At The Cooking Academy we spice up traditional development days with engaging and competitive cooking challenges. Teams can be pitted against each other to create and serve a ‘Michelin’ standard banquet dinner. The leadership team can then either enjoy the meal as a group, or for added fun, invite their teams to serve and enjoy the dinner they have cooked together. All of this is taught, supervised and judged by our highly experienced Chefs.
Download our corporate brochure to share the concept with your colleagues. Download Brochure Testimonials
Cooking has a unique ability to put everyone on a level playing field, which encourages openness and for people to embrace new ideas. It breaks through any overly risk adverse cultures to develop the ‘can do’ mentality. Working together to create a beautiful meal, which is later shared as a team, provides a relaxing and convivial atmosphere compared too many other events. Cooking is also very similar to the office environment, with delegation of tasks, oversight, encouraging experimentation and sharing the results as a team, making it perfect for coaching the soft skills modern businesses require.
Our events can last from as little as 2 hours through to an evening or whole day. They are fully flexible, built around your needs, with a typical example below:
Our events are entirely managed by our team of chefs and event managers; we provide all necessary equipment, ingredients and even a mobile kitchen where required, so all you need to do is turn up and enjoy the day.
Central London, including the City and Canary Wharf, St Albans, Cambridge, Hitchin, Slough, Reading, Luton, Birmingham, Oxford and our home in Rickmansworth.
Group sizes range from 6 to 100 people.
We can create bespoke events to suit your company requirements. We have expert Chefs and offer a whole range of cuisines ranging from Japanese, Indian and Thai to Italian and Desserts. Speak to our Event Planners today to build an event perfect for you.
Companies with a strong and genuine CSR policy boast more engaged employees with increased retention, passion and creativity.
At The Cooking Academy, we work with organisations to bring groups of individuals together to create teams.
Nutritional eating and well-being is vital to peak performance, whether it is physical, mental or emotional.
We create a fun and entertaining cooking event with the goal of providing an outstanding experience that will be remembered positively by your clients for many years to come.
Break the mould with your clients, stand out and be different! You’d be hard-pressed to find something more satisfying.
Swap a sterile interview for an engaging cooking activity to discover their true personalities and skills.