Advocates urge Olympic chefs to drop foie gras at the 2024 Games

Over a month ago, Animal Equality’s global team launched a campaign to remove foie gras from the 2024 Olympic hospitality menu.

Foie gras production involves force-feeding ducks and geese multiple times daily until their livers swell up to ten times their natural size. Many animals bleed, pant, shake, and vomit during this process. 

Advocates argue that foie gras contradicts the Olympic spirit of “responsibility” and “sustainability.” Despite over 60% of the menu being plant-based or meatless, organizers have still allowed a dish so cruel that its production is illegal in over a dozen countries.

In a matter of weeks, Animal Equality’s supporters have:

• Gathered over 70,000 global petition signatures urging the Committee to drop foie gras from the hospitality menus.
• Sent two open letters, the latest signed by experts, celebrities, and athletes.
• Rallied support on social media, showing organizers how strongly people oppose foie gras.

Animal Equality is now reaching out to chefs involved in the hospitality packages, asking them to use their influence to shape a kinder menu.

Below are the names and social media accounts of these chefs. Please comment on their posts, voicing your concerns about foie gras.

Remember to keep your comments polite, respectful, and culturally sensitive.

1. Nina Métayer 
2. Frédéric Anton 
3. Adrien Cachot 
4. Claire Heitzler 
5. Maxence Barbot
6. Christophe Hay 
7. Fanny Herpin 
8. Matthias Marc
9. Stéphanie Le Quellec 
10. Alan Geaam 
11. François Daubinet 
12. Pierre Chomet 
13. Pascal Barbot 
14. Victor Mercier 
15. Baptiste Renouard
16. Quentin Lechat 
17. Yoni Saada 
18. Thibault Sombardier 
19. Amaury Bouhours 
20. Chloé Charles 
21. Alessandra Montagne 
22. Mathieu Mandard
23. Thomas Chisholm
24. Grégory Marchand
25. Thibaut Spiwack
26. Pierre Chirac
27. Alexandre Gauthier
28. Ophélie Barès
29. Matan Zaken
30. Beatriz Gonzalez 
31. Mehdi Boucenna 
32. Édouard Chouteau 
33. Yann Couvreur 
34. Catherine Kluger 
35. Carrie Solomon
36. Jean-Baptiste Lavergne-Morazzani
37. Gilles Verot 
38. Germain Decreton
39. Camille Saint-M’leux 
40. Sébastien Tantot 
41. Nicolas Verot
42. Frédéric Vardon
43. Raamin Samiyi 
44. Oxana Cretu
45. Cristina Chomet

PROTECT DUCKS

Even before hatching from their eggs, ducklings communicate with their close‑knit families.

Protect these families by eating plant‑based and ditching animal products.