Bespoke Days

We can create the perfect bespoke team-building day.

We work with you to create a special package of unusual events to mark any occasion.  We particularly focus on team-building events, using our kitchens, and combined with hunting or fishing in the surrounding countryside. 

In a social, fun and participative atmosphere, the days provide an opportunity for people to work in pairs as well as competitively in groups.  Performing in the demanding, engaging environment of a kitchen, with other people, and with time constraints, is a powerful medium for team building and bonding, and demonstrating how co-operation and team work create more motivated, more efficient and high-performing teams. 

The days are all structured to develop a number of different areas: collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, project planning & delivery, time management, creative problem solving, different personality & work styles, team strengths & weaknesses, team stages of development and so forth.  The aim is to meet the specific needs and desired outcomes of each individual team and provide bespoke solutions as required. 

Thyme at Southrop offers unrivalled facilities – the superbly designed Bulthaup kitchens with their two large cooking islands lend themselves perfectly to two teams working in competition to achieve certain challenging goals; the stunning Tithe Barn provides a perfect venue for a summing up meeting, presentation ceremony and  luxurious meal.  The setting on the Southrop Manor Estate, with its kitchen gardens, water meadows, crystal-clear streams and surrounding farmland, provides a beautiful background to the day, far from the office and work environment. 

Your team’s challenge: 

• Working in pairs from highly detailed recipes but with no support from our chefs, your staff will discover the importance of learning together, following instructions and being mutually supportive to achieve a common goal. 
• Then, working in two competitive teams, fully supported by our highly professional staff, your teams will have to prepare a full menu together, with limited time to plan, source, cook and present the meal. 

• Support for each team from highly qualified chefs and teachers
• Welcome refreshments
• Bespoke Thyme aprons
• Three course meal with drinks
• Exclusive venue hire
• AV equipment, including WIFI, Multi-channel amplifier/mixer, Blueray/DVD, Plasma screens with HD presentation, Sonos music system, Wireless tie clip microphones
• Prizes for the winning team
• Recipes and a comprehensive information folder  

OPTIONAL EXTRAS 

When appropriate, we can integrate additional and optional “foodie” activities into the Corporate Cooking Days.  These include: hunting, fishing, foraging, visiting local farms, food markets and specialist stores, tasting and demonstrations (local Gloucestershire produce, cheese, wine, olive oil etc), and hands-on master classes with well-known chefs and experts.  

Testimonial for a bespoke team-building day: 

"Where can we begin to thank you for providing us all with such an exciting and constructive day, in the most beautiful cooking facilities in the UK and under the watchful eye (with a twinkle!) from an excellent instructor and top chef Daryll Taylor. The way the day was organised by Thyme at Southrop can only be captured in one word; OUTSTANDING!"  (G K-S)

 For enquiries, please contact us or call us on 01367 850174.