Providing a sense of “Camaraderie through Cuisine”!
Join the list of corporations including those below who have/are using the ‘cooking experience’ for team building, fun and good food!
- 4-MOMS
- ABB ICM
- Accredo Health
- Advanced Industrial Minerals
- Alcoa (5)
- Allegheny Country Medical Society
- Altria
- American Eagle (3)
- Ameriprise Financial
- Ansys Inc. (2)
- Bain of Chicago
- Bayer Corporation
- Blade Diagnostic (3)
- Blue Belt Technology (5)
- BNY Mellon (5)
- Bombardier Transportation
- Burns White Law Firm
- Caesars Entertainment
- Carnegie Mellon University (11)
- Central Data Services
- Chubb’s Insurance Co.
- Cisco
- Comcast
- Covidien
- CVS Caremark
- Deloitte (4)
- Dick’s Sporting Goods (4)
- Direct Energy (2)
- Evolve Environment: : Architecture
- Family Foundations (2)
- Federal Home Loan Bank
- Fresensius Medical Center
- Genetech
- Gilead Science
- GNC
- Goodwill of SWPA
- GlaxoSmithKline (3)
- GNC
- Google (2)
- Highmark (16)
- Ingram Barge Company (3)
- Jones Day Law Firm
- K & L Gates (3)
- Keybank
- Komatsu Mining Corp.
- Koppers
- LanXess (6)
- Leeds
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Liberty Travel
- Luis Vidal Architects
- Manor Care
- Matthews International
- McKesson of Canada (2)
- Mine Safety Appliance
- Mylan (2)
- Net Health Systems
- Nova Chemicals
- Novartis
- Omnyx, LLC
- Philips Respironics (5)
- PNC (6)
- PPG (4)
- Presbyterian Senior Care
- Principal Financial Group
- Repsol
- Robb Leonard Mulvihill Law Firm
- Schneider Downs & Co. Inc.
- Seubert Associates
- Sister’s Place
- Starkist (2)
- State Farm
- Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Gefsky Law Firm
- Talisman Energy USA (4)
- Target
- Trinity Consultants
- United Bank of Virginia
- University of Pittsburgh (4)
- UPMC (8)
- VA Credit Union
- Verizon
- Wells Fargo Bank
- Westinghouse (5)
- Winchester Thurston
- Wounded Warriors
Choose one of the following cuisines: Asian (mixture of Thai, Chinese & Vietnamese), Spanish Tapas, Italian, Tex-Mex-Southwestern, American-French and Greek
Participating in our event provides the following:
- An atmosphere to energize and excite your team
- A healthy risk-taking environment
- Encourage networking, mingling and building rapport
- Incorporate problem-solving, speed and work ethics
- provide an atmosphere for communication, collaboration and leadership
- have fun and enjoy good food with your co-workers
Small Group Team Building (held at Chop, WOK & Talk! in the Friendship/Bloomfield area):
- 6-10 participants can have a three hour session (4 dishes) for $80 per person depending on the cuisine chosen.
- Class is held at the Chop, WOK & Talk cooking school (5404 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206).
- 20% gratuity is added for the help of my assistant and there is no sales tax as this is not considered a lunch/dinner.
- Aprons, chef hats, side towels, a ‘foodie feud game’ will be played with an award to the winner.
- At Chop, WOK & Talk! we will work together as a group preparing the menu selections. Everyone will participate in all menu selections.
- Sanitation practices, knife skills, kitchen tricks & shortcuts, as well as cooking techniques will be emphasized.
Larger Group Team Building of 11-40 participants will participate in “THE CHALLENGE” at Allegheny County Medical Society Social Hall on the Northside near CCAC or The Kitchen at Vangura on Route 30 in Irwin:
- $100 per person for a three hour session (4 dishes).
- 20% gratuity is added for the help of my team and there is no sales tax as this is not considered a lunch/dinner.
- $850.00 rental fee for Allegheny County Medical Society Social Hall near CCAC in the Northside
- $1200.00 rental fee for Vangura’s Kitchen in Irwin (check out the Kitchen by Vangura on YouTube…”state of the art” facility)
- BYOB at both venues and no bartender fee
Chop, WOK & Talk! will provide the following for “THE CHALLENGE” of larger groups:
- Your group will be divided into 3-5 teams and each team will prepare their particular dish/dishes in a competitive atmosphere.
- Aprons , name tags, chef’s hats, a chef’s coat for each team’s ‘head’ chef, all ingredients, equipment & utensils, a rating form, and various “challenges” built into the cooking.