After President Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20, he will then sit down for a luncheon at the US Capitol hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC).
But what’s on the menu?
While exact details for the 2025 event have yet to be released, if history is any guide, diners can expect to be served a three-course meal with a seafood dish, a meat entrée and a dessert — possibly with ice cream.
As Trump now calls Florida home, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see dishes influenced by the Sunshine State’s legendary cuisine — or perhaps a dish with a nod to Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio roots.
In 2017, the last time an inaugural luncheon was held, Trump and about 200 luncheon guests had a three-course meal.
(The 2021 event was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic.)
The first course was Gulf of Maine lobster and shrimp topped with saffron sauce and peanut crumble, followed by a main of grilled Seven Hills Angus beef with dark chocolate juniper juniper and potato gratin.
Dessert was chocolate souffle with cherry vanilla ice cream.
The 2017 menu was quite similar in structure to the menu at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013.
There, guests were served steamed lobster and New England soup, followed by grilled bison, “horseradish cake with red potato and wild huckleberry reduction” and a dessert of “Hudson Valley Apple Pie,” sour cream, aged cheese and honey.
The last inaugural luncheon that did not include ice cream as part of the dessert was the second inauguration of President George W. Bush in 2005.
At that event, dessert was “steamed lemon pudding and wild cherry compote with apples.”
The Inaugural Luncheon was first held in 1897, but its current form began in 1953, the website for the JCCIC says.
“That year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mrs. Eisenhower and fifty other JCCIC guests dined on creamed chicken, baked ham and mashed potatoes in the now-restored Old Senate Chamber,” the website said.
The event is now held in the Statue Hall.
“Often featuring cuisine that reflects the home states of the new President and Vice President or JCCIC Chair, as well as the theme of the Inauguration, the luncheon program includes speeches, presentations of gifts from the JCCIC and toasts to the new administration,” said. website.
The theme of the 2025 inauguration is “Our Enduring Democracy: A Constitutional Promise”.
This theme “recognizes the commitment of the Founders to future generations of Americans to preserve the continuity and stability of our democratic system of government,” the JCCIC said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the JCCIC for details on the 2025 Inaugural luncheon menu.
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