Culinary Team Building Blog
Want to Win Like Leicester City? Try Culinary Team Building!
By now, everyone knows that the Leicester City soccer team pulled off one of the most amazing upsets in the recent history of sports. They won the vaunted English Premier League championship over the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and other traditional powerhouses. In fact, Leicester was such long odds that British bookmakers, like Ladbrokes and…
Five Differences Between Team Building and a Team Activity
Knowing the differences between team building and team activity is important. At Team Building with Taste, we get calls all the time from people who are looking for “team building.” But after a few questions, it becomes obvious that what they are really interested in—and have budgeted for—is a simpler, “team activity.” What’s the difference?…
Why Your Team Building Event Should Be More Like a Roller Coaster Ride
I bet you remember almost every roller coaster ride you ever took. Why? You were TOTALLY engaged, and the experience played on a wide range of your emotions. Most types of team building event fail to engage people’s thoughts and emotions. Think about the anticipation you felt when you first strolled through the amusement park gates.…
Lady With a Mandoline
No it’s not Allison Krauss or the title from a Vermeer painting. This is our friend Joy from Arbor Springs. She was so excited (and prepared) for her Atlanta team building event with her neighborhood gourmet club that she brought her own mandoline–and knives too. So, we knew she was a good cook, and she…
Company Team Building Events Build Engagement: "Millennials Want To Be Part of Something"
Here’s a great article from the New York Times on the growing market for company team building events, off sites and other meetings where employees engage with each other and their managers. According to the article, as the job market tightens, businesses are seeing the need to keep younger employees engaged while getting top performance…
Competition Adds New Twist to Wedding Rehearsal Dinner
Here Comes The Guide, one of the top websites for wedding planners and brides, just ran a feature article describing a unique event here at Team Building with Taste. Mary Allred faced a common dilemma that most groom’s mothers know all too well; where to hold a rehearsal dinner for her son’s wedding? But Mary did more than…