THE FINAL OF THE GREAT FLEET STREET QUARTER COOK OFF 2024

MOTT MACDONALD'S KIN LO WINS INAUGURAL COMPETITION

The Great Fleet Street Cook Off Final was a celebration of all-things culinary and community, hosted in partnership with the iconic CORD at Le Cordon Bleu.

Following the semi-finals earlier in March, our 6 finalists cooked-it-out to create the perfect Le Cordon Bleu-standard dish. Each entrant to the competition represented a different business from the local community with first place awarded to Kin Lo of Mott MacDonald and notable runners up James Kraven of WSP and Immacolata Esposito of St Bride Foundation.

All Cook Off competitors delivered delicious food to an impressively high standard with flare, talent and consideration, making the task of judging tough for the expert panel! Our appreciation goes to the judges Taz Khan MBE, Lulu Grimes, Chef Lorenzo Stella, Chef Jamal Bend and Lady Lucy French OBE for their wisdom and foodie insights.

Thank you to all the fantastic competitors who took part and the local businesses involved in making it such a fun and spirted inaugural competition: Barings, Bird & Bird, CauliBox, Dentons, Duke Corporate Education, GHD, MAYDAY ROOMS, Mott MacDonald, Peters & Peters, St Bride Foundation, Reorg, WSP and more.

Our thanks also go to Apex Hotels - Temple Court, Brian Tapson, The Amicable Society of Lazy Ballerinas, Java Java and KERB Food and of course the entire team at CORD whose world-class Master Chefs led the way for our cooks throughout this community series - resulting in many plates of exquisite food.