Posted on 07/10/2011 12:33:53 PM PDT by Liz
The royal couple attended the party of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA-LA) held at the Belasco Theatre, a 1926 art deco gem, recently undergone a restoration. Will is President of BAFTA and wanted to promote the British film industry.
At the start of the 3-hour dinner, Will drew laughter with a reference to the film, The Kings Speech, about his great-grand father, King George V1. I should just like to thank Colin Firth for my perfect opening line - 'I have a voice', he said.
Liveried waiters served cocktails featuring Champagne Taittinger, Grey Goose vodka Floral Martini cocktails and the British summertime drink, Pimm's No. 1 with chilled lemonade, mint and cucumber.
Hors d'oeuvres included bite-size fish and chips with malt vinegar espuma, crisp toast with locally-farmed English pea purée and tangerine lace, and towers of ahi tuna with avocado and soya onions. Dinner staff in bowler hats, Union Jack-inspired outfits, and Edwardian-style waistcoats.
Guests drank from gold goblets and ate from antique-style plates at tables dressed with blooms of English dahlias and roses and towering table lamps decorated with the British flag.
Chef Joachim Splichal's Patina Catering's memorable menu that blended British tradition with California cuisine. Highlights included a courgette and mint tian with a lemon and pine nut gremolata, shaved manchego cheese and courgette blossoms garnish to start, followed by filet of beef with creamed leeks, pickled garlic, asparagus, turnip, baby onions, potato fondant, and red wine sauce.
For dessert, guests had a version of the British dessert Eton Mess: English rose meringue, strawberries, cream, sugar-dusted edible rose petals and pulled sugar.
Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc and Villa Maria Private Bin Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon were poured and Hotel Chocolat provided chocolate BAFTA masks on the tables.
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That is Elton Brown. I don’t care what political views he has, he had a fantastic show called Good Eats on Food Network. Cooking show with goofy skits and characters and going in the specific scientific details of cooking. Very, very, quirky show. He does other hosting gigs currently, American Iron Chef is (was?) one.
“I have no idea what any of that is...”
Well, if you are an idiot, so am I. I imagine it isn’t as “foo-foo” as it sounds. It is probably relatively simple but made to sound exotic. Probably a triscuit with lemon and nuts on top (LOL!)
Man, that woman is hot....!
¨Uh homina-homina....¨
No wonder those guys are grinning ear-to-ear!
Thanks!
Rub a dub dub,
Three goofs in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The First Lady faker.
Turn them out, knaves all three
She’s wearing sheer pantyhose. oops.
I won’t ruin the moment...but Mochelle hardly ever wears stockings...so pray for calm winds.
At least she has the body to pull even THAT incident off. She is in excellent shape & William should be proud... ;)
I wasn’t commenting on J-Lo’s choice of attire. I figured she would look trashy. I just liked it that she brought her mom.
What I noticed in a photo of her in knee-length skirt, was that her calves are really toned. She works out a lot. She is very thin, but so was Williams’s mother. But, she is young and if she has any children she may fill out a bit. But, her mother also seems quite slender so she may just have those genes.
Moo-chelle looks like the Great Pumpkin in that picture.
There's more.
http://www.zimbio.com/go/sT872u6CmW9/http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQ7SryVXp4A/ThixZRaTPkI/AAAAAAAAIqw/yBd8PrsLkw4/s1600/princesskate.jpg
She is a knockout!
LOL! That was good!
But why did she switch shoes with the chef?
Can you imagine MO wearing the same costume dress twice? I'm not sure it's the same but, if it is...Good On Kate.
My bad.
......a courgette and mint tian is zucchini and mint in a type of dish called a tian........lemon and pine nut gremolata is a type of topping........
MO should make note: NO boob belts. Compared to the Hollywood crown, many of whom look as if they are trying to get attention and pick up one-night stands, Kate is much more elegantly dressed, and classy.
Also, I would love to see a close-up of that bracelet.
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