Freshly cooked bread, selected cheeses and vegetables will be among the foods available to athletes and visitors at the 2024 Paris Olympics – as well as gourmet dishes created by leading French chefs.
About 40,000 meals are expected to be served each day during the Games to the more than 15,000 athletes from 200 countries housed at the Olympic Village.
Visitors, too, will be able to enjoy some specially created snacks at the different venues.
French food services company Sodexo Live!, which was selected to oversee the catering at the Olympic Village and 14 venues of the Games, says it has created 500 recipes to be offered at a sit-down restaurant in the Village. With seating for up to 3,500 people, it is said to be the “world’s largest restaurant”.
A bread salad recipe created by leading French chef Stephane Chicheri, which will be served at the Olympic Village in Paris this summer. Photo: AP
“Of course, there will be some classics for athletes, like pasta,” says Nathalie Bellon-Szabo, the global chief executive of Sodexo Live! But the food will have a “very French touch”.