Sapio can host study days, management committees, team building, business meals, product launches and private parties, in a main meeting room for 20 people in a U-shape or 35 in theater layout and a smaller room for 8. The venue combines a cooking school, a restaurant and a shop at 11 rue de la Clavurerie, in the center of Nantes.
Seminars and company events
The team behind Sapio and its game brand Apério has organized events for companies and private clients for more than 15 years. For meetings, three options are offered: a full study day package, the hire of one of the two salons on its own, or a program with activities added.
The study day runs as a full or half day. It starts with breakfast on arrival, continues in a fully equipped private salon and includes lunch or dinner in the restaurant, cooked with local produce. The small planted salon suits a management committee or a short retreat away from the office.
The list of business formats on the site is long: afterwork, press event, end-of-period celebration, product launch, networking, client reception, staff reward, business meal, seminar, company evening and team building. Activities include cooking workshops, wine workshops, Apério Challenge and Apério Vino. Apério is an educational game built around taste and the senses, or around wine tasting, and it is played in Sapio's indoor garden. It can also be run remotely or in hybrid form for teams who cannot travel. A meal served blind, with dishes to identify, can follow the game.
Weddings and receptions
Sapio does not sell weddings. It does host private celebrations: birthdays, banquets, christenings, graduations, engagements, civil partnerships, retirement parties, bachelor and bachelorette parties and seasonal celebrations. One space or the whole venue can be privatized, and a mobile catering service is available.
Rooms and capacities
Le Grand Salon: 20 in a U-shape, up to 35 in theater layout.
Le Petit Salon Végétalisé: up to 8, planted decor, suited to committee meetings.
Indoor garden: used for Apério sessions; capacity not published.
Privatization of the whole venue is possible; the site does not give a total capacity.
Catering
The restaurant cooks fresh, seasonal produce with a local focus. On Thursday and Friday evenings it serves Menus Mystère, surprise menus in which diners guess what is on the plate. For groups, the restaurant is privatized for lunch or dinner from Monday to Friday, on booking. Study day packages include breakfast and a lunch or dinner. A mobile catering service can also cook for events held elsewhere.
History and setting
Sapio presents itself as a culinary academy. It runs cooking classes for the public alongside the restaurant, a shop open Tuesday to Saturday and a gift card offer. The team calls the place an unusual venue and a quiet spot in the middle of Nantes, and the indoor garden gives groups a space away from the street for breaks and games. Recipes and partners are listed on the official site.
Getting there
The address is 11 rue de la Clavurerie, 44000 Nantes, in the city center. The site lists a contact form with options for lunch, dinner and seminar requests, and a phone line for tailored team experiences.
