Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's upcoming wedding – from inviting Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger and Ivanka Trump, to Venetians protesting their city being overrun by celebrities
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have invited celebrity friends like fellow space traveller Katy Perry,
Oprah Winfrey , Mick Jagger and
Ivanka Trump for their Venice nuptials later this month, but the couple hopes to put a spotlight on Venice's traditions during the celebrations.
Apart from celebrities, the A-list guest list reported by TMZ included politicians and business leaders such as Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner,
Joshua Kushner and his wife Karlie Kloss , as well as models like Camila Morrone and Brooks Nader.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California, in March. Photo: AFP
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They are sourcing some 80 per cent of their wedding provisions from Venetian vendors, according to people close to the couple, as a way to share their appreciation for the romantic lagoon city. The wedding will take place over three days in late June, with events for the some 200 invited guests kept private.
Two historic Venetian companies will add artisanal touches to the celebration: Rosa Salva, the city's oldest pastry maker that has been crafting doughnut-shaped fishermen's biscuits since 1876, and Laguna B, a design studio known for its distinctive handblown Murano glass prized by fashion and design clients.
Traditional biscuits
Pastry chef Elias prepares traditional Zaletti biscuits at the Rosa Salva pastry kitchen in Venice. Photo: AP
Antonio Rosa Salva, the sixth generation in his family to run the pastry business, said the wedding order of a selection of surprises for goody bags was important recognition of his family's long tradition of baking Venetian specialities dating back nearly 150 years.
They include the bussolà buttery biscuit that was long a fisherman's staple, and small zaletti cookies, made from the Veneto region's cornmeal, flavoured with raisins and lemon zest.
'We try to maintain the old recipes,'' said Rosa Salva, whose family business includes a catering service and four locations in Venice's historic centre and one on the mainland. 'We do everything with love. It's a pleasure and a privilege.''
Pastry shop owner Andrea Rosa Salva poses outside his shop in Venice on June 12. Photo: AP
Rosa Salva, whose business regularly caters large events for 1,000 or more people in Venice, is perplexed by posters that have gone up around the historic centre protesting the use of the city as a venue for the Bezos-Sánchez wedding.
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