*As the world rests its eyes on the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro this year, a group of about 70 homeless men are being treated to a three-course meal of Ossobuco with buttery baroa potatoes topped off with a gelato dessert.
No its not a typo. It’s actually a very noble gesture.
The food comes courtesy of one of the world’s renowned chefs, Massimo Bottura, who had the beautifully humanistic idea to feed the poverty-stricken towns’ homeless and hungry the leftover food from the athletes.
The food would have otherwise been thrown away.
And let’s get an idea of what that would look like.
In excess of 230 tons of food is supplied daily to prepare 60,000 meals for athletes, coach and staff.
Bottura, 53, decided to use his heart, head and skillset to make a statement saying, “This is a cultural project, not a charity. We want to rebuild the dignity of the people.”
The cost of presenting the first ever Olympics in South America is a staggering $12 million dollars.
Bottura says he was inspired by the advocacy for the poor displayed by Pope Francis, and wanted to utilize the ingredients that were used by the Olympics caterers and local partners to create “Refettorio Gastromotiva,” a gourmet soup kitchen, that has been feeding the less fortunate in the Brazilian city for the past week.
One of the benefactors, Fagner dos Santos, a 33-year-old homeless man who has been battling drug addiction since living on the streets is elated at not only the food, but the presentation.
“Who would’ve thought food made for the cream of society would be served to a group of homeless men?” dos Santos said, as he admired the spacious, art-filled dining room and waiters wearing smart orange aprons.
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