We have a food fight at the Paris Olympics.
Great Britain Olympic officials told London’s The Times that the team has called in an emergency chef because of complaints about food shortages and uncooked meat in the athletes’ village.
“At the beginning of every Games there are usually two or three issues and the transportation is always one. But the big one this time is the food in the village, which is not adequate,” Andy Anson, chief executive officer of the British Olympic Association, told The Times.
“There are not enough of certain foods: eggs, chicken, certain carbohydrates, and then there is the quality of the food, with raw meat being served to athletes. They have got to improve it over the next couple of days dramatically.”
While French cuisine is known around the world as being higher end, the British athletes don’t seem to be enjoying what’s being served up.
Top French chefs Amandine Chaignot, Alexandre Mazzia and Akrame Benallal had input on the menus, The Guardian reported.
The company in charge of catering told the newspaper it has increased the daily order of some of its most popular items.
The BBC reports more than 13 million meals will be served at the village. There are six main eating areas with French, Asian, Afro-Caribbean and world cuisine.
As part of a sustainability plan, 25 per cent of all ingredients will be sourced within 250 km of Paris and 20 per cent will be organic.