Event
Group Sizes 5-500
Duration: 1 to 2.5 hours
Location: Nationwide
Canape Creations
Key Skills
- Energising team activity
- Knife & Cookery skills
- Time management
- Creativity
- Communication and organisational skills
Level
Introduction
A perfect class for networking, pre dinner entertainment or team activity, this class is packed full of tips and tricks to help you create tasty, simple and effective canapes, we can run this as a competitive activity to win a canape contract or as masterclass experience.
Event Outline
Making your own canapés will always impress your guests, the attention to detail and the time taken to make them will always make them feel special. Canapés can often take time and organisation which is often something we don’t have particularly when entertaining. Our professional chef will dispel the myths of over complicated canapés, they will discuss with you how to plan and manage your time in the kitchen and show you how to make impressive canapés that are quick and simple to master.
We begin with an introduction from the chef followed by menu planning and time management, the corner stone of effective canapé making, a demonstration and a practical session follows with all the guests making luxury canapés either within a group or pairs depending on the time restraints.
To conclude our chef will show the guests how to present the canapés using mirrors, granites and slates, then demonstrate a variety of simple garnishes that will give the real wow factor. Guests can then enjoy the canapés as a light meal option or take them home to enjoy later. We can run this as a class or with a competitive edge, putting teams head to head.
Sample Menu – Aranchini, bruschettas, blinis & bases, roulades, skewered canapés, mini burgers, chinese chicken drummettes
This event can be combined with other events such as sushi or petit fours to give your team a wider variety of sweet and savoury bites.
What’s included?
- Michelin Star Trained chefs and 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 10 million
- 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 upmost 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
12:00 Events crew arrive onsite and set up, this can be at any venue or location nationwide and beyond.
13:50 Room is set and our event host will meet your point of contact.
14:00 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
14:15 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.
14:20 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.
14:40 Preparing and cooking the food commences
16.00 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.
16:30 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.
16:45 Event crew commence derig (we leave the event space clean and tidy)
``The 'hands on' chocolate demonstration/making which was superb and opened my mind to a number of team building options and cookery activities we can enjoy in the future. I am looking forward to enjoying (and possibly sharing) what I made this weekend!``
