Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck's 21st menu for the Governor's Ball uses 32 different recipes. "So if you're hungry, you can have a 32-course meal," Puck says.
The salmon Oscar is one of Puck's signature hor d'oeuvres.
"The crispy potato galette is like a latka," Puck says. "They're really delicious because you have the crunchiness and then also the softness of the potato pancake as well as the smoked salmon, which we make ourselves."
Seafood for the night will include 7,500 individual shrimp, 600 Maine lobsters and more.
It wouldn't be a celebrity party in Hollywood without some sushi.
About 400 pounds of chocolate will be used for desserts. "Chocolates should be enjoyed at room temperature," says Kamel Guechida, corporate director of pastry for the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group. "That's when it is perfect."
Puck's signature treat is a minature chocolate Oscar covered in edible 24-karat gold.
The evening's servers will wear Prohibition Era-inspired uniforms designed by the chair of the Governors Ball, Oscar-nominated costume designer Jeffrey Kurland.
There will be 1,350 bottles of Piper-Heidsieck Rare Millesime 2002 Champagne and 600 bottles of Johnnie Walker.
The bar selection will also include Sterling Vineyard wines, David Beckham's Haig Club Scotch whisky and Ketel One vodka.
Table tops will include 150 floral arangements using exotic orchids, calla lillies, hydrangea, roses and succulents from the U.S., Equador, Holland, Colombia and Australia. Assembly of the "thousands and thousands" of flowers will actually begin four days before the show, says celebrity florist Mark Held of Mark's Garden.
Framed photos from past Oscars will be displayed throughout the room and given to guests at the end of the night as keepsakes.
Costum-made illuminated collages of past Oscar winners will decorate the walls.
Designed by Marc Friedland of Marc Friedland Couture Communications, the envelopes containing winner cards come in at about a quarter of a pound. This includes a red satin ribbon and a red-laquered and gold-embossed seal featuring the logo of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm that oversees the Oscars' top secret balloting.
Envelopes with the winner cards are brought to the Dolby Theatre on the day of the show via two secret routes by PwC accountants, who are are backstage to hand each winning envelope to presenters as they walk onto the stage.