Oscars To Serve Plant-Based Menu

Taking a cue from several other awards shows this season, the Oscars will be serving a plant-based menu at the nominees’ lunch in the run-up to the show.

While the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences doesn’t serve dinner during the show, the post-ceremony Governor’s Ball will be serving a menu that is 70% plant-based and 30% vegetarian, fish and meat. 

“The Academy is an organization of storytellers from around the world, and we owe our global membership a commitment to supporting the planet,” the org said in statement.“For the past decade, the Academy has been committed to reducing its carbon footprint. For the past seven years, the Oscars show has had a zero-carbon imprint. We continue to expand our sustainability plan with the ultimate goal of becoming carbon neutral.”

This comes after 3 major awards shows – the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild awards – all served vegan menus. The Hollywood Foreign Press, which organizes the Globes, made a last-minute switch to a vegan menu, and, according to reports, vegan actor Joaquin Phoenix was behind the decision. The menu included king oyster mushroom scallops, wild mushroom risotto and a vegan opera dome for dessert. 

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