We all know that only the best will do for Hollywood's heavyweights, evident in the fact the Oscars goodie bag came to a whopping $200,000. But what most don't realise is that the costs continue to rise even after the awards ceremony comes to an end.
In fact, at Wolfgang Puck's annual Governor's Ball after-party, the food bill came to an astonishing $5 million. Which means you could personally purchase a private island for less than what the Oscars winners wined and dined on post-party.
Thrillist did some number-crunching to figure out the approximate food bill using average prices of items including on Puck's ingredient list, and here's what they found. *all prices in USD
- 9kgs of peanut butter - $46
- 5,000 cage-free eggs - $166
- 800 figs - $240
- 28 litres orange miso vinaigrette - $700
- 1,500 quail eggs - $899
- 90kgs of honey crisp apples - $942
- 204kgs of organic sugar - $1,428
- 45kgs of signature blend prime chuck - $1,498
- 400 heads of cauliflower - $1,600
- 6,500 pieces wood-fired flatbread - $2,921
- 1800 cups heavy cream - $3,145
- 300 whole Jidori chickens - $4,497
- 136kgs of Snake River Wagyu short ribs - $5,000
- 6,000 mini brioche buns - $6,475
- 130 bottles of Haig Club single grain Scotch whisky - $7,228
- 1,000 stone crab claws - $9,983
- 15 of winter black truffles - $15,780
- 1 ton of 70% Fleur de Cao Cacao Barry chocolate - $16,171
- 10 KG of American farm-raised caviar - $19,700
- 79kgs of Parmesan Reggiano -$25,575
- 158kgs of house-smoked salmon - $26,250
- 2,400 bottles of Piper Heidsieck Champagne - $96,000
- 2,700 bottles of Sterling Vineyards wines - $170,100
- 13kgs of edible gold dust - $4,844,362
Add up all that truffle, caviar, champagne and edible gold dust, and you've got yourself a $5,260,706 bill which you could apparently use to buy several private Caribbean islands. We live in a very strange world.