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Teambuilding TBCo!
The sun is shining and we are ready for the summer season ahead here at The Teambuilding Company!
Our team of instructors are fully trained up with 12 members of staff recently completing their GB Archery Instructors course; all that is left to do now is team build the Teambuilding team…
Next Monday our team of instructors (some new for the summer and some that have worked for us for years) will be coming together on a training day to learn how best to work together in the busy summer months ahead!
Like all new teams it is important for employees to bond together and build trust and relationships as they will be spending a lot of time together up and down the country delivering events to clients. The aim of the training session is to also improve our team’s confidence, understand our company culture and for them to have fun!
We are very lucky at The Teambuilding Company… we get to work lots of different fun events, in different places with different people, however like most jobs, work can get repetitive so we like to focus and promote team morale! Our teambuilding activities help identify barriers to positive morale and highlight strategies to create more fun and positivity in day-to-day work!
We look forward to seeing you in the “field” 2018 TBCo Events Team!
Indoor
Cuisine Team
Overview
Ready, Steady, Cook!
We turn up the heat and grill your teams in this cookery team building event, but don’t worry this isn’t a hell’s kitchen…. Our friendly, seasoned chefs are here to help you through, no matter what your culinary capabilities are.
Watch as our professional chefs give you a flavour of their repertoire for inspiration whilst also teaching you some knife handling skills. You will then battle to out-cook the other teams and create two courses to put before the judges.
Our impressive fully mobile kitchen and team work stations will turn almost any venue into a Cuisine Team zone; please talk to us for advice on a suitable venue in your chosen area.
About
The Event Format
We invite you to suggest a theme before the event; French, Spanish Tapas, Italian are always popular. We then provide ingredients perfect for the theme you’ve chosen; fresh meat and vegetables, sauces and oils, herbs and spices - everything you might need.
Once your group has simmered down, the event starts with our professional chef giving an introduction to kitchen skills and cooking a dish to inspire you. The group will be split into teams of 5-7 people who then head to their own Cuisine Team work stations.
The teams are given time to plan their courses before the clock starts and the competition commences! Under the watchful eye of our chef you’ll create your own signature dish, this may be a variation of an old favourite or maybe something more Heston Blumenthal-esque.
Once the time is up, present your dishes to the judges. Teams are marked on presentation, taste and innovation. Remember you need to plan and utilise your team member’s strengths in order to flambé the competition. Rushing straight in is a recipe for disaster…
Why not also add a charitable spin to your cooking event with Bake a Difference?!
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How it works
How does Cuisine Team work?
Cuisine Team is an indoor cooking team building event for 5 to 150 people, where teams learn from professional chefs and then compete to cook two themed courses. It lasts about three hours. Here's how it runs.
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Choose your theme
Before the event, you choose a cuisine, such as French, Spanish tapas or Italian, and we provide ingredients to match.
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Chef demonstration
Our professional chef introduces key kitchen skills, including knife handling, and cooks a dish for inspiration.
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Head to your station
Teams of 5 to 7 people head to their own Cuisine Team workstations.
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Cook two courses
Teams plan, divide the work and cook two courses to put in front of the judges.
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The judging
Dishes are marked on presentation, taste and innovation, and the winning team receives medals.
What's included
What's included with Cuisine Team?
Cuisine Team includes expert chefs and a fully equipped kitchen setup.
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Professional chef and instruction
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All cookery equipment and hobs
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All ingredients
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Medals for the winning team
Optional extras
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Event photography or filming
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Upgraded prizes: champagne, chocolates or trophies
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Team clothing: branded chef's hats, aprons and more
Benefits
What are the benefits of Cuisine Team?
Cuisine Team builds team unity and creativity while everyone learns new cooking skills, whatever their ability in the kitchen.
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Team unity
Planning and making the most of each person's strengths is the key to success.
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Creativity
Teams put their own spin on dishes inspired by the chosen theme.
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Learn a skill
Friendly chefs teach practical kitchen skills everyone can use at home.
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Broad appeal
Our chefs help everyone through, whatever their culinary ability.
The cooking challenge has been the talking point in the office all week and everyone has said what a great evening it was. I think it was something different and not what people were expecting so went down really well.
Atlas Copco Ltd
FAQs
Cuisine Team: Frequently Asked Questions
A professional chef begins with a demonstration and practical kitchen guidance before participants divide into teams. Each group then plans, cooks and presents two courses in a competitive corporate cooking challenge.
No. The chefs support people with different levels of experience and demonstrate useful techniques before the competition. Teams can divide the work between preparation, cooking, organisation, presentation and keeping an eye on the clock.
Yes. You can suggest a culinary theme in advance, with French, Italian and Spanish tapas among the popular options. Ingredients are then selected to give teams room to create dishes within that theme.
Participants usually work in teams of approximately five to seven people. This is small enough for everyone to have a job while still providing enough hands to prepare two courses against the clock.
Teams receive ingredients, guidance and inspiration, but they also have room to develop a signature dish. They can adapt a familiar favourite or attempt something more ambitious, provided they can finish and present it within the available time.
The judges consider taste, presentation and innovation. Teams therefore need to think beyond simply cooking the food: organisation, creativity and the way the finished courses are presented all influence the result.
Yes. The mobile kitchen and individual workstations can transform many suitable UK venues into a temporary cooking space. The proposed room and facilities should be discussed beforehand to confirm that the location can support the setup.
The event runs for approximately three hours. This allows time for the chef's demonstration, team planning, preparing two courses and the final presentation and judging.
Cuisine Team is suitable for approximately 5 to 150 participants. Larger groups are divided across multiple cooking stations, maintaining a hands-on experience and a clear competition between the teams.
A kitchen quickly exposes unclear communication and poor planning. Teams must allocate responsibilities, manage several tasks at once and adapt when something goes wrong—all while producing two dishes that look and taste as though they belong together.