Now I’ve heard everything. After several years of having little homegrown product except for DreamWorks fare, Paramount proudly trotted out JJ Abrams’ reimagined Star Trek at the hot-ticket premiere last night. But get this — I’m told the catering company got the wrong date and location for the after party. Which meant that, at 7:30 PM, the staff had to run to Whole Foods and find some eats. It looked like a full-frills premiere except for the guests snacking on dinner rolls, salad, pita and hummus. I just heard from a Paramount insider: “You got it right. The events company screwed up. But our team managed to pull something good together in 3 hours, which is very impressive.”
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Bottom line is that somebody dropped the ball! That same somebody has been blogging about how great the food supposedly was because no one else cares. Can you say REFUND!
what sucks is the studio execs blaming the catering company for their ineptitude. People loose jobs this way and it isn’t fair.
Why didn’t the executive dining kitchen prepare the food for the gala? At least they would not have forgotten about it or gotten the date wrong. It amazes me that a company with a kitchen would hire out to throw a banquet…