This was a Top Chef team building event with Huntsman in Krabi, Thailand.
Overview
70 Delegates from Huntsman stayed for a week-long conference at Sofitel Krabi. While they were there, they requested a leisurely cooking activity with Making Teams. As usual Making Teams offered three options and Huntsman selected the Golden option; a Top Chef program on the terrace of the hotel with a former Iron Chef Champion as the instructor for the day following the theme of the TV show.
Location
The Top Chef event with Huntsman took place at the luxurious Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort in Krabi, Thailand.
Company / People
The client for this Top Chef program was Huntsman Thailand & Vietnam, with representatives from the European office.
Objectives
The objectives for this team building event were simply to enjoy an activity outside of the usual work and business meetings, allowing everyone to learn more about each other on a personal level.
Event Program
After an introduction of the chef by the lead event facilitator of Making Teams, and a general health and safety briefing by the chef, teams were given aprons and chef’s hats and were then shown how to cook traditional Thai dishes. The group of 70 was split into 7 teams of 10 pax each, all teams having their own cooking station with materials and ingredients for the cooking to recreate the dishes shown to the best of their abilities. Teams had to allocate roles so that everyone was occupied with a task during the activity, with task division for preparing ingredients, cooking and presenting.
In three rounds the chef showed and then teams recreated a total of 5 dishes; 2 starters, 2 mains and 1 dessert. Dishes prepared were: Spring Rolls, Tom Yam Gung, Pad Thai, Stir Fried Chicken with Cashew nuts and Mango with sticky rice. After each round teams presented their dishes to the chef who judged them and gave them a score. Dishes were scored based on taste, presentation, correct application of the ingredients in the cooking process and in addition teams were judged one time on their station cleanliness.
The winning team went home with ‘menus’ with the recipes of all the dishes cooked.
Event Schedule
| 1400-1415 |
Event Briefing by lead event facilitator and introduction to former Iron Chef Champion Raoul |
| 1415-1430 |
Introduction to the program and general health and safety instruction by the chef |
| 1430-1500 |
Cooking demonstration starters |
| 1500-1530 |
Teams recreate the dishes with judging by the chef |
| 1530-1600 |
Cooking demonstration main courses |
| 1600-1630 |
Teams recreate the dishes with judging by the chef |
| 1630-1645 |
Cooking demonstration dessert |
| 1645-1700 |
Teams recreate the dessert with judging by the chef |
| 1700-1715 |
Announcing the score and awarding the winning team |
| 1715-1730 |
Group photo and end of program |
People
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People per Team
“Thank you Tim, Rose and the team. You guys are very contributing. Appreciated, you have helped us to make our team stronger” – Jin – BigDutchman
BigDutchman“Meaningful event, great fun, great cause, although it was quite tiring, it was meaningful. Thank you Making Teams” – Kristin Dameria – Phoenix Contact
“Thank you Making Teams. We had a great experience with the race and also a meaningful end by donating a bike we build.” Melvin – Phoenix Contact
Phoenix Contact“Thank you Making Teams for organising fun and exciting team building games!” – Sheryl Wan – Changi Airport Group
“Thanks for facilitating our corporate retreat! Nice working with you! Will recommend you to other colleagues in divisions who might want to use companies to plan their retreats! Thanks again” – Sheryl Wan – Changi Airport Group
Changi Airport Group“Pending Testimonial.” – [Name]
ExxonMobil 2017“Thank you for today, everyone enjoyed the activities” – Rohini Prakash – Xander Investment Management
Xander Investment Management“Thanks a lot for a great afternoon!” – Agate Matschull – Swiss Re
Swiss Re“Very nice event, I had much fun and it is great that we could give something back” – Audrea – Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific
“I really appreciate the event. We had a lot of fun and at the end we could give back the bikes.” – Adelheid Schneider – Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific
Roche“Great job! We had fun and this is what we wanted to achieve as a team in this team building.” – Andrew – M Zeta Solutions
M Zeta Solutions“I wanted to thank you for helping us with the team building event last week. We received wonderful feedback from our colleagues during the meeting. You did a really great job organising everything!” – Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific
Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific“We like the training and this will help us a lot, we will use the lessons learned in our work place.”
“First I would like to say thanks so much for this event, this is the first time we’ve done Six Thinking Hats training, but it was a good method and I will use this method for an effective meeting next time.” – Angkor Paradise Hotel
Angkor Paradise
