Taco 'Bout Team Building!
Team Building Cooking Workshops
Thinking about your next team building event? Step away from the flipchart and awkward icebreakers and into a world of salsas, sizzling, spice, and laughter with Mexi-Cookery – a hands-on workshop and games where your team learns and competes to create a real Mexican taco feast!
From handcrafted corn tortillas to authentic salsas and taco making, you’ll discover a whole new world of one of the richest, most diverse foods on the planet, with ancient timeheld cooking traditions that cherish quality and seriously exciting flavours. But cooking is only part of the story…
We’ll feed your learning appetite whilst making your team bonds even stronger with a fun and fiery cooking competition. Think ‘Ready Steady Cook’ meets a Mexican street food showdown - dust off the aprons and let the taco teamwork begin!
Why teams love it
1. A relaxed space with great vibes to bond outside the office
2. A fun, engaging challenge that promotes teamwork and communication
3. Great teachers - friendly, light-hearted, helpful and insightful
4. Tangible cooking skills and learning + instant reward (dinner!)
5. Great value - delicious food and drinks, learning, and entertainment all in one price
KEY INFO
3 hour workshop split into 2 parts:
Cooking Workshop and Games (1.5 hour)
- You’ll be split into groups for ‘round the clock’ sprints to see who nails the key taco elements
- Who makes the most flavourful taco filling ‘adobo’?
- Which team lovingly kneads and presses the ‘masa’ to create the softest, tastiest corn tortillas?
-Who are the real salsa supremos expertly balancing spice, texture and flavour? - Each sprint will kick off with an intro and demo from one of our Mexi-pro cooks - then it's over to you guys! Pro cooks will be on hand to coach and guide and provide exclusive Mexi know-how
- At the end of each cooking round you’ll present for tasting, and finally the winning team is announced!
Pre-dinner Cocktails & Mexican Feast (1.5 hour)
- Pre dinner cocktails to mingle and toast the winners and runner ups, and share key learnings of course!
- Finally a sit down dinner to enjoy a real handcrafted taco feast and savour the true flavours of Mexico, made by you!
- Salsa Roja – because in Mexico, the salsa makes the taco.
- Handmade Corn Tortillas – deeply satisfying soft textured corn bases
- Taco Fillings – juicy Cochinita Pibil - slow-cooked pork in an orange, achiote and lightly spiced chilli Guajillo sauce and Pibil Mushrooms
- Taco Garnishes - house pickles and other herbs and garnishes to give the final touches to delicious tacos
We blend hands-on cooking, lively team games and interaction, with great food and drinks into one truly memorable experience!
- Cookery Class – 1.5 hours of charring, sizzling, kneading, and salsa-making.
- Cocktail Time – 30 minutes to sip & socialise, with alcoholic and non-alcoholic options.
- Feast – 1 hour sit down team dinner made by... you!
- Welcome drinks to kick things off
- All ingredients, equipment and cooking aprons
- Step-by-step recipes to take home
- Unlimited drinks (‘Salut!’)
- A full feast made by your own hands
- Loads of laughs and team bonding moments
- Location: Amsterdam
- Group size: 10–20 people
- Duration: 3 hours
- Dietary Info: 100% gluten-free, with meat and vegetarian options
- Age: 16+
- Custom needs? We’ve got you. Just get in touch.