The Tequila and the Acorn ham will be other protagonists of the 97th edition of the Óscar When celebrities and members of the film industry go to the Governments Ball, The party after the delivery of awards held at the Ray Dolby in Los Angeles.
“We want to have food from all over the world, and the Iberian ham is the best in the world and the most representative in Spain. (…) I needed to have that flavor in Oscar’s night,” he said EFE Byron Puck, the director of gastronomy of the group of luxury restaurants headed by his father, the Austrian chef Wolfgang Puck.
This year The party will feature a total of 12 acorn hams of five jotas, Two more than in the previous edition, and three brand masters of the brand will be in charge of distributing it to those who go to the enclosure.
Raúl Garrido, the official master cutter, points to EFE That the secret to cutting this “gastronomic jewel” of Spain is in the tools, the care that is put in doing so and “especially in doing so with love.”
But in addition to this delicacy, Spanish cuisine will also shine through the seafood paella that chefs will prepare for that night.
Wolfgang Puck, who will turn 31 as the chef of this party, confessed to EFE that does not conceptually plan the menu that presents every year and that it is difficult to remember what were the dishes of the last edition, but ensures that one of its missions year after year is to prepare “comforting food”.
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Among them the chicken cake, the favorite of Barbra Streisand and a classic in this party that cannot be missing because otherwise they would say goodbye, Puck jokes.
Byron Puck adds that this March 2 will debut some dishes such as Pad Thai Picantes noodles, the “Beef Wellington” (oxen covered with pate) or the Chinese duck, which requires 12 days of maturation.
In addition, chocolate figures bathed in edible gold, chocolate cigars, sushi or fleshu miyazaki “top quality” are other delights that the approximately 1,500 guests can enjoy.
Tequila and artisanal cocktails
The Mexican cuisine could not be missing in this gala and the rested and white tequila of Don Julio is in charge of representing the country with a series of artisanal created cocktails and exclusively for these awards.
“They are celebration cocktails, we are celebrating the directors, the actors, it is the most important night for them and we wanted to make cocktails that were up to it,” he told EFE The myxologist Charles Joly.
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Each year Joly and his team generate a special tequila cocktail menu for this event inspired by the colors of the gala or the themes of the ceremony and those of this year carry names such as ‘Ovation standing’ or ‘The clear winner’.
Mixologists also wanted to highlight the flavors of Mexico, so these cocktails adorned with gold and ice with the figure of the golden statuette will have notes of Jamaica flower, luche pepper, wide chili or lemons.
The 97 Óscar edition will be held on Sunday, March 2 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, where the film Emilia Pérezby Jacques Audiard and with Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña as protagonists, part like the most nominated for the night.