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Christmas Party Time!
It’s the 1st November… does that mean we can officially talk about Christmas?
…The John Lewis Christmas advert comes out this month
… The Coca Cola Christmas truck will be out on it’s annual tour this month
… It’s less than 8 weeks to Christmas
… For some, it’s less than a month until the Christmas party! (Have you organised yours yet?)
Looking at the Teambuilding Company’s calendar ahead, there are definitely some “Hot Dates” for Christmas parties this year, where we have lots of events on and venues are nearly fully booked. One of the great advantages of booking with TBCo is that we offer multiple, mobile setups of all our teambuilding equipment meaning we can provide multiple of the same events on the same day in different locations!
If you’re stuck for ideas for the Christmas party, check out below some of our favourite Christmas Teambuilding events…
Foodie Events
Of course with Christmas comes food, and more food and even more food! It’s the one time of the year that no one fights the over indulgence and everyone appreciates good food and good chat, which is why our Cooking events are one of the most popular over the Christmas period, including Chocolate Making, Cuisine Team and our new gingerbread “Winter Wonderdland”!
Christmas Treasure Hunt
We run Treasure Hunts all year round in locations all over the World, so what a better way to celebrate Christmas than adding Father Christmas, some elves, reindeers and some Christmas themed questions and challenges to our Treasure Hunts! If you don’t fancy being out in the cold, you can always add a Black Cab to your hunt!
Build Santa’s Sleigh
On Christmas Eve, Santa will travel 510,000,000km in 32 hours, so will be averaging about 10,704,437.5 kmph, or about 1,800 miles per second so he will need a pretty impressive sleigh! Adapted from our F1 Challenge, instead of building an F1 car, you and your team of elves will need to build the best Santa’s Sleigh!
Christmas Jingles
For some, the constant Christmas jingles on the radio can get quite tedious, but not for us! We encourage full enthusiasm for Christmas jingles whether that’s through our Drumming Event or Perfect Harmony!
Add a ‘little something’ to your Christmas Party
Maybe you’ve been organised and already organised a disco or Christmas meal? Well we can offer that little extra Christmas magic, by adding casino tables, flexible cocktail masterclasses, murder mysteries, comedy waiters, quizzes and so much more to your event!
To discuss your Christmas teambuilding event, give our Sales Team a call on 01590 676599.
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Molecular Cooking
Overview
The Culinary Science...
The mad scientists of the culinary world have combined their love of cooking with the curiosity of science!
It won’t just be pots and pans in this event, Molecular Cooking has you look at the chemical properties of foods and how these can be manipulated to create strange and unconventionally tasty dishes! Our expert chefs will demonstrate the effects certain chemical reactions have on food; spheres, foams and gels are all part of the gastronomy infusions you’ll create.
Your teams will be kitted out with culinary lab coats, aka - chef’s aprons, teams then take to their bespoke work stations to begin conjuring up their own chemically charged cuisine creations.
Our set up can be brought into almost any venue to turn the space into a Molecular Cooking kitchen. With over 25 years’ experience in the events industry we have worked with hundreds of venues throughout the UK – do call us to discuss venues near you. Alternatively we can turn your offices into a chemist’s culinary dream.
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The Event Format
Once the demonstrations are over and your teams have been briefed on the array of new cooking tools laid out at their stations, it’s time to start your food experimentation!
The room transforms into a scene from Flubber as you learn cooking methods such as spherification, the process of shaping liquid into spheres, along with the introduction of hydrocolloid gelling agents to create strangely delicious flavoured combinations.
Learn one of the ‘coolest’ methods of freezing your food by using liquid nitrogen, crush berries into frosted flakes and create the creamiest of ice creams all with a single dunk.
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Can your team keep cool under the pressure of this hot kitchen? Plan and prepare your dishes with care, using all your team’s expertise if you want to win this competitive cooking challenge! You’ll be marked by the judges on the presentation, taste and innovation.
Once the winning team are crowned as the chefing wizards of the day, you’ll get to enjoy everyone’s dishes as a fitting finale to a day of fun team work and culinary competition. We have a variety of food based events such as Chocolate Making, Ready Steady Bake and more!
How it works
How does Molecular Cooking work?
Molecular Cooking is an indoor team building event for 5 to 150 people, where expert chefs teach teams to use food science, including spheres, foams, gels and dry ice, to create unusual dishes. It lasts about three hours. Here's how it runs.
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The demonstration
Our expert chefs demonstrate how chemical reactions affect food, from spherification to hydrocolloid gelling agents.
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Suit up
Teams put on their culinary lab coats, otherwise known as chef's aprons, and head to their own workstations.
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Start experimenting
Teams are briefed on the new cooking tools at their stations and start creating spheres, foams, gels and dry-ice frozen treats.
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Plan your dishes
Teams use everyone's expertise to plan and prepare their competition dishes with care.
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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 Molecular Cooking?
Molecular Cooking includes expert chefs and all the specialist equipment.
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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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Branded chef's hats, aprons and more
Benefits
What are the benefits of Molecular Cooking?
Molecular Cooking sparks creativity and builds team unity, while everyone learns surprising new cooking techniques.
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Creativity
Teams invent strange and unconventionally tasty dishes of their own.
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Team unity
Planning and using every team member's expertise is the key to winning.
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Learn a skill
Everyone learns professional techniques such as spherification and dry-ice freezing.
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Broad appeal
Expert chefs guide every step, so no cooking experience is needed.
FAQs
Molecular Cooking: Frequently Asked Questions
Molecular Cooking explores the science behind food. Guided by expert chefs, teams use unusual techniques to transform familiar ingredients into spheres, foams, gels and other inventive creations before presenting their dishes for judging.
It contains elements of both. The chefs demonstrate the specialist tools and methods first, after which teams move to their own workstations and use what they have learned in a competitive culinary challenge.
Spherification is a molecular gastronomy technique that turns liquid into small spheres with a delicate outer layer. During the event, participants learn how changes to an ingredient's structure can create a completely different texture and presentation.
Liquid nitrogen may be used to demonstrate extremely rapid freezing techniques, such as turning berries into frozen flakes or producing exceptionally smooth ice cream. Specialist methods are introduced and managed as part of the chef-led activity.
No. The event is designed to introduce the techniques from the beginning. Curiosity, careful listening and teamwork are more important than arriving with laboratory knowledge or professional kitchen experience.
Teams receive bespoke workstations, aprons, ingredients and the specialist tools required for the selected techniques. The chefs explain how each item is used before participants begin experimenting with their dishes.
The judges assess presentation, taste and innovation. A dish needs to be more than scientifically interesting: teams must use the techniques creatively while still producing something enjoyable to eat.
The mobile setup can turn many offices, hotels and event venues into a temporary molecular kitchen. The proposed space should be discussed in advance so its practical suitability can be confirmed.
The experience lasts approximately three hours, allowing time for demonstrations, experimentation, preparing the finished dishes and judging the competitive results.
Molecular Cooking is suitable for approximately 5 to 150 participants. Larger groups work across several stations, combining the atmosphere of a culinary laboratory with the energy of a corporate team competition.