Inside the 2023 BRIT Awards: Stars will enjoy a three-course meal of truffles, venison and cheesecake as presenter Mo Gilligan says the show will be “busy”
Harry Styles, Lewis Capaldi, Lizzo and many other stars will enjoy a lavish three-course meal at the BRIT Awards on Saturday.
The biggest stars in the music industry are gearing up for the annual awards show to be held at The 02 in London.
The menu for the ceremony has been revealed and guests were treated to a ‘fodder of the forest’ starter which includes truffle mousse, chestnut puree, mushroom hay, pickled oyster mushrooms, artichoke bark and leaf tullies.
For the main course, guests will enjoy a tenderloin of aged Braemar venison alongside a Savoy packet of Somerset spelled, carrot puree, fig ketchup, spiced red cabbage and crisp leeks.
There is also a vegan option consisting of Lincolnshire celeriac with its own spices, root vegetable tagine, piri piri polenta chip, chimichurri, carrot purée and crispy kale.
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For dessert, guests will sample rhubarb cheesecake, ginger sherbet, honeycomb crisp and poached Worcester rhubarb.
The environmentally conscious awards program has also ensured that the dishes will have their carbon footprint rating next to them.
Comedian Mo Gillian will return to host this year’s ceremony and said she doesn’t expect any Covid restrictions this time around.
He said: ‘The tables are back in the sand! We don’t have to be restricted, and there will be a lot more people in the room, I can move more, I can talk more, and the lovely people at home can have a little more chaos. I think this year will be eventful!
Mo added, ‘It’s a really fun concert to do. It takes a lot of amazing people to do an awards show and to literally be a part of that is an amazing feeling… it took me about a week to take it all in!’
When asked how he prepares to host such a big awards show, Mo said, “I’m pretty relaxed.” Before I go on stage, I like to take five minutes to read my script one last time.
‘But you can practice all you want, it doesn’t count for anything. Once it goes live, anything can happen!
The Masked Singer judge recalled some of his favorite moments from last year’s show, noting the opening with Ed Sheeran.
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He said: ‘The opening was incredible. How Ed Sheeran came out, people doing backflips and stuff, I was like, “Woah, I’m the one introducing it, is this really happening?”
“It was a pretty complete thing, I remember when he started on the show [performing Lego House in 2012] James Corden was the host. I was a lot younger then, so yeah. That was a moment I will never forget.
On his dressing room pilot, Mo insisted that he has not made outlandish demands.
He said: ‘Nothing too showbiz yet. I have fruit and water and that’s me, man. Fruit and water and Haribo. Uncool.’