87th Oscars® Governors Ball
Ball Production by Cheryl Cecchetto / Sequoia Productions
Menu Created by Wolfgang Puck with Chef Partner Matt Bencivenga & the Wolfgang Puck Pastry Team
including Kamel Guechida, Corporate Director of Pastry for the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group; Jason
Lemonnier, Los Angeles Pastry Chef for Wolfgang Puck Catering; and Della Gossett, Executive Pastry Chef at
Spago Beverly Hills. Restaurant-style service directed by Carl Schuster, CEO Wolfgang Puck Catering.
Fun Ballroom Facts
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1,500 guests
Team of 10 maître d’ staff
950 service and support staff
375 culinary staff
13,000 glasses for beverages
4,000 small plates
4,500 ramekins and verrines
6,000 cocktail forks
4,500 bamboo skewers
4 miles of cabling to support microphones and
speakers
More than 700 individual lighting instruments
will be installed
The equivalent of 50 semi-tractor trailers are
used to transport the materials to produce the
event
More than 6,800 square feet of custom painted
brick and mortar backdrops for the side walls
2,500 heavy duty zip ties
2,000 feet of PVC pipe
The electronics in a single wireless
microphone are more advanced than the AGC
computer that NASA used to send men to the
moon
Nearly 300 individual speaker cones,
customizing the sound for each table
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Approximately 30,000,000 feet of copper wire
used in the electrical and audio system to light
the party
More than half a mile of truss supporting the
ceiling
More than 2 miles of chain and steel holding
up the truss ceiling
Audio system has $1,000,000 worth of the
equipment that will be operated from an iPad
4,500 linear feet of wood
220 yards of rich textures and trimmed fabrics
(burnout velvet, embossed chiffon,
embroidered taffeta, crushed velvets, woven
tapestries)
650 yards of smoke out fabric used for wall
treatment
Smoke out fabric takes a crew 12 days to sew
500 yards of jewel color beaded trim, heavy
aubergine fringe and faux Persian lamb fur trim
accents on many of the tablecloths
More than 7.5 miles of melt away thread
Blooms from Ecuador, Columbia, Netherlands,
New Zealand and the United States
Each handmade blossom has 500 individual
rose petals
Blooms are a mixture of exotic orchids and
calla lilies with multi-toned hydrangeas, roses
and succulents
Fun Food and Beverage Facts
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6,500 wood-fired Oscar-shaped flat bread
3,500 miso cones
250 pounds troll-caught Atlantic Bigeye
17 whole US wild-caught yellowtail
1,300 farmed oysters
5 kilos of American farm-raised caviar
600 Maine lobster
7,500 individual US shrimp
250 pounds sticky rice
30 gallons cocktail sauce
50 whole yellowtail snapper
1,250 stone crab claws
350 pounds house smoked salmon
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125 pounds five-year aged Gouda
175 pounds Parmesan Reggiano
100 pounds five-year aged white Cheddar
15 pounds rosemary
1,500 Yukon gold potatoes
10 pounds winter black truffles from Burgundy,
France
300 whole Jidori chickens
3,500 pieces housemade seeded lavosh
3000 homemade bread sticks
5 gallons homemade pimento cheese
1,000 grilled cheese sandwiches
6,000 pieces mini brioche buns
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50 pounds each baby golden, red and stripe
beets
375 pounds Dover sole
1,675 artichoke quarters
1,500 parsnip chips
2,325 quail eggs
5,250 handmade celery root agnolotti
3,750 homemade pretzels
2,000 beet latkes
10 gallons orange miso vinaigrette
50 pounds Comice pears
120 pounds Kabocha squash
50 pounds fennel
5,000 cage-free eggs
450 quarts heavy cream
450 quarts milk
350 pounds organic sugar
1 ton of 70% Fleur de Cao Cacao Barry
30 pounds edible gold dust
1,500 assorted mini cookies
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30 gallons Earl Grey ice cream
2,450 lollipop sticks
2,500 pieces of vanilla caramel
20 pounds shredded coconut
4,000 goji berries
1,750 individual violet crème Brulee
25 pounds peanut butter
100,000 pieces dark chocolate couverture
pistoles
6,000 mini chocolate Oscars
2,000 custom Oscar boxes
Locally grown produce, eggs and dairy
1,350 bottles of Piper-Heidsieck Rare
Millesime 2002 Champagne
2,400 bottles of Sterling Vineyards 2012
Limited Edition Red Carpet Reserve and 2013
Limited Edition Gold Standard Reserve
All fish and seafood Seafood Watch compliant