The numerous A-listers in attendance yesterday included Madonna, Chappell Roan, and Lewis Hamilton all sporting outfits with the theme of “Tailored for You.”
Vogue icon Anna Wintour reportedly banned four surprising foods from the extravagant Met Gala menu. The annual New York event saw countless celebrities gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for one of the biggest nights in fashion.
Madonna, Chappell Roan, and Lewis Hamilton were among the many A-listers in attendance yesterday, donning outfits in the theme of ‘Tailored for You’. The stars walked across the blue carpet before heading inside to view the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition while enjoying music and dinner.
Wintour, a former Vogue employee, calls the shots on what chefs can and can’t serve, which allegedly includes a four-essential food ban. Her hit list includes parsley, garlic, onion, and bruschetta, which you might not normally think of as messy spaghetti or corn on the cob.
The source explained that while onion and garlic are notorious for causing bad breath, parsley is off the menu ‘because you don’t want that stuck in your teeth’. Albeit delicious, the New York Post also reported in 2016 that bruschetta can ‘fall easily’ on gowns – a costly mistake.
Kwame Onwuachi was the chef responsible for creating and executing the Met Gala’s 2025 menu. In a recent interview with Vogue, he said that Black experiences of fashion were at the heart of his dishes.
He continued, “We can be poetic as we want, but it has to be good at the end of the day, but it’s pulled from so many different avenues and routes of the diaspora,” adding, “I was inspired by Black dandyism and the Black experience in fashion.”
Guests were given a variety of small dishes at cocktail hour last night. These included hoecakes with crispy chicken, curry chicken patties, and cornbread with caviar.
First course was served as a curry with a piri piri salad and a cucumber in a Caribbean green-seasoning marinade. Then, hot sauce, rice, and peas were served with creole roasted chicken with lemon emulsion.
Dessert was ‘Bodega Special Cosmic Brownie’ – a sugary doughnut mousse treat—and golden cake with honey-sweet cream. Onwuachi added: “All throughout the meal, there are different aspects of blackness throughout the world represented at the highest level.”
The Mirror has approached the Metropolitan Museum of Art for further information.
Source: Mirror
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