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By Monica Iheakam
Team Nigeria athletes and their counterparts all over the world will enjoy healthy gourmet food at the Games village when the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games get underway in Paris, France.
While wine and other alcoholic beverages are banned in the Olympic Village expected to sit 3, 500 athletes at a sitting, Chefs preparing the menus for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have promised fun and healthy meals for all.
French food services company, Sodexo is in overall charge of catering and expects to serve some 40,000 meals each day at the Games and has guaranteed that all meat, dairy products and eggs will be French produced.
More than 500 items will be available and have been designed to cater for special diets, eating habits and religious beliefs.
According to Associated Press, meals will use seasonal products and a third of the food offered will be plant based and imported foods such as bananas and rice will be organically produced or have fair trade certification.
“France will invite the world to its table,” Paris 2024 catering manager Philipp Würz said.
“Athletes know they will eat well here – our goal is to provide them with high quality food.”
