While Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 2024 Oscars, his fourth time as the emcee, the late-night host made sure to continue a ceremony tradition: Provide snacks.
Ahead of the ceremony, A-list stars and others in attendance were greeted with snack boxes placed under each seat inside the Dolby Theatre. Inside the boxes were Shappy Pretzel and mustard, Mike & Ike’s candy, Open Water and a note from the host that read, “To keep the karma flowing, we made donations on your behalf to St. Joseph Center.”
As he did with the 2023 Oscars, Kimmel enlisted help once again from actor Adam Shapiro’s Shappy Pretzel Co. (The host is known to be a longtime fan of the soft pretzels.)
Shapiro launched the company in 2020 after a pandemic cooking experiment took off. Shappy Pretzel Co. has now expanded into catering (movie and TV sets, wrap parties and bar-mitzvahs), and batches have even been made for the staff at Kimmel’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“This is just the coolest because the film industry is why Shappy Pretzel Co. survived. They were the ones ordering pretzels to sets and out of last year’s Oscars, I think we catered six out of the 10 nominees so there will be a lot of people sitting in those seats at the Dolby on Sunday that will be like, ‘Oh wow, Shappy Pretzels!’” Shapiro had told The Hollywood Reporter of the pretzels appearing at last year’s Oscars.
During the telecast, Kimmel’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! right-hand man Guillermo also treated guests with tequila.
“I got tequila for everyone in the audience. I think we should do a toast,” Guillermo said as he was next to nominee Colman Domingo.
“I love everyone here and I love you Jimmy and I love tequila and I love my beautiful wife, Miss Charlize Theron. I love you,” Guillermo quipped as the camera showed a surprised Theron.
The 96th Oscars was televised live on Sunday from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Chris Gardner contributed to this story.
