Chef Reveals Oscars 2026 Menu Amid Ozempic Craze

The Governor's Ball is one of the last major bashes celebrating awards season and comes after a slew of other extravagant ceremonies - many of which also served food.

Puck was unfiltered when asked what he thought of the food at past awards shows.  

'I don't give a s**t!' he replied. 'I only care about us!' 

This year's menu consists of his usual staples chicken pot pie and Oscar shaped chocolates, however he's  also introducing some new menu items for the 2026 bash. 

'Well, food, when somebody is hungry, you want comfort food,' Puck told The Daily Mail. 'And some people like innovation, but comfort food is different things for different people. Like this year, we set up a big sushi station in the dining room with five Japanese sushi chefs, and they're going to make fresh nigiris, fresh hamachis, fresh hand rolls and everything. 

'So it's going to be made to order just like if you go to the best Japanese restaurant. So, for me, that's really special, because I love Japanese food too. And then we have our beef from Japan, which we've served already for a few years now, because it's the best beef in the world.'

This year's annual gala menu will also feature Domaine Clarence Dillon wine, Don Julio tequila cocktails, Dassai sake, Piper Heidsieck champagne. Gorgeous floral arrangements will be on display throughout the room by celebrity florist Saco Sarkissian of Petals LA.

'​​We make a tomahawk steak, so we're going to slice it to order,' Puck says. 'We're going to even have an English special. We're going to have fish and chips, but fried to order with a few potato chips in it, the fish in it, the spicy sauce on it. You know, the English normally don't eat a spicy sauce with it, but we spice it up with some jalapeno and with some other chilies and so it's going to be really delicious and you can bite it, have a glass of champagne, and you're fine.'

Puck has dealt with just about every kitchen crisis imaginable at this point in his career, and he and his team are prepared for anything anyone needs on the big night.

'Well, we have five chefs, who just do special occasions, special dishes,' Puck explains. 'I remember when Martin Scorsese was here. And he says, 'Can you just make me a good pasta with basil, tomato, and garlic?' Well, it's not on our menu. We made it. When Ang Lee won for Best Director for Brokeback Mountain, we made him a Chinese steamed fish, a Hong Kong style steamed fish with a little chilies on top. Fried some bok choy and some rice, and he said, 'How did you know I like steamed fish so much?''

With names like Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner and Michael B. Jordan expected to come through after the awards show ends, the father-son duo already has ideas in mind on what to serve special for their famous guests.

'I think Leo DiCaprio and Sean Penn,' the elder Puck says of who he's looking forward to cooking for most. 'I mean, he did such a great job in the movie. So, I hope they come and when they're going to get the Oscar engraved, I bring them in the kitchen and make them some delicious steak.'

'I know that Leo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro and [Paul Thomas] who made the movie. They love Cut. So I had them at Cut. What did they eat? The Snake River Farms steak. The New York. So we're going to have it this year. I made it special because I think they're going to win. If not, I have the Oscar ready for them.'

'I think one of the things that they're going to love are going to be our Cut sliders,' Byron adds of Chalamet and Jenner's taste buds. 'It's actually one of the dishes we are bringing from London as well. But every time that he's dined in the past with us as well, I know that that's always something that just gets put down, so to speak. So we're going to be pushing that out of the kitchen all night, but I think they're going to go for it.'

While the 99th Oscars are still a ways away, with the weight loss craze in Hollywood showing no signs of slowing down, Puck is looking ahead for ideas for next year.

'Maybe next year we have an Ozempic station next to it and they can eat as much as they want!' jokes Puck. 'Soon restaurants can sell that, too!'

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The 98th Academy Awards will air live on ABC and stream on Hulu on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.

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