Setting Up A Virtual Culinary Team Building Event Is Easier Than You Think

Research from McKinsey & Company highlights the value of continuing to invest in employee-to-employee relationships during COVID-19, especially for remote employees.  And many articles, including this one from Forbes, are suggesting that social cohesion among workers is more critical now than it ever was.  

That makes perfect sense, and most managers see the value in continuing with some kind of team building—even during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, beyond the obligatory weekly or monthly Zoom calls, they are scratching their heads as to how to produce an effective virtual team building event that fosters this sense of inclusion and cohesion.

“Just Add Water” to Set up a Virtual Team Building Session

At Team Building with Taste, we’ve moved our highly-rated culinary team building sessions online–and made them easy to produce and execute. We’ve taken the hassle out of organizing virtual events. For our clients, it’s basically the “just add water” approach. That means, we handle all the details, including the video production, menus, shopping lists, judging and prizes. We even facilitate a short team building review and create a post event video slide show with photos.

Most of our clients spend on the average an hour or two in preparation before the session. “Team Building with Taste made it so easy for us to have our virtual team building session. I didn’t really have to do much at all,” said Tammy Travis of Vizient.

Virtual Cooking Team Building Events Safely Connect Employees Working Remotely

Depending upon the program, our virtual team-building experiences last between 45 minutes and an hour and a half. They bring the best aspects of our Iron Chef team-building competitions to you virtually, except participants attend from the safety of their own kitchens. Our chefs guide participants through the recipes, provide the ground rules, start the clock and even throw in a few curveballs.  They’re easy to do, inexpensive, and provide a way for co-workers to enhance rapport and build cohesion and camaraderie. Check out our virtual team building cooking challenge options and get your team scheduled today.