Julie Burke

 Ignorance

If we don’t know how to make something great, we simply won’t. If we don’t know that greatness is possible, we won’t bother attempting it. All too often, we literally do not know any better than good enough.

 

Culinary Teamwork is crucial to all managers. The cog in the wheel. What does teamwork put on the  table?

1. Teamwork creates synergy where the sum is greater than the part
2. Teamwork gives each person a sense of autonomy and empowers which creates a more effective outcome
3. Teamwork can take on options for hierarchy
4. Teamwork can take on a more flexabile and responsive environment in cha ...

Imagine a night where never met couples come together to compete and collaborate over Crabs. Our culinary event was in Vancouver with a fully booked group of 10 couples that included newlyweds, online daters, newly divorced and a couple of empty nester's. A mixed bag of strangers to say the least. They knew when they signed up for this adventure that this wasn't a cooking class but rather a t ...

There's nothing better then getting kudos for a job that you put everything on the table for financially and otherwise. Or as one might add, a labour of love. We had an extraordinary evening with over 300 participants from the banking sector, auctioning off recipes and other culinary related activities like ice sculpting and culinary pitch skits. We held the event in a large ballroom and hire ...

If your team is planning an all day type meeting. Whatever the reason, some kind of team building should be on the 'must do' list. Culinary Team Building is one of the more exciting activities that provides an array of options in the kitchen. However, if the budget is tight and you want culinary, there are options to have your culinary team builder come to you at the office. It goes without s ...

Most of the time our smaller culinary corporate parties ultimately start and end up in the kitchen. Corporate and Conference planners alike are always on the lookout for something NEW and fresh. However, this means changing the habits of cooking in the evening to cooking in the morning.

We recently got an inquiry for ideas to connect a select group of lawyers that met annually flying in on a ...

The best example of how different divisional team dynamics can play out is in the preparation and tasting of soup. If we're judging the marketing team verses the IT team for best Carrot Ginger Soup, almost every time the final presentation and flavour profile is often miles apart. The marketing soup team rarely reads the recipe through and pays little or no attention to the finer details, but ...

I wanted to share an example of a corporate culinary team building program we delivered for a large construction business. We recommended the 'Too Many Cooks' program to serve the Executive Team's objective to build back respect and recognition to their construction foreman. There has been a number of miscommunications that started to have an impact on the effectiveness of the crews on the jo ...

 A Black Box Wine Challenge Kitchen Party should be high on your wish list for an evening with friends that appreciate the nuances of wine tasting. Tall Order Culinary Team Building offers up the best evening of a fun and competitive wine blending challenge. Our Sommelier arrives with the raw materials and asorted wines and the blending is left up to your guests for 'best blend'. Kitchen par ...

The importance of giving leadership teams or attendees time to break way from the meeting material and to re energize   or reload is an opportunity to interact informally in a cooking teambuilding activity in fun and carefree manner. Choosing a cooking teambuilding activity is advantagous both in having to feed the group and creating a 'safe' environment. The culinary program content is desig ...