team building

team building

c'est si bon! is the perfect setting to recharge, invigorate and challenge your team. picture a european style cooking school sitting on three acres, with a wood-fired bread oven, aromatic herb and seasonal vegetable garden as well as free-roaming chickens and seasonal turkeys.

we are delighted to offer your corporation a fully customizable and unique experience. our team’s goal is to use the culinary arts to strengthen your team's skills in:

  • communication
  • collaboration
  • cooperation
  • leadership
  • negotiation

 as we guide them towards delicious results.

I've been waiting for my team to get back to me with their comments from our wonderful C'est si Bon Cooking Event, but I guess they're all back into the grind! Besides myself, which you know how perfect I thought everything was!, following is a comment from one of my team members:

'This was one of the best team building activities I have participated in. I don't cook, at all, so I was a little nervous, but it was fun! I also learned about baking and overall it was a great experience.'

Thanks again Dorette!

our chefs are proud to offer four different programs

  1. gourmet basket
  2. iron chef competition
  3. culinary collaboration
  4. pasta aficionado

please allow three hours per event. select day or evening times, call to discuss.  919-942-6550

programs allow 20 minutes of socializing with the chefs over some fun culinary icebreakers. following this, we orient to the kitchen, include safety tips and outline challenges of the event. next the group as a whole is divided into teams responsible for a particular course of the meal. the teams then work with basic ingredients to create a four star meal. and now comes the reward for your efforts; sitting at the table in the glass enclosed french style dining room to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

fees begin at $85/person for the above programs

Hi Dorette. I got this message from one of our participants and thought you would be interested. Your cooking program continues to be one of the most highly rated parts of the program for the very reasons cited in this article*. It looks like you are part of a growing trend in team building training.

fits into a busy conference schedule—day or evening, a reward for a team’s past efforts.

* read a summary of the new york times article   

1. gourmet basket event - focuses on the whole team producing a divine meal through negotiation, creativity and collaboration. write for more information on our premiere event!  dorette@cestsibon.net
 
2. our iron chef event adds a well-spirited (and beneficial!) competition among teams with high stake risks to spice things up. participants will feel empowered, successful and exhilarated. this type of experience builds teams while inspiring them to achieve. with the addition of individual teams competing for a grand prize that recognizes their team and individual accomplishments. recommended for teams who desire a new perspective or to inspire teams to be more effective.
 
your iron chef choices!
 
one entrée protein: chicken, fish, beef or pork or vegetarian
 
remaining ingredients will be chosen according to your theme and seasonal availability.
just to get your started please choose one theme below.
 
us northeast: dishes of boston, nyc and philly
spanish: paella, tapas
asian: coconut curry soups, dumplings
italiano! pasta, calzones,
french: julia child's journey
new orleans: creole and cajun
 
My little group really enjoyed their Iron Chef experience—they were still talking about it at dinner last night. You were the "hit" of the day! The entire experience was so much fun! And, rather surprising. I think we all were amazed with what we were able to cook in such a short time. Even more surprising, we didn't kill anyone . . . the possibility of sharp knives with this group has kept me up many nights . . .

It was really nice of you and your fellow judges to find a category for each group to "win." When I told the group what we were going to do for our team building yesterday morning, I saw absolute "fear" in some of their faces. Winning a category made everyone feel special. . . .

I don't know about the others, but I'm actually going to TRY to cook at home now. The sauce was fantastic—and it wasn't at all difficult to make. This, coming from a woman whose idea of cooking is stopping by the local Whole Foods and getting take out . . .

Thank you for making our team building so much fun!

3. culinary collaboration event focuses on the execution of a 3 or 4 course menu. more straightforward. less "out of the box" creativity than gourmet basket. please write for more information dorette@cestsibon.net
 
4. for our pasta aficionado event roll up your sleeves to create a meal both rustic and robust! roll pasta, knead rosemary into focaccia, wash salad greens and herbs; then churn gelato, bake litttle biscotti or amaretti cookies. 
in keeping with simplicity, pasta aficiando is a vegetarian event.