Screen Actors Guild 25th Celebrity Dinner
Screen Actors Guild (SAGS) 25th annual awards is just a few hours away. This year the
Screen Actors Guild Red Carpet Toast
SAG Award® nominee Jon Huertas (This Is Us) will join Vitalie Taittinger, Global Spokesperson and Artistic Director for Champagne Taittinger, for a toast that will herald the start of arrivals for the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®.
The Champagne Taittinger Toast will kick-off the SAG Awards arrivals as it has every year since 2001. The family-owned Champagne House will ask actors entering the SAG Awards showroom to sign a Nebuchadnezzar (15 liter) bottle of Champagne Taittinger. For every signature, Taittinger will contribute additional funds for the Foundation’s critical Emergency Assistance program.
Screen Actors Guild Beautiful Decor
The Silver Anniversary arrangements, created by CJ Matsumoto & Sons, inspiration is the harmony of a much-loved garden, expressed with a simple monochromatic palette of burgundies. Green highlights accentuate the marriage of burgundies with their silver containers.
The event flowers after the event they will deliver over 100 petite arrangements to victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse at local women’s shelters and emergency treatment centers.
Screen Actors Guild Viewing Party Ideas
This is a great list of ideas for your guest to enjoy viewing the SAGS together. There is a viewing party at Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants (recipes included below).
Selfie Props
You will want to take selfies for the evening for sure. Here is a link for great props and one for the SAG statue for the evening. You can create your own silver carpet with Reynolds Wrap®.
Have the opportunity to gather your guests together before the show starts to fill in their own ballots. You can provide a great award for the winner.
The show starts hand out the bingo cards and have a set of prizes for the first bingo, filling in a t, creating an x, and blackout.
Screen Actors Guild Menu
This year Wolfgang Puck brings out the best for the silver anniversary celebration. The celebrities will dine and toast on:
- Squash and endive salad with dried cherries, mustard greens, and maple vinaigrette
- Maple and soy glazed salmon with sesame cauliflower and crispy shiso leaf
- Grilled chicken with Meyer lemon salsa and lemon scented fingerling potato.
- The “Happy 25th!”
- “The Silver Anniversary”
- “The Silver Screen”
- A Classic Martini will also be available, featuring Chopin Wheat Vodka and gourmet blue cheese olives.
The sponsors have stepped up to celebrate the SAG Awards®, the first televised awards show to acknowledge the work of union members and the first to present awards to motion picture casts and television ensembles. These sponsors include FIJI® Water, Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, Lindt Chocolates, Reynolds Wrap® and Extra® Gum. Excludsive for the celebration cocktails are Chopin Vodka® and Dorda Liqueur®.
Screen Actors Guild by the Numbers
This evening is tops for entertainment, celebrities, food, and fun. The evening will use:
- 17,100 square feet of carpet, the traditional red being replaced this year with plush silver to commemorate the SAG Awards Silver Anniversary
- 3,500 stems of roses
- 1,500 stems of miniature calla lilies
- 1,800 blossoms of cymbidium orchids
- 1,600 Jidori chicken breasts
- 450 pounds of Scottish farm salmon
- 3000 endive leaves
- 240 pounds of Meyer lemons
- 3 gallons of Vermont maple syrup
- 2,000 Wolfgang Puck Signature Tuna Cones
- 3,000 crab claws
- 3,000 cocktail-flavored macarons
- 300 pounds of chocolate
- 26 bottles of Chopin Wheat Vodka
- 42 bottles of Portobello Road Gin
- 20 bottles of Dorda Sea Salt Carmel Liqueur
- 36 bottles of Bourbon
- 25 bottles of Scotch Whisky
- 25 bottles of Light Rum
- 102,000,000 grapes to create the Artist’s Red Blend wine
- 160 magnums of Champagne Taittinger Brut La Française at the official Post-Awards Gala
Screen Actors Guild Recipes
These recipes are servied at Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants viewing parties nationwide.
Arugula, Honeycomb, Pear & Blue Cheese Salad with Warm Vinaigrette
4 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
2 tsp Dijon mustard
4 one-inch x one-inch square pieces of Savannah Bee Honeycomb with 1 tsp honey
8 Tbsp Sky Organics extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
8 large handfuls arugula (about 24 ounces)
1 barely ripe pear, cored and sliced thin
6 ounces soft blue cheese
Directions
- Whisk together the balsamic vinegar, mustard, and 1 teaspoon honey in a small
saucepan over low heat. Gradually pour in the olive oil and continue whisking until the
dressing has emulsified. Season with salt and pepper. - Divide the arugula between four plates. Top each salad with a honeycomb square and
equally divide sliced pear and blue cheese, then drizzle with warm vinaigrette.
Classic Tomato Bruschetta
3 pieces soft Italian bread
3 oz burrata
3 oz grape tomatoes, cut in ¼’s
1 pinch kosher salt
1 tbl white balsamic vinegar
1⁄8 tsp garlic, finely chopped
¾ tsp shallot, finely minced
1 ½ tsp basil, freshly chopped
2 tbl extra virgin olive oil
1 cup baby arugula
½ each fresh lemon
1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
½ tsp Maldon flaky sea salt
fresh cracked black pepper
butter
Directions
- Slice bread approximately ½” thick. Brush both sides with soft butter and grill on
both sides to make crispy and create grill marks. - In a small bowl, mix grape tomatoes with 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil and set
aside. - Gather bruschettas and cut evenly in half.
- With a small spatula or spoon, place an even, thin layer of strachiatella on each
piece of bread. - In a small bowl, combine the baby arugula, lemon, and extra virgin olive oil with
half the Maldon flaky sea salt and a grind of fresh black pepper. Mix well until evenly
coated. Spread evenly over the plate. - Mix the tomatoes and sauce one more time and place even amounts on each
piece of bruschetta. - Arrange them over the arugula.
- Garnish each piece of bruschetta with the remaining Maldon flaky sea salt.
The Silver Anniversary
• Chopin Potato Vodka
• Blue Curaçao
• Fresh Lime Juice
• Club Soda
• Gold Dusted Eatable rose
Start with Chopin Potato Vodka and Blue Curaçao, and then add fresh lime juice and sparkling club soda. Topping it off is a show-stopper – a gold-dusted edible rose.
The Silver Screen
• Dorda Sea Salt Carmel
Liqueur
• Amaretto
• Half-and-Half Cream
The spotlight is on Dorda Sea Salt Caramel Liqueur, blending it with the perfect amount of Amaretto and half-and-half, then poured on the rocks with a caramel wedge garnish.
The 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, hosted by Megan Mullally and presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC will be produced by Avalon Harbor Entertainment, Inc. andnationally simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT,
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