Catering for corporate events

WickedfoodŽ Cooking School provides excellent and multipurpose venues, fitted with world-class cooking equipment and custom-built kitchen studios for corporate events.

Group sizes

The WickedfoodŽ Cooking School at Sunninghill can accommodate up to 36 (3 groups of 12) while the Boksburg studio can handle groups of up to 24 students (2 groups of 12), both in practical hands-on classes. More than 30 classes and courses are offered to cater specifically for groups and corporate events. Up to 50 people can be accommodated in theatre style for cooking demonstrations at the Sunninghill WickedfoodŽ Cooking School.

Class range

The WickedfoodŽ Cooking School not only caters for the hobby cook, but also places emphasis on cooking related corporate events designed specifically with business clients in mind.

Several types of corporate events are offered at the first class facilities of the WickedfoodŽ Cooking School, which include Team Building cooking events, relationship building, employee evaluation or assessment opportunities for managers, customer entertainment and competition cooking.

Competition cooking

It provides the ideal opportunity for healthy and fun filled contests among employees, clients or companies. Up to 3 groups be accommodated in Sunninghill, while 2 groups can be accommodated in Boksburg. Groups can compete against each other in entertaining cooking corporate events.

Each group gets the same mystery ingredients, a list of suggested recipes and equipment to prepare a three course meal within the set time frame. A minimum of five dishes are prepared by each of the groups, including starters, main meal and side dishes, and dessert as part of the menu.

Each group is assigned to a counter where they prepare the meals. They have to use the supplied ingredients in their dishes. Counter assistants observe, assist when necessary and evaluate the teams throughout the cooking session. The class instructor does the final appraisal and a panel decides who the winning team is. Neatness, creativity of the dishes, ingredients used, and time utilization is assessed.

This provides several challenges since the coordination required for the completion and stylish presentation of the dishes within the time constraints, regardless of their difficulty level, require cooperation among team members and the ability to stick to the project plan. These corporate events reinforce fundamental principles of successful, but fun competition and execution of project plans.

These challenges as such, assist participants in the development of vital skills for success in the corporate environment, including:

Staff assessments

The cooking competitions and group cooking classes can also be used for employee assessments. Employers evaluate their staff performance, weaknesses and strengths through the observation of:

Who make use of these corporate events options?

Corporate entities hoping to establish good client relations; enterprises looking for effective Team Building exercises in stimulating, but safe environments; employers wanting to assess their staff performance and businesses looking for entertaining demonstrations, use the WickedfoodŽ Cooking School venues.

At the WickedfoodŽ Cooking School, we take the pressure of hosting a morning or evening with your clients of your shoulders so you can also enjoy the activities offered. Whether it is a cooking demonstration, lesson, Team Building event or competition cooking, your clients will appreciate the initiative taken to host the event at the WickedfoodŽ Cooking School.

Our cooking classes provide innovative alternatives to the normal corporate events for cutting-edge corporations to establish good rapport with their clients and build effective teams. Corporate events at WickedfoodŽ Cooking School is also a great way in which your staff can unwind in a controlled safe environment.

Whether you want an original approach for training employees in a unique setting, entertain your clients, conduct staff assessments, or develop team spirit, make use of the WickedfoodŽ Cooking School for corporate events that will be remembered by your clients and employees.