Event
Group Sizes 5-150
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Location: Nationwide
Thai
Key Skills
- Energising team activity
- Knife & Cookery skills
- Time management
- Creativity
- Communication and organisational skills
Level
Introduction
Thai food is delicious, light, and aromatic with a balanced blend of herbs, spices and chillies. Our dishes and techniques will teach your team simple yet effective Thai food that can easily be recreated at home to impress any family member or dinner guest.
Event Outline
Work with our chefs to create perfect Thai inspired dishes, we will use Hartleys own special recipes to get teams working together towards a common goal, we can include a taste test from the chef for extra points counting towards the final score.
To begin our event host will welcome guests and divide the group into teams with each team cooking a starter dish, a main and rice dish and desert using nothing but the freshest ingredients and recipes from our archives. Our expert chef will demonstrate knife handling skills, health and safety and technical aspects of the dishes.Each team will be responsible for organising themselves and delegating tasks, as this is a team activity each set team will be expected to work together to produce the meal with individuals assuming responsibility for their part of the meal, this will include cooking the dishes, table setting, presenting and serving the dishes for each other to encourage team work and bonding within the group.
We also will bring a few additional ingredients in our larder for teams to be creative with awarding. To conclude each team will sit down together to enjoy the fruits of their labour, chef scores team efforts if so desired, judging criteria will be based on the successful recreation of the dishes, taste and time management.
Sample menu
To begin Thai fish cakes with a fresh chilli jam, lemon and black pepper and nam pla
The main event Hartleys aromatic Thai green curry with sticky jasmine coconut rice
Desert Carpaccio of pineapple infused with Asian spices served with a mango sorbet and pomegranate seeds
What’s included?
- Michelin Star Trained chefs with professional event managers
- A dedicated project manager who will liaise with you directly and other companies involved on the day.
- Public liability for up to £1,000,000
- Risk Assessments and Haccaps
- All Specialist equipment, ingredients and recipes.
- Medals and Aprons
- All pre-event and onsite event management with a follow up and feedback if required.
- We will do our utmost to give you an outstanding event, and to deliver the desired outcomes and objectives which you have requested and ensure that everyone has a totally enjoyable, unforgettable and rewarding experience.
- Within 2 working days we will be in contact with your feedback and share memorable photos taken by our event managers with you within 5 working days.
Additional Extras to consider
- Photography and filming
- Venue finding services
- Facilitation
- Prizes
Itinerary
15:00 Events crew arrive onsite and set up, this can be at any venue or location nationwide and beyond.
17:50 Room is set and our event host will meet your point of contact.
18:00 We warmly welcome your guests and explain what is to be expected of them, guests are put into teams (unless pre-selected) and go to their colour coded cooking zones. Hats and aprons are put on and a Head Chef (who will be awarded the head chef hat) is appointed by each team
18:15 Some good housekeeping with a health and safety briefing relevant to the tasks and venue is given by our host followed by interviewing the head chefs from each team, the briefing and warm up session is rounded off with a “yes chef!” from each team.
18:20 A demonstration is given by our chef(s) relevant to the menu or challenge, this may be on a big screen for larger groups so all the guests can see and understand the technical skills that are required such as knife skills presentation techniques and good food practices.
18:40 Preparing and cooking the food commences
20:00 Cooking concludes, and teams sit down to share and enjoy the food they have made. The chef will judge each course if the event is competitive.
20:55 The winning team is announced, medals awarded and proud photo moments for the winning team are shared. During the event debrief your host and chef will share the most amusing moments and highlights from the activity and conclude with thank you’s and goodbyes.
21:00 Event crew commence derig (we leave the event space clean and tidy)
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