Norwegian chefs shell-shocked after being sent 15,000 eggs

PYEONGCHANG: Norwegian chefs hoping to buy 1,500 eggs to feed hungry Olympic athletes had their dinner plans scrambled after a mixup with a grocery order.

Norway’s army of nutritional experts were left shell-shocked in Pyeongchang when a lorry delivered 15,000 eggs, apparently because an online purchase got lost in translation.

“We received a truckload of eggs,” chef Stale Johansen told Norwegian news agency NTB.

“We were quite surprised when they came carrying the eggs – there was no end to it, incredible.”

While vastly experienced in keeping their athletes in peak conditions, Norway’s chefs appear to have cracked under the early pressure, but at least their athletes will get plenty of protein.

Norway’s chef de mission Tore Ovrebo saw the funny side, calculating that the country’s delegation of 121 athletes and officials would have to eat 124 eggs each.

“It was an extra zero on the order, so 1,500 became 15,000,” he explained.

“They will probably use them, I guess, and maybe the people that supplied us with them will take them back. It’s not a big issue.”

What is certain is Norway’s team of chefs will need a crash course in Korean – or to polish their Google Translate skills – if they want to avoid another eggs-traordinary culinary fail at these Olympics.