CCC are Recruiting!

CCC are looking to recruit a full time Event Manager to to join our friendly, professional team, working from our head offices in Hove.

For more information and details of how to apply, please go to www.cccevents.co.uk/jobs.

Fashion Works: Creative Team Building at Ettington Chase, Warwickshire

If you've been given the task of arranging your company's next team building event, but your colleagues are more Prada than paintballing, then look no further than the fabulous Fashion Works!

In this fantastic and creative team building event, you'll get the chance to become fashionistas for the day, designing and making next year's hottest 'look' before an amazing Catwalk Finale. Each team forms a design house and there are roles for everyone - from models to choreographers and seamstresses to photographers, it's all hands on deck to get the final production ready.

A plethora of materials is supplied, so everyone can let their imagination run riot in order to come up with the most impressive, larger-than-life designs they can think of. And that they do - you may never have known that your favourite colleague has always dreamt of dressing up as a glam-rock version of Cinderella, but after this team building event, you will!

Our recent Fashion Works team build at Ettington Chase in Warwick was just as incredible as any other - the teams' feet barely touched the ground as they raced around the hotel and grounds getting as many shots as possible for their official photo shoot, the results of which were then displayed on a giant screen for everyone to enjoy.

When the time was up, the teams were raring to go for their Catwalk Finale - and they didn't disappoint. Everyone was in stitches, whilst also being highly impressed with the incredible outfits that had been produced. The day ended on a high as the winning design house was announced and the champagne corks popped - next stop, Milan!

If you're interested in one of our awesome creative team building events, visit our website or call 0845 006 06 06 to speak to our fabulous sales team.

Team Motivation: Art for your Office #4

Today's motivational poster is based on the concept that when it comes to thinking up new ideas, there are no limits. If you or your team have been in a rut recently, stick this quote from Deepak Chopra up in the office and wait for the inspiration to flow!

Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box" - Deepak Chopra

Find a free, printable version of this poster here, and take a look at the rest of our motivational posters here.

If you want to boost team motivation even further, bring in the professionals! CCC Events has over twenty years experience in the industry and offers over 75 team building events to suit your brief. Call 0845 006 06 06 for a chat with our lovely sales team or check out our website.

Team Building Venues: Twickenham Stadium, London

If you've been given the daunting task of sourcing a venue for your company's conference or team building event, then you've come to the right place. With over twenty years' experience in corporate team building and entertainment, CCC Events has worked at literally thousands of venues across the UK and Europe.  We offer a free venue finding service to all of our clients, and here on the blog we profile some of our favourite places to produce team building events.

Twickenham Stadium, London

At a Glance

• A modern, unique venue with great history and character
• 5,000 square metres of dedicated conference and exhibition space
• 150 pitch side suites holding up to 26 people - amazing for small meetings and breakout rooms
• 25 large conference spaces, with the largest catering for up to 1,180 delegates
• Fantastic transport links and the on-site Marriott Hotel make it ideal for team building events in London, no matter where you are based

Why We Love It

Twickenham Stadium is a venue with personality - even on non-match days, it's hard to escape the exciting atmosphere that comes with being in the largest dedicated rugby union venue in the world. Holding your conference or team building event at Twickenham will impress your clients and make your staff feel valued - it's a real treat to spend time here, so no one will feel like it's just another working day. We recommend spending the morning in conference, then brushing off the cobwebs with a lunchtime Twickenham Stadium Tour. Your team will be so motivated from walking in the footsteps of their heroes (you even get to see the England dressing room) that they'll be in the perfect state of mind for your afternoon team building event.

"The best event I have ever managed at Twickenham Stadium was held in the Member's Lounge, which has a spectacular view of the pitch and its own bar. After lunch, we brought in Sir Clive Woodward, who gave a fantastic motivational speech on teamwork and leadership, which was the perfect prelude to our afternoon team building event . By the end of the afternoon, the energy in the room was incredible."

Dave Hall, CCC Event Manager

Are you considering holding your team building event in London? Call 0845 006 06 06 to discuss our range of venue options, including Twickenham Stadium. Alternatively, visit our website to take a peek at the team building events we offer.

Team Building Venues: The Windsor Hotel in Windsor, Berkshire

If you've been checking out our website, you're probably already full of ideas on the type of team building event you'd like us to run for you. But where should you hold it? A nice country hotel? Somewhere more city-based? Or even a private residence available to rent? Trying to decide may seem daunting, but there's no need to worry - we offer a free venue-finding service to all of our clients, and with over 20 years' experience in running team building events all over the UK and in Europe, we like to think we know our stuff when it comes to recommending great venues. Here on the blog, we share our insider knowledge by profiling some of our favourite venues for team building events, meetings and conferences.

