The annual press dinner was canceled after a shooting on Saturday night.

It was initially unclear what happened to the 2,600 unserved meals of lobster and steak.

The host said Monday that the hotel donated them to two shelters for abused women.

The lobster and steak dinners that went uneaten after a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this week did not go to waste.

The Washington Hilton, the site of the annual gala, donated the meals to two shelters for abused women and their children.

That's according to Weijia Jiang, the CBS News correspondent and president of the journalists' association that throws the so-called "nerd prom."

"They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life," Jiang said in a post on X on Monday. "HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances."

A Hilton spokesperson said in a statement that "the hotel regularly donates unused food from events to support local organizations."

"Food from this weekend is being donated to our local community partners, and remaining produce items were composted and will be sent to farms for agricultural use," the spokesperson said.

After the shooting, social media was abuzz with people wondering what would happen to the 2,600 sumptuous suppers slated to be served to the media and political elite.

A member of TMZ's new Washington bureau went to the hotel on Monday in search of the leftovers, going so far as to inspect some dumpsters for signs of them.

The $350-a-seat dinner was halted Saturday night after shots rang out during the salad course while President Donald Trump was onstage for his first appearance at the event while in office.

Prosecutors say Cole Allen, 31, traveled from his home in California to the nation's capital and checked into the Hilton with two guns and three knives before trying to crash the party and kill Trump.

A Secret Service agent was shot but saved by his protective vest, and Allen was arrested at the scene.

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