A day, some years ago, a company called us asking for a team building activity. They asked for an engaging, fun and challenging activity that could have been also a way to learn something special. And should have been an authentic Italian experience, of course! Our answer? Simple. Pizza making!
(this is a true story and the resulting experience was a real success, so we decided to make a team building experience format: our "pizza competition")
In our “pizza competition”, each group creates his own pizza recipe by choosing the ingredients from a given list and, with a map, go on his own to the traditional food market to buy some of them. Back from the market, in the pizzeria, the pizza chef explains how to make a good pizza and demonstrates the techniques to make and roll out a perfect dough (and reveal the secrets of a pizza chef, too). At this point each one prepares the pizza recipe invented by his team. Creativity and manual skill are crucial to succeed…
While the pizza chef bakes the pizzas made, participants can sit and enjoy a selection of tasty appetizers. Pizzas are served with the formula of the giro pizza, a pizza tasting, so everyone can enjoy (and evaluate, as members of the popular jury) the pizzas prepared by the other groups. Finally, between a delicious Sicilian cannolo and a coffee, the technical jury (a pizza chef and two food experts), sat at the tasting desk, judges creativity and taste of the pizzas invented and elects the best one. The winning team is awarded with a prize. Applauses!
WHAT IS INCLUDED
English spoken conduction of challenges by our announcer
Visit of the historical food market (from Monday to Saturday, only in the morning) to purchase some ingredients for the pizza making class.
Note: only in CataniaHands-on pizza making class: guided by our pizza chefs, teams learn how to make pizza from scratch and prepare the pizza recipes they have invented
All what is needed for the activity: printed materials, tools, ingredients…
Food storytelling: with our chef, learn the secrets of local ingredients and the connections between recipes and Sicilian fascinating history and culture
Lunch with all the different pizzas made and other delicacies:
Three-course menu: appetisers, pizza tasting, dessert
Beverage: 1 glass of wine or 1 beer or a soft drink per person, ½ lt water pp, coffee
Prize for the winning team: an apron (one for each component of the team) with personalised logo
Recipes leaflet with the recipes made during the class
WHERE:
Catania: Mooddika restaurant-pizzeria
PARTICIPANTS: from 11 to 40 people (note: our classes are on request and for private groups only)
DURATION: 2 to 3 hours including lunch
LANGUAGE: English (others on request)
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