Wolfgang Puck's Oscars Party Grocery List

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Eddie Huang On Cooking With Weed (And Cheetos)

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Martha Stewart On Her Ex-Husband: 'He Went Nuts And Left Me! Can You Imagine?'

by Mariella Mosthof

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GIVEAWAY: Tickets To Meet (And Eat With!) Adam Richman And 40 Of NYC's Best Chefs

by Laura Norkin

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Peep Wolfgang Puck’s Complete Oscars Party Grocery List: 20 Pounds Of Truffles, Edible Gold Dust & More

by Mariella Mosthof 3:03 pm, February 24th

Wolfgang Puck and company are busily prepping dishes for tonight’s 1500-guest Governor’s Ball, which will take place after the Academy Awards. Interestingly, there’s a 1:1 ratio of guests attending to bottles of champagne being served; celebrating and commiserating will be conducted in equal parts. The big buzz surrounding this year’s menu is, of course, the high volume of vegan dishes available. With 20 pounds of black and white truffles on the grocery list, we’d have no problem sticking to the veg options. Check out Puck’s entire, insane grocery list below.

6,500 wood-fired Oscar-shaped flat breads
3,500 miso cones
250 pounds troll-caught Atlantic bigeye
17 whole U.S. wild-caught yellowtail
1,300 farmed oysters
5 kilos American farm-raised caviar
600 Maine lobsters
250 pounds sticky rice
50 whole yellowtail snapper
25 gallons spicy mustard
1,250 stone crab claws
200 pounds beluga lentils
300 whole Jidori chickens
400 pounds Snake River Farms New York steak
10 pounds white truffles from Alba, Italy
10 pounds winter black truffles from Burgundy, France
3,500 Kombu chips (seaweed chips)
2,500 Caprese cones
2,750 bacon-wrapped dates
4,500 pieces of truffle and Parmesan grissini
20,000 pieces of California-grown micro greens
6,000 pieces house-made mini brioche buns
5,000 cage-free eggs
200 quarts heavy cream
200 quarts milk
1,000 pounds of Guittard bittersweet chocolate
10 pounds edible gold dust
5,000 mini chocolate Oscars
200 pounds McGrath Farm strawberries
300 pounds Pudwil Farm blackberries
1,600 pounds unsalted butter
20 pounds crème fraiche