Around 40,000 meals a day will be served during the Paris Olympics, using produce largely sourced in France and the country's vaunted gastronomy will be put to the ultimate test
Of the estimated 13 million meals that will be served during the Olympics and Paralympics, from a snack right through to a dish cooked by a top chef, the goal is to have produce that is 80% French. Photography Alain Jocard / AFP©
France's vaunted gastronomy will be put to the ultimate test when organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have to feed 15,000 athletes.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the "gastronomic meal of the French" on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.
"The gastronomic meal emphasises togetherness, the pleasure of taste, and the balance between human beings and the products of nature," UNESCO said.