Confessions of a Former Academy Awards Caterer Twitter 0 comments For anyone who has had the unfortunate pleasure of needing to drive along Hollywood Blvd in the lead-up to Oscars weekend, you’ll know the event essentially closes the entire city. Parking is always a nightmare, but that weekend it’s an absolute impossibility. Basically, if you don’t have to be there, you should just avoid it like the plague. But for 11 years straight, Joey Thomas did have to be there. From 2008 to 2019, she worked as a caterer (among other things) at the Governors Ball, the fancy-schmancy post-Oscars ceremony dinner party. It’s a whirlwind of fame, glitz, and hot food.