Wolfgang Puck will serve up Wagyu, confit duck, and his coveted pot pie.
Puck has been throwing an Oscars party for decades, but not always the official one. For years Irving “Swifty” Lazar hosted the city’s hottest Academy Awards soiree at Puck’s Spago. “Forget about the Governors Ball, no big star went to that at the time,” Puck. “Swifty’s was the really big party to go to.” When Lazar passed, the Academy approached the celeb chef to help make its fête the one A-listers actually wanted to attend. He agreed, so long as he had autonomy.
When officials tried to meddle that first year, he had none of it. “I still remember my chef calling me saying the organizers were telling them to give them chicken and fish and that we had to do this and do that,” Puck says. “I said to my chef, ‘Tell them to stay out of the kitchen.’” The officials stood down and Puck’s menu was a hit. He’s been back ever since.Puck hopes to keep doing this party for years to come—at the very least until the 100th Academy Awards in 2028.
As for the Academy Awards ceremony itself, he rarely watches it—he’s usually too consumed with making sure the party is ready to go when the Oscars end. However, Puck does have a Best Picture favorite, another star of the ‘80s that just doesn’t quit: “I’m rooting for
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