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Teambuilding...with Cooking!
NEW!
The Scrivener
Fall 2006
Grounded in the universal human experience of “breaking bread
together,” Culinary Teambuilding is an exciting new concept in
corporate-event activities that raises the bar by using cooking as a
vehicle for collaboration. It requires none of the athletic prowess
required in other teambuilding programs that put pressure on group
members to overcome a physical challenge and it provides an
opportunity for everyone in a group to contribute, regardless of their
culinary skills.
We believe food is the gateway to the soul and that cooking is an
expression of the way we operate in the world. Your personality shows
its true colours when the hollandaise breaks or the brandy snaps burn!
Culinary Teambuilding identifies the right fit for the client’s
objective. The simple recipe for a spectacular custom-designed event
is basing the program on the number of participants, the time of day,
and the preferred location.
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Best Eating - Georgia Straight
How we cook and what ingredients we identify with say a lot
about us
By Angela Murrills
1-Sept-2005
Ever noticed that people who over-mayo their sandwiches invariably
have a certain oily quality? Or that bakers of three-tier chocolate
cakes are generally less spontaneous than their spatula-clattering
friends whose tables groan with Tuscan platters served family style?
You’re not just what you eat. You are also how you slice, chop, mix,
and cook what goes on your plate. These thoughts and more flit through
my mind as I stand at a table ripping the guts out of a Dungeness
crab. Crunching cartilage with gusto, needling out strands of flesh,
I’m having a fine time now that I’ve slunk away from the group in the
kitchen next door where somebody else’s musical choice booms over the
sound system. My wheedling excuse for solitude: I don’t want crab
juice to splash over my fellow cooks. Hmmm…doesn’t play well with
others, devious too. It’s just as well that I’m not being judged for
suitedness to the business world.
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Edible Vancouver Extreme Cooking Events
Take Edible Vancouver’s “Shop with a Chef” to the next level!
July 16 & August 20 2005
Entrepreneur and award winning foodie Julie Burke will tell you
stories and show you the ropes at Granville Island Market in
preparation for two amazing sumptuous four- course meals in which all
must participate in making bread, discover healthy wild salads, simmer
fresh crab and of course dessert.
The Plan
Group meets at Granville Island and will divide into two teams.
Each group is given one hour and cash to purchase the wildest
combination of in-season raw ingredients. One group will be cooking
for the other group so if you’re a master BBQ’er watch out!
With baskets brimming, we’ll head for the kitchen to BBQ, bake and
sauté a masterpiece meal with the watchful eye of Julie Burke and her
culinary team.
This program is fun, creative and competitive. Who leads? Who
follows? Who thinks on their feet?
This event provides a unique fun environment for relationship
building and is great for networking and Meeting new friends.
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"Hey Baby, Wanna
Peel My Grape?"
Tall Orders Ventures Gives Singles a Chance to get Fresh in the
Kitchen at Serendipity
December 2004
VANCOUVER: On Saturday, November 27th, thirty-four fun-seeking singles
will have
the opportunity to come together at Serendipity and “break bread”
while breaking
the ice! The latest in dating, Serendipity is an exclusive evening of
cooking that gives
participants a chance to meet someone special while their hands are
covered in
melted Godiva. Things are sure to heat up at beautiful Panorama Ridge
B & B in Vancouver.
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Breaking New Ground in the Global Culinary Teambuilding Arena
As seen in BC Business Magazine and City TV
March 2004
Why is the CEO scaling salmon with the Director of Business
Development? Is there a way to add passion to a relationship with your
hands covered in melted Godiva? Can SINGLES cook an aphrodisiac
meal and still stay focused?
Grounded in the universal human experience of “breaking bread
together”, Culinary
Teambuilding is an exciting new concept that “raises the bar” using
cooking as a vehicle for
collaboration.
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article »
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