Prepare to max out your cards AND throw in your first born

[dropcap style=”l” size=”3″]S[/dropcap]ports fans will pay £2.10 for a toasted teacake, £2.30 for a 500ml bottle of Coca-Cola and £4.20 for a 330ml bottle of Heineken at the London 2012 Games.

The price of cod and chips will start from £8 while anyone who wants a tipple will have to pay £4.80 for an 18.7cl serving of London 2012 red wine.

Spectators who fancy a curry will find a lamb rogan josh served with pilaf or saffron rice available for £8.50.

London 2012 organisers, who are gearing up to serve 14 million meals across 40 locations during the Games, revealed a sample menu of what spectators can expect to eat.

London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton said: “We have gone to great lengths to find top quality, tasty food that celebrates the best of Britain. We believe that our prices are more than comparable to those found at other major sporting events, which because of their temporary nature are often more expensive than the high street.”

Some of the food on offer include: porridge and maple syrup, made with UK oats and milk – £2.20; carrot and cucumber sticks with red pesto hummus – £2.50; six jerk Red Tractor-assured chicken wings – £3.50; Red Leicester British cheese with British apple chutney and farm-assured lettuce on Oxfordshire bread – £3.80; jacket potato with Dingley Dell bacon and Freedom Foods chicken in a herb mayonnaise, served with rocket and watercress salad – £5.80.

Also on the menu are: pole and line-caught tuna and sweet potato British salad – £5.90; grilled Red Tractor chicken burrito – £6.50; penne pasta Red Tractor chicken and mushroom white sauce – £6.50; thin-crust stone-baked 10in pizza with spicy pepperoni, spicy beef, basil and oregano – £7.50; Singapore noodle, stir-fried egg noodle, chicken, prawns, char sui pork, chilli and shredded peppers in a hoi sin dressing – £8.50; lamb rogan josh served with pilaf or saffron rice – £8.50.

Drinks include: bottled water – £1.60; Fairtrade tea from £2; Fairtrade coffee from £2.60; 500ml bottle of Coca Cola – £2.30; 330ml bottle of Heineken – £4.20; London 2012 red wine 18.7cl – £4.80

In total, 1.2 million meals will be served to athletes, comprising 1,300 different dishes. Spectators will be able to pick from more than 800 food concessions featuring more than 150 dishes. A family of four should be able to buy food and drinks for under £40, according to London 2012.

Strong efforts have also been made to ensure that all food has been sourced to high environmental, ethical and animal welfare standards, they added.

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