Norway's World Cup team brings chefs and food to 2026 tournament
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 23, 2026, 7:41 PM
Last updated Jun 23, 2026
The Norwegian men’s national soccer team has taken chefs and selected food ingredients to the 2026 World Cup in North Carolina. The team brought three chefs and various items, including seafood and brown cheese, to ensure quality and consistency in meals. However, there is no evidence suggesting they did this to avoid American food. The claims circulating online about 2,000 pounds of imported food are not supported by confirmed facts. The team also sourced some ingredients locally, indicating an openness to American cuisine.
- •Norwegian team brings three chefs and some food to World Cup.
- •Ingredients include seafood, brown cheese, and local produce.
- •No confirmation on the claimed 2,000 pounds of food imported.
- •Efforts aim for meal consistency and comfort for players.
- •Norway is not the only team with its own chefs at the tournament.
- 7:41 PMYahoo Sports — Fact Check: Why Norway's World Cup team brought its own food and chefs to US
"There's no evidence that the Norwegian team imported ingredients and took its own chefs to the U.S. to avoid the American diet, as posts claimed.
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