The red carpet for the 97th Academy Awards has been rolled out, and as the stars get ready for Hollywood's big night, the incomparable culinary team from Wolfgang Puck has prepared for the post-awards meal at the annual Oscars Governors Ball.
The world renowned chef and restaurateur exclusively revealed the new menu earlier this month for the famed Oscars after-party on "Good Morning America," and on Friday he joined to spotlight some tasty new bites and walk through the preparation that goes into pulling this menu off.
Puck, along with his son Byron and catering team, will pass around canapés including his signature smoked salmon Oscar statuettes during what will be Puck's 31st year hosting and serving his culinary creations for the A-list event.
"The things I think we're most excited about this year are going to be a little bit of our heritage, some of the Austrian desserts that are coming into play. The Sacre torte, a really classic Austrian cake, but my personal favorite is gonna be the apple strudel," Byron Puck said on Friday.
When they first revealed the menu on "GMA," the father and son duo previously said, "We're so excited to be cooking again this year at the Governor's Ball for the Oscars."
They will be cooking "traditional chicken pot pie, macaroni and cheese, and also some amazing inventive dishes [that] everybody's gonna be excited about," Puck revealed.
Puck and his team developed 70 new dishes for the already impressive menu.
The new savory and sweet highlights include potato pave with steak tartare, wild mushroom and pea shumai, popcorn shrimp with fried rice and chili garlic crunch, a new izakaya station, a Taste of London station with classic toad-in-the-hole, Buldak-style spicy chicken and corn cheese pizza, shrimp tacos, loaded cauliflower, piña colada Oscar silhouette eclairs, tropical "Kit Kat" bars, and bourbon and caramelized pecan Paris-Brest, to name a few.
With 400 pounds of smoked salmon at the ready for Puck's matzo salmon Oscars, 220 pounds of potatoes for his bougie tots, and the all new piña colada eclairs, the culinary soirée is already shaping up to be a smash hit.
Check out a first-look at the full menus below.
Comedian Conan O'Brien will host the 97th Academy Awards, airing live on ABC on Sunday, March 2, beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
The ceremony, taking place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, will also stream live on Hulu for the first time.
An earlier version of this story was first published Feb. 13, 2025 when Wolfgang Puck first exclusively announced the new menu.
