What do Paris Olympics athletes eat? The restaurant does not serve French fries, focuses on environmental protection, and half of them are vegetarian.
On June 25, local time, the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee announced catering arrangements during the Paris Olympics. They will provide participating athletes with dishes that combine environmental protection concepts and French cuisine. It is worth mentioning that the athletes 'restaurant in the Olympic Village will not serve French fries, but will instead serve rich lentil dishes.
No French fries served
No fryer allowed in temporary kitchens
As a long-term sponsor of the Olympic Games, McDonald's had its own fast food restaurant in the Olympic Village before the 2016 Rio Olympics. However, during the Paris Olympics, if athletes wanted some French fries, they had to go out and look for them.
Philip Wilz, head of the catering department for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, said that at the 2012 London Olympics, which serves as a benchmark, athletes can eat French fries and hamburgers. McDonald's was a former sponsor of the Olympics. Its cooperation with the Olympics began at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 and ended early in 2018.
"Due to technical reasons, we are unable to provide French fries." As a catering supplier for the Paris Olympics, Esther Ramotte, deputy director of the Olympic Village catering department of Sodexo Group in France, explained that today's Olympic restaurant is located in the atrium of the movie city, and its temporary kitchen does not allow the use of fryers, which have a fire hazard.
Paris Olympics Olympic Village Main Restaurant
Although many athletes stick to their usual diet before gamesXiThey also have the opportunity to taste famous French cuisine, because during the Olympics, many Michelin-starred chefs were invited to serve as food consultants for the Olympic Village restaurants.
"We put French cuisine first so that athletes from all over the world can taste the excellence of French cuisine." said Tony Estangue, chairman of the 2024 Paris Olympic Organizing Committee.
Olympic Village restaurant simulation map
Takeout food stores will be set up in the Olympic Village
Further reduce carbon emissions
Only two of the six dining areas will be air-conditioned
The large athletes 'restaurant in the Olympic Village in Paris has a seating capacity of 3300 and will welcome athletes from all over the world next month. On June 25, the restaurant welcomed a large number of sports people and media reporters and held its first trial opening.
This "food court" is located in the movie city designed by the famous French director Luc Besson, which was formerly a power station. The main restaurant of the Olympic Village in Paris contains six different dining areas, serving cuisine from around the world. Half of the 50 dishes served every day are 100% vegetarian.
Agence France-Presse reported that France is working to reduce meat consumption and will strive to take this action on the occasion of the 2024 Paris Olympics to provide athletes with vegetarian cuisine.
Pasteur, project director of Sodexo's Olympic Village, said: "It's great to popularize vegetarian food." The stated goal of the project is to use local products and less animal protein to reduce the carbon footprint of the diet.
The Olympic Village Restaurant offers a lot of food for its trial opening
Gregor Bessou, head of sustainable food at the Paris Olympic Committee, said: "One of the commitments of the 2024 Paris Olympics is to provide vegetarian meals to reduce the carbon footprint of each meal by half on average. We want vegetarian food everywhere."
In the competition venues of the Paris Olympics, 60% of the food provided to the audience will be vegetarian. Among them, the temporary stadium located at Place de la Concorde in central Paris will host skateboarding, BMX and breakdancing competitions. The venue will not provide meat at all.
Some meals served during the trial opening of the Olympic Village Restaurant
In addition, to further reduce carbon emissions, only two of the six restaurant areas in the Olympic Village will be air-conditioned, while the rest will be located in outdoor courtyards, shaded by fabric awnings and ventilated by ceiling fans.
The temperature on the day of the Olympic restaurant's first trial opening was 27 degrees Celsius. According to media reports, some people at the scene were sweating significantly. "I think we have found a good balance between providing the right temperatures and reducing carbon emissions." "This is one of the main challenges facing the 2024 Paris Olympics," Estangue said.
