Team Building Activity: Chocolate-Filled Charcuterie Challenge
Bring your team to the kitchen for an onsite culinary team building activity featuring delicious dessert charcuterie boards. Chef Mike brings the excitement to your workplace for a festive celebration of sweet treats prepared with gourmet flair.
Your crew gets started with a lesson in hot cocoa, a baker's treat they can enjoy as they work. They'll also learn how to temper chocolate for snap and shine and explore knife techniques for elegant garnishes. Then, your crew will break into teams create sweet arrangements that will turn any table into display that's both artful and edible. The team with the most impressive spread wins!
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All necessary utensils will be provided by the chef. The venue is required to have access to sinks nearby, tables set-up to prep and garbage containers. Chefs are able to arrive a minimum of 30 minutes in advance.
Homemade Hot Cocoa Demonstration
A plant-based option is available
Chef demonstrates how to make hot chocolate from scratch that your team enjoys while decorating their boards
Chocolate Tempering
With dark chocolate and white chocolate
Charcuterie Board Basics and Demonstration
Chef demonstrates how to create a visually appealing dessert board
Demonstrating Knife Cuts for Fruit
With pears, strawberries, figs and pomegranate
Dessert Charcuterie Board Competition
With nut brittle, meringues, fruit, cookies, pretzels, mini brownies and candies
- Minimum Guests 15
- Maximum Guests 25
- Event Duration 2.5 hours
Classpop! Guest Reviews for other experiences with Chef Mike
Julianna
15 Feb 2024
He was so friendly and informative! I had so much fun in the class
Nishant
15 Feb 2024
Chef Mike is amazing! We got so many interesting insights about Thai cooking and he also mentioned a ton of vegan replacements for all ingredients. +1 for this class!
Wilma
12 Feb 2024
A really fun and informative class! Chef Mike was a friendly and knowledgeable teacher. I always thought sushi-making would be really difficult but Mike had us all rolling like pros!
Meet your chef
Chef Mike has experience concocting a wide range of ethnic cuisines, including Thai, Indian and Ethiopian options. For the past five years, he has led a variety of cooking workshops, but his specialty lies in crafting ethnic plant-based dishes. Chef Mike has worked in corporate test kitchens for Walmart and Campbells, and he even worked as an on-call assistant to the chef of the Canadian Prime Minister. He is eager to impart his worldly knowledge unto aspiring chefs.
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