After President Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20, he will 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 has any evidence, guests can expect to see a three-course menu with a fish dish, a meat dish and a dessert – probably with ice cream.
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With Trump now calling Florida home, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see dishes influenced by those of the Sunshine State legendary cuisine – or perhaps a dish with a nod to Vice President JD Vance’s roots in Ohio.
In 2017, the last time an inaugural luncheon was held, Trump and the approximately 200 lunch guests ate a three-course meal. (The 2021 event was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic.)
President Donald Trump and about 200 guests are expected to dine in Statuary Hall after the swearing-in. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The first course consisted of Maine lobster and Gulf shrimp, topped with saffron sauce and peanut crumble, followed by a main course of grilled Seven Hills Angus beef with dark chocolate and juniper berry jus and potato gratin.
Dessert was chocolate soufflé with cherry vanilla ice cream.
The 2017 menu was similar in structure to the menu at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013.
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There, guests were served steamed lobster and New England chowder, followed by grilled bison, “red potato horseradish cake and wild blueberry reduction,” and a dessert of “Hudson Valley Apple Pie“sour ice cream, aged cheese and honey.
The last inaugural luncheon that did not serve ice cream as part of the dessert was President George W. Bush’s second inauguration in 2005.
Traditionally, lunch consisted of a three-course meal. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
At that event, the dessert was “steamed lemon pudding and apple-wild cherry compote.”
The inaugural luncheon was first held in 1897, but the current format began in 1953, the JCCIC website says.
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“That year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mrs. Eisenhower, and fifty other guests of the JCCIC dined in the now restored Old Senate Chamber on cream of chicken, fried ham, and potato puffs,” according to the website.
The event is now held in Statuary Hall.
President Dwight Eisenhower (center right) was the first president to use the modern form of the traditional inaugural luncheon. (Getty Images)
“The luncheon program often features dishes that reflect the home states of the new president and vice president or the JCCIC chairman, as well as the theme of the inauguration, and includes speeches, gift presentations from the JCCIC, and toasts to the new administration,” the website said .
The theme of the 2025 inauguration is “Our Enduring Democracy: A Constitutional Promise.”
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This theme “recognizes the Founders’ commitment 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 lunch menu.
