Restaurant Inc.

Cooking Team Building Simulation

Business Team Building Simulation with Cooking Challenges

IMPORTANT

Please note: We are not a cooking school.

We are a business consulting firm that offers facilitated business simulations that involve preparing a full gourmet meal. We don't specialize in strictly recreational cooking class for small teams. We do offer full organize and offer luxury cooking escapades for teams of all sizes and recreational cooking for groups of 75 or more.

We help organizations succeed even during turbulent times

This highly engaging simulation incorporates cooking into our Inc. Inc.: Breaking Down Silos simulation. Your team will be introduced to a toolkit to improve brainstorming, issue analysis. Then, you will be assigned a task that will give you an opportunity to use these tools and fine-tune your teamwork skills in a non-threatening environment.

Your task will be to come up with a concept and theme for a new restaurant and reflect that team through a menu, and décor. You will prepare presentations plates of sample dishes from your menu for judging and design and present a TV commercial (or print ad) to promote your restaurant.

For other business simulations available in Canada and globally,
please also see "International Team Building" (on the side menu).

Outline

Cooking Team Building

• What we Offer
  
  
• What we Don't Offer
  
  
• What is Unique About Our Approach
  
  
• Overview of Our Approach
  
  
• A Rough Idea of Pricing
  
  
• Payment Terms

Restaurant Inc. Simulation

• Benefits
• Highlights
• Overview

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For Serious Inquiries Only

We would be pleased to handle your inquiry, check availability of dates and venues and send a proposal if:

• For groups of less than 75: You are looking for business team building with a facilitator & not just recreation
• a budget has been allocated
• you have a rough idea of how many people will be attending
• you are DEFINITELY ready to select and book a service provider within 5 - 10 business days of receiving our quote

We will get back to you with a quote within 48 hours to 5 business days of receiving your request.

We require a $500 retainer before detailed, customized agendas are developed and any hotels or other venues are contacted on your behalf. [Why?] This will be deducted from your fees if you book your session with us.

If you aren't in a position to select a service provider and book your retreat, team building session or event within 5 - 10 business days of receiving our quote, we invite you to explore our website. We have full information about our services and a rough idea of pricing. Please contact us only when your inquiry is serious and you are in a position to make a decision.

IMPORTANT

Please note: We are not a cooking school.

We are a business consulting firm that offers facilitated business simulations that involve preparing a full gourmet meal. We don't specialize in strictly recreational cooking class for small teams. We do offer full organize and offer luxury cooking escapades for teams of all sizes and recreational cooking for groups of 75 or more.

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We are an executive consulting firm with expertise
in the design and facilitation of business simulations.

We are not a cooking school. We bundle our expert business facilitation with the skills of professional chefs to flawlessly execute business simulations that involve cooking. We provide the business facilitation and event planning services. The chefs provide the instruction and coaching about cooking.

Recreational Cooking = 75 Participant Minimum

We don't offer stand alone, low budget, strictly recreational cooking class for small teams (74 participants or less). If you don't require a business simulation or event planning services, we suggest that you contact a community college or cooking school directly for options that are likely to be in line with your budget.

Benefits

• Break down silos in order to improve communication and efficiency.
• Improve communication between teams and departments.
• Improve their ability to produce results in a short time frame
• Reduce friction and "turf wars" between organizational levels and departments.
• Collaborate and generate strategies to thrive despite the challenges of a turbulent business environment.

As a bonus, you can invite other employees to arrive in time to enjoy the meal. Participants in the simulation will get the experience of serving customers. The employees who play the role of customers will gain insight into how service impacts their clients. In this way, even if the team participating in the simulation is small, you can have a larger group size and, in effect, 2 programmes in 1. A business meeting can take place after the debriefing.

Highlights

Available:

Group Size:

All Year

• Business Simulation Only: 20 - 60+

Time Required:

Locations:

Skills/Competencies:

1 1/2 Days

Canada (Toronto, Niagara-on-the Lake, York Region), Dubai, Oman
In Saudi Arabia we can organize strictly recreational events for your team

• Time Management
• Breaking Down Silos
• Executing Projects in Short Timeframes
• Marketing Strategy
• Creativity
• Communication

Pricing:

A Rough Idea of Pricing

Programme Details

Please contact us and let us check
availability before you lock in your dates.

Gourmet Culinary Team Building sells out fast.

At times we can book cooking team building simulations on short notice. We will do our best, however, these team building simulations are popular. We highly recommend that you:

• book cooking team building at least 6 weeks in advance (8 - 12 weeks in advance for Christmas season bookings)
• let us check availability of venues BEFORE you lock in your dates
• Provide a few options for dates.

Book Early to Avoid Disappointment.

Request Quote by E-mail or On-Line Form

Upgrades Available

We can upgrade these team building simulations by:

• transporting you and your team to the winery, resort or 5 star restaurant by helicopter, private plane or limousine
• upgrading the decor using chair covers, crystal, china, and fine linen

We are based in Toronto, Canada. We regularly travel to other parts of Canada to deliver team building sessions.

We require 1 night's accomodation prior to your retreat so that we can finalize all logistics with the venue and set-up for your arrival. If we are driving to destinations more than 2 hours from Toronto, we require transportation or an additional night of accommodation after your retreat is over so that we can avoid night and winter driving after a full day of facilitation.

Overview of Restaurant Inc: Cooking Team Building Simulation

Phase 1: Pre-Event

A few weeks prior to your cooking team building simulation, learning style surveys and participant profiles will be distributed to identify business challenges and pinpoint team strengths and perceived areas for improvement .

Phase 2: Briefing

A week or a few days prior to the cooking component, a professional business facilitator will do a presentation highlighting the links between cooking team building, business and team effectiveness. Your team will be introduced to a toolkit that you can use for brainstorming and planning during and after the simulation. Your team will come up with a theme for a restaurant, decor ideas, and a menu. You will have an opportunity to meet with a professional chef to obtain feedback and receive coaching. If you have time, you can start developing your commercial or print ad.

Phase 3: Cooking & Decor Challenges

All materials and supplies will be on hand for your cooking and decor challenges. You'll have about 3 hours to decorate a table and wall space to reflect the theme of your restaurant and prepare signature dishes from your menu. You will prepare 1 appetizer, a main course and dessert. An obeserver will take notes about team effectiveness while you work.

Relaxing and Dining

Phase 4: Judging & Prizes

The chefs, professional facilitator and obsevers will confer while you enjoy your creations or a catered meal

We'll provide each team with feedback about team dynamics and the quality of their creations. Then, we'll announce a winner and award prizes.

Phase 5: Debriefing

After lunch with the assistance of your facilitator, you and your team will spend time debriefing your experience and applying it to your business.

Business Application Exercises

The teams will be re-configured and each team will be assigned a specific, real-world business issue or challenge to analyze with the simulation tools. Each team will make a presentation with their recommendations.