Fun Facts of the Oscars Awards biggest party!

Grand Rapids, Mich. (WOTV) - If you think you know how to throw a party, then you’ve never seen this Oscars Party throw down! The Oscars Governors Ball is the largest post-Oscars celebration directly following the 85 ^th Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24, 2013. It’s the who’s who of Oscars winners, nominees, presenters and telecast participants.

The extraordinary Hollywood Celebration is held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the top floor of the Hollywood and Highland Center, where the Oscars Awards will take place. Jordan Carson will have the opportunity to speak to Wolfgang Puck again this year, who is now in his 19th year of planning the menu. Here are some of the fun facts of this super star soirée!

Fun Ballroom Facts

 1,500 guests

 950 event staff

 350 culinary staff

 12,000 glasses for beverages

 1,500 bottles of Thienot Champagne

 4,000 small plates

 4,500 ramekins and verrines

 6,000 cocktail forks

 4,500 bamboo skewers

 4 different waiter uniforms totaling 344 specialty costumes designed for the ball

 1.78 million beads in the chandelier rings

 .45 miles of rope and tape light in the chandelier

 CNC Router has spent more than 530 hours cutting the curved shapes used on the décor elements including; laminate flooring, partitions, riser walls, stage plugs and the chandelier

 18,000 LED points of light in the chandelier

 More than 100 suspension points to hang the chandelier

 1,000 sheets of 4’ x 8’ of plywood

 28,000 square feet of ceiling fabric

 12,000 square feet of wall fabric

 Approximately 1,500 yards of assorted metallic damask, metallic silk with velvet trim, peau de soi and hand-embroidered confetti organza with metallic threads for table linens and pillows

 423 furniture pieces

 1,935 yards of fabric to recover furniture

 6.072 feet of metal used to fabricate 302 barstools

 60 feet glass creating custom round, square, rectangle and oval tables

 38 gallons of environmentally friendly custom paint

 2,100 man hours

Fun Food Facts

 6,500 wood fired Oscar shaped flat bread

 3,500 miso cones

 250 pounds troll-caught Atlantic bigeye

 17 whole us wild caught yellowtail

 1300 farmed oysters

 5 kilos American farm raised caviar

 600 Maine lobsters

 7,500 individual us shrimp

 250 pounds sticky rice

 30 gallons cocktail sauce

 50 whole yellowtail snapper

 25 gallons spicy mustard

 1,250 stone crab claws

 1,200 yukon gold potatoes

 200 pounds beluga lentils

 300 whole jidori chickens

 6,000 chestnut tortellini

 400 pounds Snake River Farms New York steak

 10 pounds white truffles from Alba, Italy

 10 pounds winter black truffles from Burgundy, France

 3,500 kombu chips (seaweed chips)

 2,500 caprese cones

 2,750 bacon wrapped dates

 4,500 pieces of truffle and parmesan grissini

 20,000 pieces of California grown micro greens

 6,000 pieces housemade mini brioche buns

 5,000 cage-free eggs

 200 quarts heavy cream

 200 quarts milk

 150 pounds organic sugar

 1,000 pounds of Guittard bittersweet chocolate

 10 pounds edible gold dust

 5,000 mini chocolate Oscars

 200 pounds McGrath Farm strawberries

 300 pounds Pudwil Farm blackberries

 1600 pounds unsalted butter

 20 pounds crème fraiche

 More than 80 local farmers for fruits and vegetables

 All fish and seafood SeafoodWatch compliant

Fun Cocktail Facts

 540 bottles 2007 Sterling Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

 540 bottles 2009 Sterling Vineyards Reserve Chardonnay

 2,280 Total bottles of Sterling Vineyards wine

 13,680 Total glasses of Sterling Vineyards wine

 1,824,000 – number of premium Sterling grapes to create the spectacular wines for the Oscar celebrations

  AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE EVENT: RECYCLE, REUSE, REPURPOSE

Unused, prepared food will be donated to LA Specialty Chefs to End Hunger, an organization established to create awareness, educate and offer ways to contribute to end hunger.

We recycle plastics, metals, glass, paper and cardboard.

Floral arrangements will be composted and floral containers will be recycled.

A percentage of floral arrangements will be donated to homes for the aging.

The plywood used in the design has been repurposed.

The event production office employs energy saving practices.

We use energy efficient LED’s for event lighting