GREEN BAY, Wis. — Lambeau Field will be packed with crowds of excited fans for the home opener on Sunday and no doubt they’ll bring their appetites.

More than 81,000 fans are expected to cheer on the Packers at home on game day. Those fans come hungry and making sure they’re fed starts with one chef.

Executive Chef Zac Ladubec with Delaware North Sportservice makes sure game day fans get to eat. This is his ninth season with the Packers, and he said fans certainly have a favorite menu item.

“We sold 116,000 brats last year here at Lambeau Field,” Ladubec said.

To get that many brats to hungry fans, it takes an army of cooks on game day.

 “We have about 100 cooks that are working directly with us, and then over 700 nonprofit volunteers that help us run concessions,” Ladubec said.

Ladubec said many hands are needed to handle the large number of prepared meals.

“We start receiving food on Mondays for Sunday games and we’ll have, you know, upwards of 100 pallets’ worth of food,” Ladubec said.

Chef Lovly Yang is one of many that is part of the game day culinary team. This is her fifth year with the Packers. She said at kickoff, the kitchen is a choreographed chaos.

“It is crazy. It’s a lot of food with a lot of fun,” Yang said. “I love to see all the fans.”

She said on game day, if she doesn’t have a brat in her hands, she has something to keep her organized.

“I got my clipboard. I got my notepad, my pen, we’re gonna write all this down,” Yang said. “We’re gonna figure it out.”

Ladubec is tasked with walking to four other kitchens during game days because fans aren’t the only people needing food.

“We’ll feed the networks that come in for the broadcast of the game will feed visiting owners, internal staff, guests, our staff volunteers,” Ladubec said.

Chef Gage Dawiedcyk heads the Lambeau Field Atrium restaurant 1919 Kitchen & Tap. He said the most popular game day food shouldn’t surprise cheeseheads.

“We sell 550 pounds of cheese curds in a game weekend,” Dawiedcyk said.

He’s worked with the Packers for three years and said game day is frantic but worth it.

“Chaotic, but it all works together. It’s a smooth operation. So it’s a lot of things going on,” he said. “All the moving parts. Everybody’s on key. Everybody’s on point.”

Ladubec said there’s a lot of pride serving fans on game day and there’s no other place he’d rather be.

“I tell all my family, there’s 32 jobs like this in the world. And I think I have the best one,” Ladubec said.

Serving up more than food gratification in making sure fans are well-fed so they can cheer on their favorite team.