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Take a look inside the Paris Olympics dining hall, featuring a massive salad bar and TikTok-famous chocolate muffins
Take a look inside the Paris Olympics dining hall, featuring a massive salad bar and TikTok-famous chocolate muffins
Talia LakritzAug 7, 2024, 23:52 IST
<p class="ingestion featured-caption">The salad bar in the Olympic Village dining hall.David Goldman/Pool/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>The Olympic Village's dining hall is set to serve over 1 million meals during the Games.</li><li>Athletes have been filming TikToks about the food, and reviews have been mixed.</li></ul><p>In the 2024 <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/olympic-athletes-roast-village-living-accommodations-coco-gauff-tiktok-2024-7">Olympic Village</a>, dining-hall cooks race to keep up with athletes' appetites.</p><p>Sodexo Live, the official catering company of the Paris Olympics, is set to serve over 1 million meals to athletes from 208 countries and territories over the course of the Olympic Games.</p><p>Take a look inside the dining hall where <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paris-olympics-athletes-to-follow-tiktok-2024-6">Olympians</a> fuel up for their competitions.</p>
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The dining hall in the Olympic Village serves up to 40,000 meals a day, according to the Olympics' official website.
The Olympic Village dining hall in Paris.Kevin Voigt/Getty Images
Bottles of hand sanitizer are stationed at the entrance of the dining hall.
Hand-sanitizer stations in the Olympic Village dining hall.Kevin Voigt/Getty Images
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Charles Guilloy, the executive chef of the Olympic Village, oversees a team of 200 cooks.
Charles Guilloy with Tony Estanguet, the French president of the organizing committee for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in the Olympic Village dining hall.DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images
Four categories of food are served in the Olympic Village: French, Asian, Afro-Caribbean, and "world cuisine."
The first lady of Singapore dining with Singapore's athletes in the Olympic Village.MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A salad bar features over 30 options, but no avocados.
The salad bar in the Olympic Village dining hall.David Goldman/Pool/Getty Images
Crates of grab-and-go fruit are also available to Olympians.
Crates of fruit at the Olympic Village dining hall.Zhao Wenyu/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
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After the Games began, organizers brought in more eggs and meat because of athletes' high demand for protein.
One of many food-service stations.Zhao Wenyu/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
In an effort to minimize waste, the soda and juice fountains stock only reusable cups.
No single-use plastic cups in the Olympic Village.Sarah Meyssonnier - Pool/Getty Images
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Smaller dining rooms are decorated with plants and artfully mismatched chairs.
A dining room in the Olympic Village.Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images
Some athletes have been posting reviews of the food on TikTok.
Members of the German Olympic team in the dining hall.Sarah Meyssonnier Pool/Getty Images