Team Building Activity - Creative Cooking Challenge

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$ 149 Per person

all-inclusive: 3-hour class, 3-course meal.

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What You’ll Do

Assemble your team and get ready to bring the heat for a thrilling cooking challenge.

Challenge your crew to an exciting team building cooking class with an expert chef where everyone will break into smaller teams to put their culinary skills to the ultimate test in an Iron Chef-inspired cooking competition.

Begin by crafting bruschetta with various ingredients and spices. Next, a mystery basket will be given to each team with pork, chicken or salmon to cook a creative entrée. Everyone will work together to innovate side dishes with ingredients such as earthy mushrooms, warm nutmeg and juicy figs. After the winners are declared, come together to enjoy a creamy tiramisu gelato.

Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during the class.

Your Menu

Assortment of Bruschetta

With tomatoes, garlic, basil, Parmesan, walnuts and pine nuts

Mystery Basket

With pork, chicken or salmon

Side Dishes

Ingredients may include

Vegetables: Tomatoes, mushrooms, carrots, celery roots or spinach
Spices: Cumin, cilantro, curry, nutmeg, honey, Sriracha and paprika
Legumes: String beans, pinto, borlotti, chickpeas or northern beans
Potatoes: Yukon, idaho, baby purple or fingerling
Fruit: Oranges, figs, apples, grapes or pineapple

Tiramisu Gelato

Prepared in advance by the chef

With heavy cream, cookies, coffee, mascarpone and cocoa

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.

Details

Minimum Guests 10
Maximum Guests 20
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 3 hours
Labels Cooking Competition, Corporate, Fun, Gourmet, Group

Meet your chef

Chef Roddy or Resident Chef

Food safety certified

37 reviews

Chef Roddy inherited his love of cuisine from his family and their successful baking business. After majoring in business, he shifted to the culinary arts and never looked back. Hard work and ingenuity brought him success when he opened his own Latin-Asian fusion restaurant. He even has a cookbook headed to bookstore shelves. With so much culinary passion to offer, Chef Roddy is ready to share his talents with hungry foodies.

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COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Chef Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)

Social Distancing Friendly

The Cozymeal Protection^®

Verified Chefs

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Cancellation Policy

Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.

What You’ll Do

Assemble your team and get ready to bring the heat for a thrilling cooking challenge.

Your Menu

Assortment of Bruschetta

With tomatoes, garlic, basil, Parmesan, walnuts and pine nuts

Mystery Basket

With pork, chicken or salmon

Side Dishes

Ingredients may include

Tiramisu Gelato

Prepared in advance by the chef

With heavy cream, cookies, coffee, mascarpone and cocoa

Details

Minimum Guests 10
Maximum Guests 20
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 3 hours
Labels Cooking Competition, Corporate, Fun, Gourmet, Group

COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Chef Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)

Social Distancing Friendly

Reviews

Reviews guests left for this experience

yvette

10 Feb 2023

Had a great time !! Will bring a group again.

Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Roddy or Resident Chef

Liz

16 Feb 2025

Ingredients very simple and not worth the price . We were also charged $75 plus tax for a $12 bottle of wine we were familiar with. We brought our own wine but they insisted we buy one from them. Now we know why. We felt taken advantage of. We Sent text and emailed Roddy about our experience and he never responded . First time experience will be our last with cozy meal.

Rachel

22 Aug 2024

Horrible experience that was essentially a scam. Chef Roddy was not present. We were barely given an opportunity to prepare any of the dishes and were essentially taught nothing. Starting with the sauce, the chef just made the sauce themselves. They did not give instructions, only listed ingredients or quantities when we asked. There was no instruction given on how to make the pasta besides combining flour plus egg and barely any oversight as they were focused on making the sauce behind us. There was no option to make gnocchi or ravioli as in the description. We were not taught to make the salad address from scratch as in the description as this was prepared in advance. Additionally, the panna cotta was also prepared in advance so there was no teaching there. At every opportunity, things were made in advance and done as quickly as possible by the chef without us and without any sort of instruction. We felt rushed despite being the only group of 3 and left an hour before our designated time. This seemed like this “cooking class” was doing below to bare minimum just to check off the boxes.

Casey Douglas

12 Jun 2024

We worked with Oscar and had an amazing time! His passion for food made it so fun.

Skylar

03 Mar 2024

Soooo much fun! We loved having the whole restaurant to ourselves to learn and eat after. Super fun, and way cooler than we expected being able to take pictures in our chefs hats and work with different chefs for our meal. We will definitely be back one day to try another menu!

Danisha Watson

22 Feb 2024

Everyone was super kind ajd welcoming! Chef was Very informative and patient! We had a great time!

Eylie Razegh-Panah

22 Feb 2024

Great class

James

11 Feb 2024

Oscar, our chef and Oscar his sou chef were ready and waiting for us as we were the only couple to enjoy the vegetarian class. They spent time, energy and knowledge with us in an intimate, personable and patient manner and setting. It was great! We learned, tasted and sipped our way through our time and then enjoyed the meal they and we had prepared. We left with well packed extras and great memories.

Ame

07 Feb 2024

Great evening with Chef Roddy and his team. The food was great. We had a good blend of helping to cook and also networking with our team. A wonderful night overall. I would highly suggest. We did the Paella cooking class and it was delicious and plenty of food for all 9 of us. Thank you Chef!'

Zoe

04 Feb 2024

AVOID THIS CHEF. I recieved this class as a birthday present and the chef was initially responsive but then the day prior to our class stopped responding. Did not provide the location or follow-up any messages with where to meet for the class with specific address despite them being read as (seen). He took our course money and then refused to respond to customer service about the issue when I asked for a refund or new course date. Very disappointed by the poor customer service from both cozymeal and this chef. Would recommend picking someone else to avoid being scammed.

