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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Beetroot and beefless bourguignon as Paris Olympics embraces vegetarian cuisine

Charles Guilloy cooking a kitchen.
Charles Guilloy will run the Olympic Village restaurant. The summer Games will make history by offering fans and athletes more vegetarian food than any previous Olympics. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters

It will boast the world’s biggest salad bar, offer fans vegetarian hotdogs and bring in up to half a million bananas by boat to meet athletes’ insatiable demand for the fruit while avoiding the carbon footprint of air travel.

As part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions, the Paris Olympics will make history by offering more vegetarian cuisine than in any Games.

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