Chef Charles Guilloy\u2019s lentil dahl is one of 550 dishes that will be served to the 15,000 athletes at the Paris Olympics, where up to 40 tons of food will be cut up and cooked daily with regard to many different tastes and cultures.Guilloy, chef executive at Sodexo Live!, the company in charge of delivering meals 24\/7 in the athletes\u2019 village just north of Paris, will head a 300-strong team tasked with feeding people from 206 countries.Sodexo Live! has provided meals for athletes at the French Open tennis, as well as those at the French national institute of football.\u201cWe\u2019ll be welcoming the world at our table,\u201d Guilloy told Reuters as he chopped onions and garlic before roasting curcuma, ginger and a mix of spices \u2013 key ingredients in his dahl \u2013 made with French green lentils instead of red lentils.\u201cWe want 25% of our ingredients to be locally sourced,\u201d he explained.\u201cThe menus are ready, they have been validated by the International Olympic Committee and Paris 2024. There is one main dining hall at the Cite du Cinema with six restaurants and another one on the Ile St Denis (both within the 52-hectare village).\u201dOn top of that, a bakery will open and athletes will be invited to workshops to make their own baguettes.The service will start on July 10, 16 days before the Games begin and will end on Sept. 12, four days after the completion of the Paralympics.\u201cBreakfast, lunch, dinner, night snacks, pre-competition, pre-training, post-competition, it\u2019s culinary and logistical challenge,\u201d said Guilloy, adding that 1,000 people would work around the clock at the village.Some 40 different dishes \u2013 for about 40,000 meals served \u2013 will be on offer every day and nutritionists will be deployed to help athletes who don\u2019t have the means to hire their own.\u201cWe\u2019re taking into account the intolerances, allergies, but also ethical and cultural cuisines. There will be gluten free, lactose free, halal and kosher food,\u201d said Guilloy as his lentils finish cooking in coconut milk and tomato pulp before he serves them with a fat free, protein-packed Icelandic dairy product seasoned with lime and coriander.\u201cI like this dish because it\u2019s consistent and it\u2019s a mix of cultures. It comes from India but we\u2019re using French lentils,\u201d he said.Guilloy, however, is no dreamer. He knows that despite his best efforts, one dish will always be the most popular \u2013 pizza.(Reuters)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chef Charles Guilloy will be serving lentil dahl to the 15,000 athletes at the Paris Olympics. Sodexo Live!, the company in charge of delivering meals, will serve up to 40 tons of food daily to cater to different tastes and cultures. The meals will be sourced locally and will include gluten-free, lactose-free, halal, and kosher options. The service will start on July 10 and end on September 12, with a variety of dishes offered each day. Despite the diverse menu, pizza is expected to be the most popular dish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[665,426,3,336,499,187,185,423,340,618,18],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-chefs","tag-competition","tag-cyprus","tag-football","tag-france","tag-international","tag-main","tag-olympics","tag-tennis","tag-top","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n