Michelle

18 Jan 2024

We had an incredible time and are already planning our next session!

Jonathan

05 Jan 2024

Great experience with Chef Roddy and all of the chefs. It really helped to learn to cook in a professional kitchen, and everyone was so friendly and helpful. I'll be using Cozymeal again for cooking classes for sure.

rachel

25 Oct 2023

10/10 experience and food (spanish fare course). took mom here for birthday celebration, got lucky that we were the only party. staff was so attentive and instructional. had so much fun learning cooking techniques from chef roddy and oscar. lei lei was also super friendly, and the food was delicious. best of all mom says she had a great time and fantastic birthday. it was very memorable. thank you team for giving us such a special experience.

Vee

05 Oct 2023

We loved the chef and learned a few things but the class was supposed to go 3 hrs but ended at 1 1/2 hrs. We did not get to make the dessert or the Ceasar Dressing. A bit disappointed on that.

Jordan

16 Sep 2023

Group of 8 and we had an excellent time!

Mark

07 Aug 2023

I bought this as a surprise birthday gift for my fiancé, and we had so much fun! We were a part of every step, learned A LOT, and our two chefs were super fun and engaging. Truly made all of the cooking feel possible at home. Would definitely go back for another class. Thank you for making this birthday gift so special.

Tiffany

24 Jun 2023

Great experience! So much fun and great food!!

Eileen

22 Jun 2023

Nice guy, but it was put in a little of this and a little of that. No written handout for my granddaughter to take home. The main sauce for flavoring was already made. Knives VERY dull. Didn’t make flan, just served flan already made. Finished 1/2 hour early Saw an email asking us to come at 4 instead of 6 after I got home. Expensive cooking class for a quick in and out. I have taken classes in France, Italy, San Francisco, etc. Cassie will never be able to get the same results without a recipe to start Disappointing

Emrica

30 May 2023

We had so much fun and can easily reproduce the menu at home.

Kevin

14 May 2023

Experience was great. The resident/Chef Roddy were able to accommodate late adds to our party and were very hospitable. Restaurant was a little warm inside when we arrived but AC was turned up and the fan was out on. Overall great Mother’s Day experience.

Kelly

27 Apr 2023

This was such a fun experience. Thank you!

Roberto Garcia

26 Apr 2023

Very enjoyable experience! The food was very very good!

Cheryl

22 Apr 2023

Learned how to make some fabulous Latin cuisine dishes from an amazing chef! It was simply delicious. You should definitely try it. We will definitely be back!!

Antonette

04 Apr 2023

We had a great time with Chef Rodney and his team. We had about 11 people in our group and the reviews of the class and the meal all came back fantastic from our team. The only thing I'd want to warn future participants of is that this experience is a bit of a blend between having a cooking class and a meal. The Chef's team ran us through a few recipes as a group like making a scratch Ceasar Dressing, bolognese, and garlic bread. Then we all divided into small groups and tried our hand at making pasta. We sampled our creations, but then a bit of cooking show magic happened, and Chef's team took over. They brought out premade portions for the rest of the meal and brought it together. So we got to have a very nice meal served. Had some fun in the kitchen. And had a great private experience. Great event, I'm a big fan.

Manish

02 Apr 2023

Very enjoyable and relaxed experience with a very friendly and capable chef Albert. Was well prepared ingredients and easy to execute steps with clear guidance to prepare the four course meal! Great family bonding for the three of us.

Chisom

12 Mar 2023

Roddy is an amazing chef and his team was so kind and accommodating. They made my birthday very special. My friends and I really enjoyed our selves and it was a very great learning experience. This class will definitely make you want to get in the kitchen!

BEVERLY

11 Mar 2023

Chef Oscar was a good teacher. He embraced our desire to have a great, fun time celebrating my daughters’ birthdays.?

Justin

25 Feb 2023

Really great and fun experience!!!! Our chef was super friendly and explained everything, including some of their own suggestions on how to adjust the taste of the main course. Got to participate hands on with the cooking and prep and the end result was delicious!!!

Silvia

16 Feb 2023

I booked this class for Valentine’s Day. It was disappointing as the food we ate was made beforehand and we did not get to do any cooking. The experience was not as advertised and neither was the food.

Andy

15 Feb 2023

Experience was not at all as described. We weren’t able to really cook anything. Everything was already made and prepared before arrival. We did not get to pick which kind of pasta we could prepare. The food was good, but for the price we would’ve just gone to a fancy restaurant instead. We did not get the cooking class experience that we paid for. The Chef said that since there were too many people, it wasn’t going to be possible to cook and prepare everything as described on the website. Truly disappointed by the experience.

Emiliya

19 Jan 2023

We had a great time! Chef and his team were very engaging and the food was delicious!

Gabriele

17 Jan 2023

Wow, wow, wow is all we can say! This far exceeded our expectations. The class with Chef Roddy was fun, educational, personal, delicious, and all around such a wonderful time. So glad to have found Cozymeal, but even happier to have discovered such an amazing Chef.

Aletta Smith

14 Jan 2023

Wonderful experience! Thank you!!

Joseph

03 Jan 2023

Chef Elbert was wonderful. Thanks for having us!

Gabe

02 Jan 2023

Great experience. Will come back for other lessons in the future.

LeKashi

27 Dec 2022

Chef Albert was the best. Very patient, accommodating and professional. We will be back for another class.