CORD hosts business breakfasts, strategy days, client dinners and full private hire for up to 80 seated guests or 130 at a standing cocktail event. Le Cordon Bleu opened it as its first restaurant in London, at 85 Fleet Street in the City, inside a grade II listed building designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Seminars and company events
Two private rooms work as meeting rooms during the day. The Viceroy seats 16 and is set up for business sessions, strategy days and team bonding. The Reuters seats 6 for confidential discussions. Both can be booked with a dining package or on their own with pastries, coffee and cold drinks, so a morning meeting can run without a full meal. Booking slots cover breakfast, lunch, dinner or a whole day. For larger company events the whole restaurant can be hired, and the team lists award ceremonies, conferences and Christmas parties among the formats it handles.
Le Cordon Bleu also runs group cookery sessions for corporate team development and client entertaining, held at CORD and at the Le Cordon Bleu institute on Bloomsbury Square. Wine masterclasses can be requested through the same enquiry form.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings appear among the event types the team accepts, next to birthday parties and private celebrations. Exclusive hire suits a seated wedding meal for up to 80 guests or a drinks reception for up to 130. Weekends are open for private events, which matters for a Saturday wedding in a part of London that is mostly built around the working week.
Rooms and capacities
The Reuters room measures 16 square meters and the Viceroy 24 square meters. Opened together they form a 40 square meter space seating 26, and smaller groups can use the extra room for drinks before sitting down. Exclusive hire of the restaurant covers up to 80 seated or 130 in a cocktail format. The site does not give standing figures for the private rooms.
Catering
The kitchen is led by executive chef Karl O'Dell. Menus mix classic and modern technique in dishes with international influences, built on seasonal produce sourced across the British Isles. Event menus follow the same approach, and a group brochure can be requested from the events team before a booking.
History and setting
The building at 85 Fleet Street is a listed work by Lutyens and long housed the London headquarters of the Reuters news agency, which gives the smaller private room its name. Fleet Street was the center of the British press for most of the twentieth century. The address sits between the financial City to the east and the legal quarter around the Temple and the Royal Courts of Justice to the west.
Getting there
City Thameslink is the closest rail station, and Blackfriars and Chancery Lane are a short walk away, which puts the venue within easy reach of the City, the West End and the main London rail terminals. London City Airport is the nearest airport, with Heathrow reachable by rail. The site lists no parking of its own, so guests arriving by car should plan on public car parks nearby.
