“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.”
Virginia Woolf
Live, Virtual Cooking Experiences and Culinary Team Building
We Ship Ingredients
Add the Spice of Togetherness For Groups of Any Flavor With a Live, Virtual Cooking Experience
Enjoy the fun and creativity of a hands-on culinary cooking experience when you’re not face-to-face.
This virtual experience is perfect for groups of all flavors – sales and marketing events, team building, and company gatherings.
We Ship Ingredients
Don’t need ingredients shipped? We’ll provide your participants with a list of ingredients well before the date of your event so ingredients can be sourced.
Make it a virtual team building activity with a DiSC profile!
Live Virtual Cooking Experience and Culinary Team Building Menu Selections
Flatbread Pizza In a Box!
Your participants will transform their kitchens into a pizzeria with this cooking experience. They’ll make their own flatbread dough and sauce from scratch to create a masterpiece pizza that will have them singing “That’s Amore!”. Everything is included in this ingredient kit except:
- Cheese
- Olive oil
- Kosher salt
Vegetarian and Vegan without the use of the pepperoni or cheese.
Pasta alla Penne
Ready to make your participant’s tastebuds dance a (Russian!) jig? This lovely, luscious Pasta dish with a Roasted Tomato Vodka Cream Sauce will do the trick. It’s a simple dish but packs big flavor. Your participants will roast the fresh tomatoes and prepare the sauce while learning the insider tips for sauce-making and cooking pasta. Everything is included in this kit except:
- Butter
- Olive oil
- Chicken broth
- Heavy cream
- Grated parmesan
- Kosher salt
Vegetarian
El Sazon Tex-Mex Veggie Style
Enjoy all the deliciousness that is Tex-Mex tacos – vegetarian and vegan style! Plus it’s gluten-free. Your participants will make sweet potato tortillas and fill them with lentils spiced with Chef Sandra’s proprietary taco seasoning blend. In addition, they will make a fresh salsa and learn the insider tips on properly slicing an avocado Everything is included in this ingredient kit except:
- Tomato paste
- Olive oil
- Kosher salt
Mediterranean Seaside Quinoa Salad
Whisk your participants away for a virtual getaway with this Mediterranean Seaside Quinoa Salad with a Pan-Seared Protein on top. The fresh flavors of this dish will make them think they are sitting seaside. They’ll chop vegetables, learn how to make quinoa, pan-sear, and make their own salad dressing. This is super fun, delicious, healthy, and clean eating. Everything is included in this ingredient kit except:
- The protein of their choice to top the quinoa salad
- Olive oil
- Kosher salt
Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Vegetarian, Vegan
SalsaRita Happy Hour
There’s no better way to lift spirits at the end of the work day than with our SalsaRita Happy Hour! Your participants will make a salsa fresca and a cooling margarita with fresh limes.
Optional: Looking for a bit more spice, as in competition? Add a Life At The Table apron for the winner of a trivia game!
Paella
Fan the flames of community with the vibrant flavors and colors of paella. Traditionally the centerpiece for communal gatherings of all sizes, paella is the perfect comfort cooking experience. Your participants will chop vegetables, assemble the paella with Chef Sandra’s proprietary paella spice blend, and while the dish cooks they’ll steam the seafood needed to top this delicious and beautiful one-skillet meal. Everything is included in this ingredient kit except:
- Shrimp
- Mussels
- Chicken broth
- Fresh parsley
- Olive oil
- Kosher salt
Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Vegetarian and Vegan without the added seafood
El Sazon Tex-Mex
Your participants’ tastebuds will dance with this tasty Tex-Mex cooking experience. They will chop ingredients for a fresh salsa, make flour tortillas from scratch, learn the insider tips on how to properly slice an avocado, and cook up tacos with the protein of their choice with Chef Sandra’s taco seasoning blend. Everything is included in this ingredient kit except:
- Participant’s choice of protein
- Butter
- Tomato paste
Vegetarian and Vegan with the protein of their choice and when using a vegan butter substitute.
