Paris 2024: World’s largest catering operation
Paris is one of the food capitals of the world but the French capital has a new task, providing more than 40,000 meals a day for thousands of Olympic athletes. It's a challenge not only to provide much-needed nutrition - but also a taste of home.
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00:00The Paris organisers have chosen four themes to try and satisfy every palate.
00:05There's Asian, Afro-Caribbean, world cuisine and of course French.
00:09Highlights include minced pork with Thai basil and poached egg croissants.
00:14When you are hosting the world's biggest sporting event, you need your top talent on board.
00:19Three of France's most famous chefs, Amandine Chenou, Alexandre Mazia and Akram Benallaou have designed the menus.
00:27Mazia is a former professional basketball player who carried the Olympic torch in his hometown Marseille.
00:33Benallaou owns steakhouses around the world, but he says he wants his food at the Paris Games to be a link between the athletes, so his recipes are mostly vegetarian.
00:42In fact, around a third of the athletes' food will be plant-based and 80% of ingredients will be sourced from France.
00:49Only bananas, chocolate and coffee will be brought in from other countries.
00:53And although there are 500 dishes on offer, some teams just can't resist a bit of familiarity.
00:59Australia's Olympic Committee says home comforts are a key part of the plan for success
01:04and more than 2,000 pies and 1,500 kilos of Australian breakfast cereals will be sent over to Paris.