The Windsor Hotel, Windsor

At A Glance

• Situated in the heart of Windsor, just two minutes walk from Windsor Castle
• 15 minutes from Heathrow airport
• Free WiFi access throughout
• Onsite car parking
• A range of meeting and conference rooms, with the largest catering for up to 150 delegates

Why We Love It

The Windsor Hotel straddles the line between modern and classic perfectly. It's only a couple of years old, so it's fully equipped with all the latest mod-cons - we love the fact that the meeting rooms have iPod docks built in to the walls, so if you want to create a relaxed atmosphere while your group brainstorms, you can just plug in your iPhone and set the tone with music. The smart yet tranquil atmosphere and impeccable service hark back to the 'golden age' of hotels and will make you feel more like you're on holiday than at work. It also boasts a fantastic location - there's something special about being in the heart of Windsor; with it's amazing history, quaint buildings and relaxed, elegant vibe, being here always makes us feel extremely proud to be British. There's plenty to see, and The Windsor Hotel provides the perfect base for exploring - make the most of the hotel's central location by using at as the starting point for a Windsor Adventure, which is a great way to see the sights and boost team motivation. If you'd prefer something indoors, relax after a long day of meetings with a World of Wine team build before dinner in the hotel itself.

"Being a MacDonald venue, The Windsor Hotel is second-to-none when it comes to hosting your team building event. I love the fact that you can even watch the changing of the guards from the comfort of the hotel lobby" - Kye Harman, CCC Event Manager

Easy Office-Based Team Building Ideas #5

If your workplace is anything like ours, then you love yourselves a slice of cake. Birthdays, Fridays, national celebrations - in our eyes, they're all the perfect excuse to swap our lunchtime sarnies for a bit of Victoria Sponge. This week's Easy Office-Based Team Building Idea adds a competitive element to your average office tea party: behold, The Great Team Building Bake Off!

Here at CCC HQ, we'll be holding our own Bake Off in the run up to Easter Weekend - we're looking forward to it so much that we'd thought we'd share our tips on how to organise your own.

A few weeks before you plan on holding your Bake Off, be sure to email everyone to let them know which day it will be held and display our poster to remind everyone. This will give people time to think about what they want to bake and get people talking in the run up to your team build.

Competitors can be as traditional or as unusual as they like - there's at least one person in every office who will claim that their Grandmother's recipe for Fruit Cake will be the ultimate contender, but unusual, savoury options such as cheese and jalapeño scones can often be the dark horse and blow everyone away.

Once you know who's going to be taking part, split competitors into three or more teams. Let them know their teams beforehand so that they can plan on bringing a range of baked goods between them and ensure there won't be two of the same thing within their team. This will also get the competitive banter going - you'll be surprised how much trash talking there can be about baking!

On the day, have teams place their baked goods together, and number each cake. For example, you might have the Red Team, with cakes 1-8, the Blue Team, with cakes 9-16, and so on. Send another email to encourage everyone (competitors and spectators) to taste as much as possible throughout the day and to place their ballot. It's fun to include a range of categories, such as 'Best Sweet', 'Best Savoury', 'Best Presentation', and of course 'Best Team Overall'. Place the ballot box (this can just be a shoebox with a slot cut into it) near the cakes, and ask people to write their names at the top of their voting slip to ensure there's no tactical voting.

Once the votes are counted, announce the category winners before awarding the main prize to the Best Overall Team. The best thing about this team build is that regardless of the results, everyone's a winner - at the end of the day, everyone will have had the best lunch ever!

If your team can't get enough of cooking, treat them to a Cookery-based Team Building Event. We'll provide all the supplies - just make sure to bring your appetites!

A Work of Art: Creative Team Building in Watford, Hertfordshire

With the high demand for creative team building days, CCC Events provide an excellent selection for our clients to choose from. We run the glamorous Fashion Works with teams designing fabulous outfits for the catwalk challenge, many different cooking workshops and our increasingly popular Work of Art paint'athon!

Last week we held a team building event in Watford for one of our client's annual conferences. Our painting workshops are a really good way to encourage a whole department to get creative, communicate effectively and work together to produce a giant masterpiece. Just how big the final painting is depends on the size of your group, your programme and where you might like it displayed.

This group was split into 8 teams in the morning and 8 in the afternoon, and provided with quality art supplies, aprons, brushes and acrylic paints, as well as a set of large stretched canvasses that later form some of the crucial pieces of the masterpiece puzzle. They did some really fun and colourful ice breaker activities to get their creative juices flowing, which lead flowingly into the main challenge.

