Gourmet Food

Interesting Facts from the 2007 Oscars Governors Ball

By Brett Moore, About.com

A.M.P.A.S.

1,500 Guests
900 Staff On-Site
350 Culinary Staff
150 Technicians
40 Musicians
6,000 Pieces of Flatware are Hand Polished
500 Bottles of Laurent Perrier Champagne
2,000 Bottles of Sterling Wine
300 lbs. Smoked Wild Salmon
100 lbs. Natural Certified Angus Beef
600 ea. Spiny Lobster
10 lbs. French Farm Raised Osetra Caviar
250 Whole SMART Organic Chickens
16 lbs. Black Truffles from Perigord, France
10 lbs. White Truffles from Alba, Italy
15 Whole Yellowtails
150 lbs. Big Eye Tuna
25 ea. Thai Snapper
100 Dozen Kumamoto Oysters
100 lbs. Black Farm-Raised Mussels
150 lbs. Little Neck Clams, Farm Raised
300 lbs. Jumbo Shrimp
550 lbs. Snake River Farms Wagyu Beef (American Kobe)
25 Whole Wild Striped Bass
500 lbs. Organic Valrhona Chocolate
120 Lighting Color Faders
1/2 Mile of Truss
2500 Feet of Truss Cover
200 Leko Lights
20 Automated Lights
1 Mile of Rope Lights
30,000 Square Feet of Fabric on Ceiling
1,000 Yards Wall Treatment
750 Different Arrangements in Custom Designed Wood Boxes and Antiqued Stone Containers
10,000 Roses Woven through Pergolas and on Table Scapes
Gold Orchids and Rust Calla Lilies Flown in from Holland
Smilax Being Cut in the Louisiana Bayou for the Pergolas
Fruits Integrated Throughout including Kumquats and Tangerines
28,000 Square Feet of Carpet
8 Tons of Steel for Scaffolding
24,000 Square Feet of Wood Decking
3,600 Feet of Timber
16,000 Feet of 1" x 3" Recycled Lumber to Create Columns, Tables and Railings
4,050 Feet of 1" x 2" Steel Tubing Precision Curved to Create the Pergolas

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