Athletes Are Sharing What It's Like To Eat In The Olympic Village & We're Freaking Out

How's the food?

It's the question everyone asks about any catered event, and the Olympics are no different.

Athletes in Beijing have taken to TikTok to show the outside world a little more of what it's like to eat inside the Olympic Village dining hall.

And between the COVID measures and the high-tech setup, it looks like a pretty wild experience.

COVID-19 has obviously impacted how the Games operate and while rules still apply to keep athletes safe, we're still a little bit jealous.

When they enter the dining hall, athletes have to sanitize their hands and put on gloves before they touch anything. They also have to sit behind plexiglass dividers when eating.

Talk about safety!

When trying to decide what food they want, the sky's the limit!

From authentic Chinese cuisine to your typical all-American breakfast, the dining hall has tried to cater to all athletes' tastes and dietary restrictions.

They even have dessert because athletes deserve to be treated as well.

If the dining hall wasn't enough, athletes can also grab fast food at KFC and Pizza Hut. Sometimes, Olympians want to kick back and eat junk food too. It's also free.

Based on what we know about athletes' diets, you can probably tell an Olympian's sport by what they're eating.

According to data compiled by Chefs Plate, an athlete competing in freestyle skiing requires about 35-45 calories per kg of their weight and should eat mostly carbs, vegetables and a small amount of protein. Any diet where we can eat carbs, please sign us up.

To contrast, athletes who participate in ski jumping should eat 34-36 calories per kg of their weight and should eat mostly vegetables, some protein and a small amount of carbs. We're not big vegetable people, but we'll eat it if we have to.

Although the athletes are getting human servers behind glass, that's not the case in the media centre, where reporters are getting their food delivered via robot.

There are robot bartenders, and some food even gets delivered via dropdown pods above the dining tables. It's like stepping into Wall-E.

Where do we buy one of these robot butlers?

We're jealous of the athletes eating all this great food in Beijing, but we've already resigned ourselves to enjoying a Mr. Noodle on the couch while we watch the Games unfold.