| There are a number of events which one can | | | | involve the team having to cook you can organise |
| organise for corporate team building events and | | | | a wine tasting trip for the team and put them into |
| incorporating food and drink can be a lot of fun. | | | | teams to find out specific answers to wine |
| Below we look at corporate team building using | | | | questions and have them grade different wines |
| food and drink. | | | | from the tasting. Wine tasting can be a more |
| The team food challenge. This team building | | | | light-hearted event than the cooking events, but it |
| activity varies sometimes in that you can set the | | | | still gives the team members a memorable time |
| cooking task to the specific country you are in. | | | | whilst also giving members a chance to let their |
| The idea is that you split the group into a few | | | | barriers down in a relaxed and enjoyable |
| groups and they have to create food from the | | | | environment. This in turn can help to give the |
| very beginning from planning, buying produce (on | | | | members a very good environment for building an |
| a budget) and making the food. This is on | | | | understanding. |
| organised as a one day task and the participants | | | | Some vineyards at the right time of year will give |
| will not know what the task is until at the start. | | | | you the chance to get team members to work in |
| You do NOT necessarily need cookers etc as | | | | the field picking grapes. You can add a little |
| part of the task is that it needs to be created | | | | competition into things before the wine tasting but |
| using a small camp stove cooker for example. At | | | | seeing for example who can pick the most |
| the end you can organise a food tasting with one | | | | grapes. |
| or two judges from the teams and yourself as | | | | The food and wine cruise is a similar event. This is |
| the organiser and then give a fun price, or even a | | | | perhaps as much a social and corporate event as |
| fun forfeit to the losers. The food challenge can | | | | a team building event but it is still worth |
| be a real fun way for team building and it can | | | | considering if food and drink is something you |
| include many areas of team building you ant to | | | | would like to include in the team building. Whatever |
| include such as organisational skills, implementation, | | | | event you choose, there are some some fun |
| practical skills, budgetary skills etc. | | | | ways you can include food and drink into the |
| If you want a team building event which does not | | | | corporate team building events. |