Some of our clients have requested bespoke artwork to be designed to communicate a message or brand, but for this specific client it was the size that mattered. The bigger the better! Both the morning and afternoon teams worked really hard to get the 70 canvasses matched up with the correct shades of colour and adjoining lines, and just look at their achievements below...

If you feel a Creative Team Build would suit your business needs then call 0845 006 06 06 or visit our website where you can live chat our sales team during office hours too!

Outdoor Team Building: Rule The World at Great Fosters Hotel, Surrey

Spring is already on it's way and many of our clients are planning their summer team building events. It's a bit like booking a holiday - the thought of a long, hot day in the sun, with plenty of competitive fun, perhaps followed by a barbecue and some beers is enough to get you and your team through the last dark days of winter and keep everyone motivated in the months running up to the big day. One of our most-loved outdoor team building events, Rule The World, is the perfect solution: with our giant board game, numerous and varied challenges, and a life-size 'Jail' to send the boss to, you'll be kept entertained all day and see sides to your colleagues you never knew existed!

Our favourite ever Rule The World took place at the beautiful Great Fosters Hotel in Egham, Surrey. With its 50 acres of gorgeous gardens, Great Fosters is the ideal venue for team building events in Surrey, and was the perfect backdrop for our life-sized, Monopoly-style board game.

Teams couldn't wait to roll the giant dice and draw a Mystery card, which could task them with anything from solving a fiendish puzzle to tackling a physical challenge, in exchange for millions of pounds! When they started buying 'land', it was every team for themselves as they raced to accumulate the most countries and rule the board - and the world!

"Rule The World is a fantastic outdoor team building event because it brings to life everyone's favourite family game - with a twist. Great Fosters' grounds were a riot of colour and laughter and a brilliant day was had by all." - Zoe Taylor, CCC Event Manager.

If you're planning your summer team build, find out more about our fantastic outdoor team building events on our website, or give us a call on 0845 006 06 06 for a chat.

Team Motivation: Art for Your Office #3

The latest in our series on Team Motivation considers one of life's great stumbling blocks: procrastination! If you sometimes find that the planning takes more precedence than the doing, we hope these words will inspire action!

"You could make a wish, or you could make it happen"

Click here for a free, printable version of this poster. Alternatively, call 0845 006 06 06 or visit our website to find out how you can boost motivation through team building.

Team Building Venues: The Palace Hotel, Manchester

Struggling to find the perfect venue for your team building event in Manchester? CCC are here to help! Over the past 20 years, we have run events at literally thousands of venues across the UK and offer a free venue finding service to all of our clients. Our Venue Profiles series takes a look at some of our favourites.

The Palace Hotel, Manchester

At A Glance

• Situated in the centre of Manchester
• 19 meeting and training rooms, with the largest seating up to 1000 delegates
• Purpose-built business centre with full business support
• 252 Bedrooms
• Recent £7 million refurbishment

Why We Love It

The Palace Hotel boasts the largest hotel conference space in Manchester - at a huge 2,500m², the aptly-named Grand Room seats up to 1000 delegates theatre-style, or 850 banquet style, with The Buckingham Suite and The Whitworth Suite also offering ample space. As well as being perfect for conferences, gala dinners and awards ceremonies, huge rooms such as these are also the answer to your team building prayers. Practically any team building event that is usually run outdoors (such as our Cryptic Challenge or the fabulous Monte Carlo or Bust) can be run in these spaces, meaning that you don't need to leave the city, your team will stay warm and dry, and the stylish hotel bar is nearby for post-team building drinks!

If you're not deterred by the great outdoors and want to explore your surroundings, The Palace Hotel's central Manchester location means that it is perfect for a Treasure Hunt, which is a great way to brush off the cobwebs and take in Manchester's most popular landmarks after a morning of meetings.

"My favourite ever team building event in Manchester has to be the Enigma Challenge we ran for the Team GB Water Polo guys before the Olympics. They had so much energy and the Palace Hotel's huge Buckingham Suite was the perfect space for them to let off some steam!" - Zoe Taylor, CCC Event Manager

CCC are Recruiting!

CCC Events are looking for a full time Sales & Event Coordinator to join our friendly and professional team at our head offices in Hove.

To find our more information about the role and to apply, please visit www.cccevents.co.uk/jobs

Easy Office-Based Team Building Ideas #4

This week's Easy Office-Based Team Building Idea takes a classic family game that everyone is familiar with and turns it into the perfect brainstorming or icebreaker tool - whether you are a new team, or just want to get to know each other better.

