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2020 Oscars Go Green With Plant-Based Menu

The 2020 Oscars are going green this year with a 70 percent plant-based menu, LED lights and 1,500 recycled champagne bottles. Chef Wolfgang Puck and his son, Byron Puck, walk Variety’s Marc…

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The 2020 Oscars are going green this year with a 70 percent plant-based menu, LED lights and 1,500 recycled champagne bottles. Chef Wolfgang Puck and his son, Byron Puck, walk Variety’s Marc Malkin through this year’s sustainable ceremony at the Governors Ball.

“Having an abundance of food and different types of food is great. I see the world moving in that direction,” said Byron Puck. Full rundown of the new menu and elaborate night here. 

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