Chef Collaborations That Turn Corporate Events Into Culinary Experiences

If you’re catching the team nodding off at their desks, it could be that they need an exciting new experience, or energy-sustaining nourishment, or more than likely, they need both. Make your next corporate event a culinary experience that will feed their appetites and their creativity.

Journey NYC’s Projection Mapping

It doesn’t get much more immersive than 360° projection mapping, unless, of course, the projection puts you and your guests in the middle of a volcano and bowls of dry ice envelop you in “smoke.” That’s the kind of next-level culinary experience you can expect at Journey NYC, the brainchild of a Broadway producer and a renowned chef.

Book an intimate event for your team in The Journey 360 Room for the wall-to-wall immersive culinary experience. Projections can take you underwater or atop the Empire State Building. Or take a culinary journey around the world as the projection changes to highlight the menu’s cultural roots.

Hudson Table’s Private Cooking Party

Get in on the cooking action without the labor of a full-on cooking class when you book Hudson Table’s Private Cooking Party. Your guests can nibble on light appetizers while watching the chefs do all the work. Then, when the heavy lifting is out of the way, your guests can don aprons, stir the contents of a pot or slice a tomato, and then take full credit for the magnificent buffet-style meal spread for their enjoyment.

Abigail’s Kitchen’s Blindfolded Dinners

Nothing will get HR up in a dither faster than putting blindfolds on the team and handing them a steak knife. Abigail’s Kitchen’s Blindfolded Dinners are the talk of the town, even if they are the bane of HR head honchos.

Tell the worrywarts to simmer down and grab a blindfold, because Abigail’s is completely safe, and the blindfolds heighten the senses for an unmatched gastronomical experience. After a brief orientation, guests are blindfolded and led inside to taste and guess at a four-course meal. Did we mention the package includes unlimited wine?

NY Cake Academy’s Cake Decorating Class

Trying to get the team to be a little sweeter to each other? An afternoon at NY Cake Academy will make them as sweet as sugar. Office birthday celebrations will never be the same after your team learns piping techniques, making each of them say, “Pretty please, with sugar on top, can I bring the cupcakes?” Toothsome culinary experiences like these tend to lead to corporate walking challenges.

Institute of Culinary Education’s Hands-On Cooking Parties

Bring out their inner Gordon Ramsey with the Institute of Culinary Education’s (ICE) Hands-On Cooking Parties. ICE has something for everyone. Your Type A’s will love learning how to roll dough, mix cocktails, and sear the perfect steak. And the creative types will love arranging their pizza toppings into an image of their boss’s face. Spring for ICE’s various upgrades, which include team-building cooking challenges.

Gradito’s Private Chef Bookings

Treat your team to a luxurious culinary experience with Gradito’s Private Chef Bookings. No gimmicks and no tasks. Just a pure fine dining experience that will make each of them feel like a VIP. Michelin-trained chefs will come to your location and prepare an elegant meal, without the clamor of a busy restaurant. All your guests have to do is luxuriate in the upscale culinary experience.

Liquid Lab’s Mixology Events

Help the team blow off steam with a fun mixology class from Liquid Lab. Known for inventive mixes and classes, such as Prohibition-era cocktails and wellness-inspired mixes, Liquid Lab is the go-to mixology experience. The mixologists will even create a branded cocktail that will, in turn, teach your team to create. Is your team remote? No problem. Liquid Lab can create a mixology class for your virtual event.

Find More Culinary Options at The Event Planner Expo 

Food is central to cultures around the world. And it’s just as significant for corporate culture. Learn the art of curating culinary experiences for corporate events that go beyond the charcuterie board. The Event Planner Expo brings together NYC’s best caterers, along with industry experts. Get inspired and get connected!