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Elton Against AIDS: Crumble Catering Dishes Up Elton John's Annual AIDS Foundation Oscar Party
Special Events Staff Mar 08, 2018

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Meet the Crumble founders
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Chef Wayne Elias and Chris Diamond (right), founders of Crumble Catering at the Elton John event.

Bar scene
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Sunday was the 15th time the Crumble team has handled the event.

West Hollywood Park
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The venue: West Hollywood Park, which was transformed with custom pavilions.

Big crew
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Sunday's event took an army of 150 servers and bartenders and 70 kitchen staff.

Service sparkle
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State-of-the-art lighting added sparkle to the scene.

Nice bites
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Chef Elias teamed up with Chef Joan Roca of El Celler de Can Roca, a Michelin three-star restaurant located in the medieval city of Girona in Catalunya in northern Spain, to create the menu.

Canape array
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Chef Roca and his brothers Jordi and Josep Roca are masters in their respective art of cuisine with, Joan handling primary chef duties, Jordi as patissier, and Josep as sommelier.

Spanish flair
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The Rocas' food is complex, incorporating cutting-edge techniques and multiple ingredients to create highly stylized plates.

Nice and toasty
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The Rocas' dishes are designed to evoke memories, emotions and the landscape of their hometown in northern Spain.

Dramatic dish
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Scallion greens provide a vivid backdrop.

Roasted vegetables
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Roasted vegetables on puff pastry.

Branded empanadas
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Branded empanadas.

Salad course
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The five-course meal included Arugla Salad with Comté Cheese, Pickled Onions and Curry-Coated Walnuts.

Perfect plating
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An artistic presentation.

Vegetable medley
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A vegetable medley.

Fish entree
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Sea Bream with a Chardonnay Sauce and Lemon, Truffle and Hazelnut Gnocchi.

For meat-lovers
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Filet Mignon with Red Wine, Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes, and Farmers Market Vegetable Puff Pastry.

Vegan option
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A vegan option: Cannelloni and Consommé Soup served French -service style at the tables.

Dessert array
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A wide range of desserts was available.

'Oscars'
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"Oscars" with Chocolate Ganache.

Tiny tarts
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Ruby Jewel Fruit Tarts.

Chocolate pyramids
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Cocoa Brasilia Pyramids.

Coconut bites
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Toasted Coconut Cream Tarts.

Wayne at work
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Chef Wayne Elias at work.

Super service
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A server follows the master plan for serving more than 1,000 five-course meals.

The chef team
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Chef Joan Roca (second from left) takes a bow with Elias and Diamond.

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