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Celebrating 125 years of Le Cordon Bleu Institute, a 90-cover restaurant and 30-cover cafe originally planned to open in the City in March 2020; the culinary institute will also be offering courses and training on-site.
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Summary
The Paris-based Cordon Bleu culinary institute (est 1895) has one of the grander names in gastronomy to trade under, and opened a restaurant in the Lutyens-designed former Reuters building in Fleet Street in summer 2022, with former Plaza Athénée and Folie chef Christophe Marleix running the kitchen. One early visitor, Giles Coren of The Times, found it a “time machine”, with classical cooking and “four chefs in vertiginous toques” – “how much you enjoy it will depend on what you think of the direction restauration has taken since Le Cordon Bleu was the sine qua non (1973?)”. There’s also a daytime café for anybody who wants to nosey around inside.
Summary
Originally scheduled to open in March 2020 – the 125th anniversary of the opening of Cordon Bleu in Paris – this new City-based outpost of the famous culinary institute includes a 90-cover restaurant (whose offering will include a £25 set-lunch menu, delivered in 90 minutes) and 30-cover café (selling posh pastries). The site is Le Cordon Bleu’s second in London (the other is in Bloomsbury) and will, of course, also offer courses and training to stressed investment bankers, whose souls can be soothed by whisking up a quick soufflé.
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Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £25.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 10.00% |
85 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AE
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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