Corporate Cuisine York

Personal and Team Awareness workshop

An alternative Approach to Client Entertaining workshop
Life Skills Cookery workshop


The joint skills and backgrounds in the service industry and business world, that both Hilary and Gail possess, qualify them to provide workshops par excellence which cover a wide range of subjects.


The aim of the workshops is for the attendees to learn new culinary skills by preparing, presenting and eating a variety of dishes. Skills awareness, communication, rapport building and how to work effectively with others are areas also relevant in several of the workshops.


The workshops cover multiple aspects of catering to individual and lifestyle needs and include:


Personal and Team Awareness workshop on either a time management or project management theme.

This workshop aims to provide attendees with a variety of practical and useful awareness and communication skills to assist and improve their ability to work with each other. The attendees will be learning new culinary skills, by preparing, presenting and eating a variety of dishes throughout the day.


This workshop will look at how to:
  • Build rapport with others
  • Develop skills and enhance ability to learn from others
  • Increase personal effectiveness
  • Work with others in potentially challenging situations
  • Identify key values for personal motivation
  • Learn from the past to really improve performance in the future

The culinary part of the workshop can also be adapted for use in a variety of ways, for example: incentive or reward days for staff or to fit your requirements.


An Alternative Approach to Client Entertaining workshop


These workshops can be themed to your requirements around numerous culinary choices, examples below.


This day or half day will be spent:

  • Getting to know your clients in a friendly relaxed environment 
  • Building rapport and ‘bonding’ with your clients
  • Preparing, cooking, presenting and dining with your clients - (with fine wine and heroic tales of culinary feats!
Examples of themes:
  • Party Food                                                  
  • Breadmaking                                                                                  
  • Old Favourites & 'School' Puddings   
  • BBQ basics
  • Canapes & Starters
  • Fantastic Desserts

Life Skills Cookery workshop


Life Skills Cookery workshop aimed at students, people experiencing life changes (marriage/divorce/bereavement etc) and healthy eating planning for working people.


This workshop will be looking at:

  • Shopping to a budget 
  • Meal planning
  • Nutrition 
  • Quick and easy recipes
  • Basic Skills 
  • Cooking with imagination


Additional modules are also available and include:
  • Food Hygiene                                                      
  • First Aid                                                               
  • Wine recognition & appreciation                         
  • Champagne recognition & appreciation              
  • Water safety and awareness                         
  • Party planning and food preparation              
  • Cake Decorating                                                     
  • Flower Arranging                                              
  • Complimentary therapies               
  • Breadmaking                                     
  • Vegetarian and Special Diets                 
  • Childrens meals                                     
  • Old Favourites & 'School' Puddings   
  • BBQ basics