Swiss snowboarder Jonas Hasler has found himself at the center of the Olympic Village’s latest dessert craze, trading in the Paris 2024 chocolate muffin obsession for a freshly prepared tiramisu in Milan.
In a TikTok video posted from the Olympic Village dining hall, Hasler is seen being served tiramisu tableside as kitchen staff assemble the dessert in front of him.
He explains that, seeing his numerous videos about the Italian dessert, the staff prepared it specially to make sure he was ready for that day’s halfpipe qualification, a moment that drew attention online. The clip has since fueled comparisons to the now-famous “Muffin Man” that dominated athlete social feeds during the Paris Games.
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The viral moment also caught the attention of the original Muffin Man himself, Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen from Paris 2024. In another TikTok, Hasler shared a message from Christiansen passing the torch to the newly minted “Tiramisu Man.”
“It’s the muffin man here. I just wanna pass the torch onto you. You are now the official tiramisu man. Make me proud,” Christiansen said in the video message.
Christiansen earned his nickname during the Paris Olympics after repeatedly reviewing and praising the chocolate muffins available in the athletes’ dining hall.
As SwimSwam reported at the time, “Christiansen has gone viral on TikTok after reviewing the chocolate muffins from the Paris village dining hall and subsequent TikToks where he is seen taking numerous muffins.”
The outlet noted that Christiansen is a three-time Olympian who has represented Norway in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and that the muffins became such a phenomenon that TikTok users began searching for copycat recipes.
Now attention appears to have shifted to Italy’s signature dessert. While some athletes in Milan have raved about chocolate lava cakes and other sweet offerings, Hasler’s personalized tiramisu service has marked the moment as his symbolic culinary coronation.
TikTok users weighed in on the exchange.
“Pretty sure that’s the formal adoption process in Italy,” one user joked in the comments.
Another wrote, “Congrats, you are now the favorite athlete of the kitchen staff.”
A third added, “Omg, the Muffin Man will crash when he sees this!”
The online reaction shows how food inside the Olympic Village has become a recurring subplot of the Games, with athletes documenting meals as eagerly as medal moments.
In Paris, the chocolate muffin became an unlikely star. In Milan, tiramisu may now be taking its place.
With halfpipe qualification underway and more competitions ahead, Hasler’s focus remains on snowboarding. But for now, the Olympic Village dining hall has once again produced a viral sensation—one layered with espresso mascarpone and a nod of approval from the Muffin Man himself.
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