PARIS: France's vaunted gastronomy will be put to the ultimate test when organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have to feed 15,000 athletes. The United Nations Educational, Scientific a
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization inscribed the"gastronomic meal of the French" on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.
Realistically, the restaurants run by French catering giants Sodexo might not be offering up such a complete experience - and doubtless few athletes in the prime of their lives would take on such a culinary bonanza given they will be in Paris on tight schedules focused more on competing than indulging themselves.
But it will have its work cut out feeding participants at the Jul 26 to Aug 11 Games and then the Paralympics that follow on Aug 28 to Sep 8.About 6,000 people will be employed to help in the restaurants, Sodexo Live! managing director Nathalie Bellon-Szabo said on Tuesday . Of the estimated 13 million meals that will be served during the Olympics and Paralympics, from a snack right through to a dish cooked by a top chef, the goal is to have produce that is 80 per cent French.
"We're used to managing this type of event, but not over such a long period of time," says Stephane Chicheri, chief executive of Sodexo Live! The recipes have been drawn up after consulting athletes and nutritional experts, including Helene Defrance, a dietician who won a sailing bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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