During seventeen days, the Olympic festival at Lake Most was visited by almost seventy thousand spectators, who had the opportunity to welcome Czech Olympians and try out fifty different sports disciplines. In addition to a wide range of sports activities, they also enjoyed a diverse selection of gastronomy.
While at most cultural events for the general public, langos, hot dogs, and other classic fast food usually dominate, it was evident at this sports event that the menu was designed so that the meals were filling yet light and prepared from quality ingredients.
“We prepared the menu to include both traditional festival foods, which are in high demand, as well as foods suitable for sports, such as the Mexican bowl or bánh mì with a large portion of fresh vegetables and cooked, shredded meat. These meals are suitable even before physical activity and do not weigh down athletes, unlike beef sirloin or dumplings with cabbage,” says Richard Vála, the business director of Foodway Catering, the exclusive provider of catering services at Czech Olympic team events, including the entire Olympic festival.
The food court located in the central part of the festival area consisted of stalls arranged in a circle, with a square of dining tables in the center. Everyone could order refreshments according to their taste and then sit at a table with friends who had food from a different stall. The most popular items were Vietnamese bánh mì sandwiches and Mexican Bowls with shredded meat, both served with a large side of fresh vegetables. Guests were also served a quarter ton of fresh fruit, mainly pineapples, melons, peaches, and apples, at the stalls during the festival.
“We consider our partnership with the Czech Olympic Committee a huge honor and challenge. The Czech Olympic Committee is a brand known to everyone and has a huge reach. It is an opportunity for us to present ourselves to the general public and the partners of the Czech Olympic Committee, to establish cooperation with them, strengthen existing relationships, and show what we are capable of,” adds the manager of the catering company Foodway Catering.
Foodway Catering was founded in 2013 and is part of the Prague gastronomy alliance Together. Its hallmark is always honest cuisine prepared from quality and fresh ingredients, drawing inspiration from both traditional Czech recipes and international influences.
Live cooking, themed events, international conferences and large congresses, office catering, and classic coffee breaks, weddings, private celebrations, and festive gala dinners - these are the events where Foodway Catering is most often involved. They also provide catering and food courts at major festivals and sports events, such as the Metronome festival, KVIFF, or this year's Ice Hockey World Championship. Of course, they were also present at the Olympic festival at Lake Most, the largest event in the Czech Republic this year, organized by the Czech Olympic Committee.
