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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 3 January 2020

Golden Globes will serve plant-based meal at awards ceremony

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. to experiment with how to
Associated Press do plant-based meals that
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The was not just their symbolic
Golden Globes, known steps, but also something
as the "party of the year," that guests will enjoy."
is going with a meatless Matthew Morgan, execu-
menu for its 77th annual tive chef at The Beverly
awards show. Hilton, called the menu
Guests will be served a change initially surprising.
100% plant-based meal just But he ultimately under-
ahead of showtime Sun- stood it would send a posi-
day. The Hollywood Foreign tive message.
Press Association said Thurs- "It was a little shocking
day that it wants the initia- when first mentioned, be-
tive to raise environmen- cause of being very close
tal awareness about food to the actual Globes and
consumption and waste. having already decided on
"If there's a way we can, a menu," he said. "But once
not change the world, but we thought about it and
save the planet, maybe we the message that it sent,
can get the Golden Globes we were really excited
to send a signal and draw This image released by the Golden Globe Awards shows a dish of king oyster mushroom scallops about it. That's something I
attention to the issue about on a bed of wild mushroom risotto with roasted Brussels sprouts, prepared by Beverly Hilton stand behind myself."
climate change," HFPA Executive Chef Matthew Morgan. Items on the main entree
president Lorenzo Soria Associated Press include king oyster mush-
said. "The food we eat, the rooms scallops and wild
way we grow the food we from The Beverly Hilton in the show, but the hotel holidays and all that," he mushroom risotto, along
eat, the way we dispose of Beverly Hills, California. eventually agreed on the said. "But after we began with roasted baby purple
the food is one of the large Soria said there was some new menu. discussions, meeting for and green Brussels sprouts
contributors to the climate initial push back about "People were basically say- one or two days, (the ho- and carrots. A chilled gold-
crisis." The annual awards changing the menu just ing it's too late, we're ready tel) accepted the change en beet soup will be served
ceremony will air on NBC about two weeks before with all the orders, the completely. They started as an appetizer.q