Paris pledged that athletes at the Olympic village would eat food cooked by Michelin-starred chefs. But the home of gastronomy has failed to deliver.
They certainly delivered on the backdrops: the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe especially. The sports have been pretty good so far too, especially if you’re French. But the food? Not so much.are cooked by actual Michelin-starred chefs.
Even before the opening ceremony, the British team flew in a spare chef and lined up extra supplies to feed athletes at the U.K. training center in the Paris suburbs rather than have them queue up in the village. Team chief Andrew Ansonof a shortage of key proteins like chicken and eggs, and said some athletes were being fed “raw meat.”
After leading USA to the team gold on Tuesday night, Biles and her teammates were asked by a French journalist what they were eating and whether they liked French food.
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