Keke Palmer exposes sad-looking Met Gala meal

Tickets cost up to $68,000 each – but the Met Gala dinner has been compared to what was served up at the infamous Fyre Festival.

Keke Palmer has offered a rare peek at what guests are served at the ultra-exclusive Met Gala – and it’s drawn comparisons to the infamous Fyre Festival.

The first-time guest, who hosted Vogue’s livestream on the red carpet earlier in the night, posted a photo on her Instagram Story of the catering and captioned it, “This is why they don’t show y’all the food. I’m just playinnnn.”

The picture showcased a small portion of vegetables, including corn, tomatoes, mushroom, cucumbers and some grains.

Looks … tasty.

Keke was a first-time guest at the Gala. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Palmer, 28, posted the image again on Twitter with the caption, “The menu chile.”

The picture drew comparisons to the infamous cheese sandwich handed out at the disgraced Fyre Festival in 2017.

“They feeding y’all like it’s Fyre Festival,” one person tweeted, receiving more than 1500 “likes.”

Another replied, “Didn’t the Fyre Festival at least have a cheese sandwich.”

A third remarked, “Not me thinking the plate was a tortilla.”

It was compared to the infamous Fyre Festival meal.

A fourth user pointed out that perhaps Tiffany Haddish was “onto something” when she brought fried chicken in a ziplock bag to the Met Gala red carpet in 2019.

“Last year, I was so hungry,” Haddish, 41, told W Magazine at the time. “This year, I got me a bigger bag. Gonna put some fried chicken in it. Don’t tell nobody till tomorrow. I’ve already called a few people that I know are going like, ‘So, I’m going to bring the chicken. You bring the hot sauce, okay?’”

not them serving half a lung pic.twitter.com/vxefPTImU1

— T_theestallion (@tvrisq) September 14, 2021

They feeding y’all like it’s Fyre Festival🥴

— Bella Santana (@Bella_SantanaLA) September 14, 2021

WOW. This is SENDING ME. All of that money people pay to attend and all that effort it takes to get dressed and walk the red carpet for this art gala, and this is what they are serving on the menu. LMAOO

— 𝐵𝑒𝒸𝒸𝒶 (@MJFINESSELOVER) September 14, 2021

Perhaps one of the reasons Palmer’s photo is so shocking is because of the hefty price tag attached to Anna Wintour’s prestigious fundraiser.

Sources previously told Page Six that guests have to pay $US30,000 to $US50,000 ($41,000 to $68,000) per ticket (tables can range between $US275,000 to $US500,000, or $375,000 to $683,000) — although the costs are usually covered by fashion brands who invite celebrities and models as their guests.

However, this year’s menu for the Met Gala — whose theme was “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” — was particularly unique because it featured a sustainable plant-based menu with recipes from 10 up-and-coming chefs based in New York City, according to Vogue.

The restaurant owners and cookbook authors were all hand-selected by restaurateur-chef Marcus Samuelsson and Bon Appétit.

“After a difficult two years for the restaurant industry, this will showcase the work and tell the stories of a dynamic group of chefs while presenting an exciting menu of delicious, plant-based dishes,” Samuelsson said in a press release ahead of the event. “The gala offers an incomparable opportunity for emerging talent to elevate their careers and share their perspectives and craft.”

The menu items listed in the article that were set to be featured at the gala, included a Niçoise-inspired salad, gimbap, coconut custard with tahini-lime Streusel and roasted strawberry jam, Awaze jar noodles, coconut and berry pavlova, and naz khatoon.

A source told Page Six on Tuesday that Vogue was “so thrilled and grateful to have worked with Marcus Samuelsson on the menu for this year’s Met Gala.”

The insider added, “The plant-based menu featured recipes from 10 emerging New York-based chefs to celebrate the return of the city’s restaurant industry, which was devastated by the pandemic.”

This article originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission

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