Cooking workshop
at your venue
Cooking together exposes a division of tasks that stays invisible in the office. We bring the ingredients, the equipment and the host.
Why is cooking a good team task?
Cooking forces a group to decide within an hour who does what. There is too much work for one person, the courses have to be ready at the same time, and there is a clock. Within ten minutes it is clear who takes the lead, who keeps an overview and who waits to be assigned something.
That makes it more useful than most formats in which a group has to solve something. Nothing has to be simulated. It is about real food that they will be eating shortly, and that makes people take it seriously without it becoming heavy.
- Several courses, divided among teams
- Ingredients, equipment and cooking stations included
- Allergies and dietary requirements taken into account
- Two and a half to three hours, including the meal
Four things that force the division of work
There is too little time
The task is deliberately just too big for the clock. That means work has to be divided and nobody can keep doing everything themselves.
Not everyone can cook
Some tasks need experience, others only precision. Teams that judge this well finish sooner, and they can see that for themselves.
The courses depend on each other
What one group makes, another needs. Talking to each other between the stations is therefore a requirement, not a bonus.
At the end everyone sits down
The meal is the conclusion and the moment when the conversation about the division of work comes up by itself, with no evaluation session bolted on.
What is needed at the venue?
A cooking workshop needs power, water and somewhere to wash up. If the venue has a kitchen, we work in it. If not, we set up cooking stations on ordinary tables, and that works just as well in a canteen or meeting room.
We also need tables to eat at, because the closing part of the programme is that everyone sits down together. If you have no space at all, we will find a venue that suits the group size.
A compact format starts at €195 per programme.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need a kitchen?
A kitchen is handy but not essential. If the venue has one, we use it. If not, we bring cooking stations that fit on an ordinary table. What we do need is power, access to water and somewhere to wash up.
How do you deal with allergies and dietary requirements?
Please tell us about allergies and dietary requirements in your enquiry, and we will adjust the dishes and the shopping accordingly. Vegetarian and vegan are possible as standard. For serious allergies we work with separate work stations and separate equipment.
How long does a cooking workshop take?
Allow two and a half to three hours, including the meal at the end. That is longer than most of our programmes, because the meal is part of it. It can be shorter by working with fewer courses, but then the shared finish disappears.
Is this suitable as team building?
Cooking is one of the better team building formats, because the division of tasks becomes visible without anyone having to invent an exercise for it. Who takes the lead, who does what is left over, and who waits and sees. We have that conversation afterwards, briefly and at the table.
Tell us about your plan
Interested in a cooking workshop? Fill in the short form and we will send a price estimate within 1 working day.
A team task that ends at the table
Tell us the group size, the space and any dietary requirements, and we will send a proposal.