Team Building Activity: Creative Minds Pasta-Making Challenge
Invigorate your team with some Iron Chef-style competition in this fun team building activity. After getting an insightful lesson in pasta-making from expert Chef Erica, everyone will tap into their inner culinary artist as they compete for the title of Pasta Supreme!
Chef Erica will demonstrate how to make authentic pasta by hand and how to make three classic sauces. Then, the group will split into teams to compete for the win. Watch your group's natural leaders, innovative thinkers and problem solvers come together to whip up the most delicious dish in the room. With a variety of mix-in ingredients available, the possibilities are nearly endless! The winner of this fun challenge will be judged on their dish's creativity, plating and overall taste.
Enjoy lots of chef-approved pasta and some fun memories with your team!
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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.
Pasta Dough
With flour, egg, olive oil, salt and water
Red Sauce
With crushed tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil, oregano and salt
White Sauce
With heavy cream, garlic, butter, parmesan cheese and flour
Pesto
With basil, olive oil, pine nuts and salt
Various "mix-in" Ingredients
With chicken, sausage, shrimp, mushrooms, spinach and more
- Minimum Guests 10
- Maximum Guests 50
- Event Duration 2 hours
Reviews Guests Left For Other Experiences
Holly
14 Aug 2023
Erica is fun and knowledgeable. Great experience!
Clay
14 Aug 2023
Chef Erica was an awesome teacher and explained everything extremely well. We learned quite a few good cooking techniques while making the macarons. We were a little disappointed in how little of the process we actually got to do however. We mixed the ingredients to make macarons and piped them on to the tray only to be thrown away and replaced with premade shells. Then we watched a demonstration on how to make ice cream but never did a single step. Finally we took the premade shells and premade ice cream and combined them to make the sandwiches. Overall it was a good walk through of the process, but for the price I expected to be more hands on in the class.
Jennifer
13 Aug 2023
Definitely recommend this class! Fun plus great explanation of techniques.
Meet your chef
Chef Erica is a highly trained pastry cook and avid home cook with both professional pastry and savory restaurant experience. With a passion for sharing her culinary and pastry skills with eager learners, Chef Erica hosts cooking classes that are lighthearted, insightful and social. You'll walk away with useful skills and techniques to last a lifetime!
