. So when they come out, everybody is famished, you know?' said Puck.
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