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Take a look inside the Paris Olympics dining hall, featuring a massive salad bar and TikTok-famous chocolate muffins

August 7, 20240
The salad bar in the Olympic Village dining hall.

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  • The Olympic Village’s dining hall is set to serve over 1 million meals during the Games.
  • Athletes have been filming TikToks about the food, and reviews have been mixed.
  • This story is part of “Road to Paris,” a series chronicling athletes’ and spectators’ experiences at the Olympic Games.

In the 2024 Olympic Village, dining-hall cooks race to keep up with athletes’ appetites.

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.

Take a look inside the dining hall where Olympians fuel up for their competitions.

The dining hall in the Olympic Village serves up to 40,000 meals a day, according to the Olympics’ official website.
Hand-sanitizer stations in the Olympic Village dining hall.

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The dining hall is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Charles Guilloy, the executive chef of the Olympic Village, oversees a team of 200 cooks.
The first lady of Singapore dining with Singapore’s athletes in the Olympic Village.

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Foods that comply with religious dietary practices, such as kosher and halal, are also available to athletes.

A salad bar features over 30 options, but no avocados.
Crates of fruit at the Olympic Village dining hall.

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About 30% of the food served in the Olympic Village dining hall is organic, according to Olympics.com.

After the Games began, organizers brought in more eggs and meat because of athletes’ high demand for protein.
No single-use plastic cups in the Olympic Village.

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The dining hall contains 200 drink dispensers, with water, soda, and orange juice on tap.

Smaller dining rooms are decorated with plants and artfully mismatched chairs.
Members of the German Olympic team in the dining hall.

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Aleah Finnegan, a gymnast from the Philippines, said in a TikTok video that the food was “good” but “not really seasoned.”

Others can’t get enough. Henrik Christiansen, a swimmer on Norway’s Olympic team, posted a series of TikTok videos proclaiming his love for the dining hall’s chocolate muffins. He jokingly declared himself “the Olympic muffin man” and called the baked goods “the single greatest thing about the Olympic Village so far.”

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