TEAM BUILDING COOKING EVENTS

Urban Graze offers unique events to our corporate customers.  Corporate groups enjoy the ‘team building’ activities that cooking classes naturally create. We can customise special cooking programs to suit the needs of your company. Urban Graze offers different and unique styles of cooking classes from our normal four course class to our ‘Think like a Chef’ challenge.

Another great way to treat your staff or do something different is to come on one of our food tours.  We can accommodate up to 30 people with one of our unique tours and we can also customise one especially for you.


Restaurant for a Day - Sydney's Premium Cooking Event

Testimonial
Dear Joel and Tarrah,  
I would like to thank Urban Graze Cooking School, Joel and Tarrah, for their extraordinary effort in providing an amazing corporate experience, “Restaurant for a Day”. I have lead several teams and participated in many corporate challenges in the past however the “Restaurant for a Day” concept pushed both myself and the team to a level beyond our imagination.
Joel and Tarrah facilitated the day with absolute professionalism and too be honest I'm still not sure how we managed to run a restaurant for 40 paying customers given the skills and lack of experience in hospitality that my team possessed.
I would recommend this team building challenge to any corporate looking to push their team to a new level in a very challenging environment.
Regards,

Christian Goodall
NAB State Manager – Acquisition & Alliance, NSW & ACT


CLICK HERE to view the 'Restaurant for a Day' Video

Imagine this.  You have just been given a restaurant for a day.  How are you going to run it?  Who is going to cook?  What are you going to cook?  Your floor staff have never worked in a restaurant before.  You have 40 guests coming in three hours.  What are you going to do?  This has been your dream for years.  At the last restaurant you went to, you told the waiter “I can cook better than that”.

Well, here is your chance.  Urban Graze Cooking School will lead you and your team through a restaurant service, catering for the needs of up to 40 customers. This is an opportunity of a lifetime. 

Set amongst the Beautiful bushland of the Glenhaven area, your day will start at 8.30am where we will organise the day and your team for a lunch service including the menu, chef’s duties and waiting staff.  Each team will be responsible for the full preparation of the menu, staff meals that will be eaten before lunch service and the front of house setup including the setting of tables.

     

Iron Chef Mystery Ingredient
Corporate groups enjoy the 'team building' activities that cooking classes naturally create. We can customise special cooking programs to suit the needs of your company. The ‘Iron Chef Mystery Ingredient’ session is designed to enhance the creativity of the group. The teams of four to six will race against the clock to create three dishes featuring the ‘mystery ingredient’. The teams cook for each other with the guidance of Joel and Tarrah to create their own dishes. Team members will be supplied with recipes, all ingredients and culinary assistance.

Team Building ‘Think like a Chef’ Challenge
The ‘Think like a Chef’ session involves menu planning, budgeting, time management, purchasing, food preparation and plating a three course meal. Team members have six hours to complete the task.  After the initial menu is planned with a cash budget in one hand and a shopping list in another, the team will go to selected shops to purchase their ingredients in a given time frame.  Any amount over the budget comes out of their own pockets!  Each person is allocated a position in the kitchen such as head chef, sous chef, larder, etc.

Basic Classes
Urban Graze can also accommodate your company with our regular classes.  Simply choose a particular style that interests you and we can customise a special corporate class for just $95 + GST.

Mobile kitchens
With our new mobile custom built kitchens now available, Urban Graze can cater for your corporate needs at almost any location, including remote areas, office buildings and even in a marquee that will make your next event a very unique experience.  Imagine being able to conduct your next corporate cooking class where ever you wanted.

These very ultra modern looking mobile kitchens comprise of an oven and a stove top, all powered by gas.  Portable induction units can also be used as well as halogen lighting are all fitted to each kitchen.  We can accommodate up to 6 people per kitchen.  There is also no extra cost involved as the kitchens come with your package when required.

      

Cheese Tasting Events - $95 Per Person*
This cheese appreciation class will lead you through a two hour structured cheese tasting session that covers basic cheese making techniques, 14 selected cheeses from regions around the world and a fresh mozzarella cheese making demonstration during the class.  The class includes crackers and accompaniments all made by Urban Graze, wine and cheese notes.  This interactive class can be held at the school for up to 16 people or or at any other location from 8 to 100 people. 
*GST not included

      

Not as Dim as it Sims - Dim Sum Making Team Building Classes - $99 Per Person*

飲茶
Yum Cha is a term in Cantonese which means "drink tea".  It refers to the custom of eating small servings of different foods while sipping Chinese tea.  Yum Cha is the term used to describe the dining session.

Dim Sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light, delicate dishes served alongside Chinese tea.  Dim Sum are the words to describe the style of food.

Urban Graze will show your group how to make 6 of the most popular deluxe Dim Sum dishes including everybody’s favourite, salt & pepper squid.  There will also be lots of steamed goodies including how to make beautiful transparent pastry.  You will get the opportunity to make all of the pastries and fillings from scratch and everyone will make all 6 items.  Once all is prepared, we will fire up the woks and fryers and cook what we have just made, then sit down to Chinese tea and of course plenty of dim sum.

At the beginning of the class we will go through some essential Chinese ingredients which can all be bought at any Asian Grocer.  You will be given a copy of the ingredient list as well as all of the recipes to take home with you.
*GST not included