Winter Feast 2020
It’s a feast for your senses! Fill your home with the aroma of a Roasted Cornish Game Hen, rosemary smashed sweet potato, and optional sautéed green beans with lemon Top off this beautiful meal by learning insider sauce tips by making a sage and garlic gravy. Everything is included in the ingredient kit except:
- Cornish Game Hen, Fresh sage, Butter, Chicken stock, Cream (Green beans are optional for participants)
- Kosher Salt
- Olive Oil
Vegetarian with the use of cauliflower in place of the Cornish game hen.
Mystery Basket Meets Shark Tank Competition!
Ready for the adrenaline rush and fun of a virtual cooking competition? This is it! Picture this: Participants receive a mystery basket of ingredients. They unbox it to discover its treasures.
Following instructions from the Chef, the participants are divided into virtual teams to cook, collaborate, and use every ounce of creativity they can to create a delectable dish, along with a tagline, and presentation for the “Shark Tank” gathering at the end of the cooking time.
Optional: Award the winners a Life At The Table apron co-branded with your logo!
Features
Powered by Zoom. Meetings are locked down with passwords and the use of a waiting room ensures only those who are registered are able to attend.
A two-camera view ensures participants have a view of all the action in the kitchen and of the chef.
Participants can see each other and the chef, ask questions, and interact with the chef and the other participants.
Recipes and a list of equipment are provided in advance so participants know what to expect ahead of time.
Time-zone and time-of-day friendly.
For cooking competitions, participants are broken into small groups for cooking and collaboration.
Optional: Enjoy an additional hour after the cooking time to virtually enjoy the meal and converse.
Benefits
Fun and hassle-free event.
Interactive, and relaxed event that keeps your community connected.
Participants can join in on the action from anyplace, anywhere, and anytime.
With the recipe and the cooking skills that the chef demonstrates in class, the experience lives on long after the event is over.
Details
Life At The Table ships ingredients in advance or your participants can supply their own ingredients with a shopping list provided ahead of time.
Chef Sandra Lewis will lead your group through the creation of the dish.
No cooking skills are necessary as the dishes are simple for anyone with any level of skill.
Accommodate the dietary needs of your group with recipes that can be adjusted for gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and vegan eaters.
Ask questions of the chef and interact with other participants during the experience just like in a face-to-face cooking class.
Included
Recipe for the dish prepared in class.
Detailed list of equipment each participant needs to have on hand.
Lots and lots of fun.
Why Culinary Team Building? Glad You Asked!
Live, Virtual Culinary Team Building
It’s a recipe for creating culture, community, and collaboration virtually in the workplace.
Or for any group that needs some virtual togetherness.
Powered by ZOOM, enjoy all the fun and creativity of a hands-on culinary team building event even when you’re not face-to-face.
This activity can take on any flavor your team is looking for. Cook a dish together. Break into teams to collaborate. Enjoy your meal and conversation. Or compete!
Cooking is about the magic of transformation; the emergence of a beautiful, delicious, nourishing meal that is complete and satisfies in a way that no one individual component alone could.
Bring your diverse cast of characters, your company, your team of any kind, and even your family together for a true transformational experience.
After all, the words “company” and “companion” spring from the same two root words – “com” which means “together” and “panis” which means “bread”.
A company is simply those who break bread together.
And as a result, accomplish great things.
Live, Virtual Culinary Team Building
+ DiSC
Suh-weeten your culinary team building experience with DiSC!
DiSC is a personality and behavioral styles assessment tool that has been around for decades helping people improve community one relationship at a time.
Think of it like this – it’s like ensuring the richest possible soil for your workplace garden to grow.
Break into teams to discuss your group’s unique set of profiles and devise strategies for working together. Topics covered:
- Suh-weeten your culinary team building experience with DiSC!
- How do you naturally behave?
- How do you problem solve?
- What is your preferred communication style?
- And most importantly, how can your team work more effectively by understanding each other’s style.
Each person will receive an in-depth personalized style report.
The result of this cultivation?
A culture that will thrive and drive the results you seek to move your business forward.
