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The Olympic Village in Paris was built with France’s important food traditions in mind. But the runaway hit among the world’s elite athletes is not a croissant or a baguette, but something more likely to be passed over at an American cafeteria.
The chocolate muffin has become the go-to treat for this year’s Olympians.
“They’re very rich, and I like that,” Henrik Christiansen, a Norwegian swimmer turned unofficial Olympic Muffin Man on TikTok, said in an interview.