As the pandemic brought home orders back into full effect, many Americans seemed to embrace their inner Julia Child. Jennifer Clair of Home Cooking New York and founder of The Chopping Block found an effective way to capture this enthusiasm by expanding their recreational cooking classes virtual. Clair noted that physical cooking demonstrations weren’t always fun. “Much more enjoyable is having virtual cooking classes where each participant gets an equal opportunity to interact,” Clair asserts.

Virtual cooking events provide the ideal platform for people to come together for an extraordinary culinary experience and team building opportunity, all within an online format. Such virtual events promote collaboration, creativity, and communication among teammates as participants work collaboratively in ways not typically possible at physical meetings.

Virtual cooking events can be either public or private and make an excellent addition to any company’s learning and development offerings. When planning one, be mindful of both your audience’s level of familiarity with cooking as well as any special instructions needed based on viewer preferences – you may need to provide recipes, ingredients, tools and preparation techniques as needed for participants in order to provide a successful event experience for viewers.

Virtual cooking experiences offer you and your team the chance to learn various dishes from expert chefs from the comfort of either office or home. They’re great way to bond as a group while celebrating company or department successes like that new account everyone worked so hard on!