The Governors Ball will feature dozens of dishes created by chef Wolfgang Puck and his kitchen team. (photo by Valerie Durant/©A.M.P.A.S.)

Academy governor Lois Burwell, event producer Cheryl Cecchetto and chef Wolfgang Puck will team up for the annual Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars celebration, which will immediately follow the 92nd Oscars ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 9. 

The ball’s 1,500 invited guests include Oscar winners and nominees, show presenters and other participants. 

For the third time as the Academy’s Awards and Events Committee chair, Burwell will oversee the décor, menu and entertainment planning of the ball. Burwell, a member of the Academy since 1997, is currently serving her second term as Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch Governor.

Cecchetto, who has helped produce the Governors Ball for 31 years and her Sequoia Productions team will collaborate with Burwell on every aspect of the production including concept, design, on-site construction, day-of execution and management.

Puck, Vice President of Culinary Eric Klein and a kitchen team of 200 will bring a menu of more than 70 imaginative dishes to life.  Stations will feature vegan dishes such as sweet potato tempura with mint cilantro aioli, maitake mushroom salad with eggplant baba ghanoush, and house-made campanelle pasta with preserved meyer lemon, artichokes and English peas. On the sweeter side, the pastry team of Kamel Guechida, Garry Larduinat and Jason Lemmonier will create nearly three dozen show-stopping desserts. 

The Governors Ball will take place in the Ray Dolby Ballroom on the top level of the Hollywood & Highland Center immediately following the Oscar ceremony.

The 92nd Oscars will be held on Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and will be televised live on ABC at 5 p.m. “The Oscars Red Carpet Show” will air at 3:30 p.m.

For information, visit oscars.org/press/governors-ball.