Conversation Jenga

Sometimes icebreaker sessions can be difficult to structure and as a result can seem forced, making people shy and guarded - which is the opposite of what you are trying to achieve. Take the pressure off and make it into a game by playing Conversation Jenga - it's just as you would play it at home, except each block has a question on it which must be answered by the person who pulls it out.

Before the session, source a Jenga set (use the classic version or go for a giant garden set for extra impact) and either write directly onto the blocks or print off labels to stick on. It's up to you what you ask, but we'd suggest a mixture of work-centred and personal questions (without getting too personal!) Some examples are:

• What skill would you like to learn?
• Whose career do you most admire?
• Where is your favourite place you have travelled to?
• If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
• If you could have one super power, what would it be?

NB: It almost goes without saying, but the words "...and why?" should be assumed after each question - you're after interesting information, not a one-word answer.

To avoid putting people on the spot, have each person pull out a piece each before going back to the first person for their answer - this gives everyone time to think about what they want to say. After listening to their response, make it the start of a broader conversation by opening up the question to everyone, before moving onto the next person.

As well as being great for icebreaker sessions, Conversation Jenga is also perfect for brainstorming. If you have an issue or upcoming project which isn't resolving itself, no matter how many meetings you call, have a think about what you really want your team to reflect upon, and add them to the blocks as before. For example:

• How can we manage our time better?
• How can we ensure that we come in under budget?
• What past examples are there of when we performed best as a team?
• Under what circumstances do we work best together?
• If you could re-structure your day, what would it look like?

In this way, you make resolving issues into a fun team building activity, whilst ensuring that the topics you want to address are approached. Keeping the discussion points limited to what is already on the blocks means that your session will be more structured, and you will avoid going off-topic.

If you want to take your team building further, call in the professionals at CCC Events! Visit our website or call 0845 006 06 06 for more information.

Team Building Venues: The Grosvenor, Central London

Choosing the perfect venue for your team building event can be a daunting task - but CCC are here to help! As a mobile company, we have produced events at thousands of venues across the UK and Europe and offer a free venue finding service to all of our clients. This week we are profiling The Grosvenor, an ideal venue for team building events in London.

The Grosvenor, London

At a Glance

• Central London location near Victoria Station
• Nine meeting and event rooms, with the largest catering for up to 150 delegates 
• Free super-fast Wi-Fi throughout
• Recent multi-million-pound refrubishment

Why We Love It

If you are looking to treat your delegates to something a little special, the recently-refurbished Grosvenor would be the perfect location for your team building event. A spectacular blend of period features and modern luxury, this 4-star, Grade II listed hotel is the ideal way to 'wow' your team or your clients.

The jewel in The Grosvenor's conferencing crown is undoubtedly The Orient Suite. With its dramatic marble pillars and glittering chandeliers, your conference or team building event will be laced with a large dose of glamour. The atmospheric space would be perfect for a Murder Mystery evening - you'll feel transported back in time to an age of sophistication and grandeur.

If you're after a more intimate setting for a smaller group, The Grosvenor also boasts another eight meeting rooms in which you can dine, hold meetings or entertain clients. The central London location (it's walking distance from Buckingham Palace) means that these rooms would also be the perfect base for a Treasure Hunt. After a morning of meetings at The Grosvenor, use a Treasure Hunt to boost motivation, get outside and explore London, or simply show off our capital city to your international delegates.

"The Grosvenor is the epitome of elegance and luxury -  a perfect oasis in the hubbub of the capital. Guoman venues are always brilliant for meetings and team building events, and The Grosvenor is no exception" - Tamara Nasser, CCC Event Manager

To find out more about team building in Central London, call 0845 006 06 06 or visit our website.

Team Motivation: Art for your Office #2

This week's free team building poster is a quote from Henry Ford, and will give your office a much-needed burst of colour in the winter months. "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success" - Henry Ford

Click here for a free, printable version of this poster.

Need a bigger dose of motivation at work? Call 0845 006 06 06 to discuss the many team building events on offer with CCC Events.

Easy Office-Based Team Building Ideas #3

This week's Easy Office-Based Team Building Idea is inspired by The Farnsworth Family, who used it to build friendships and unity within a local youth group - but we reckon it would work brilliantly as a motivation-booster at work, too.

The idea is to have one person sit with their back to a whiteboard, and allow everyone else to come forward and write a positive adjective about that person without letting them see. You can then take a picture of each person with 'their' whiteboard, giving everyone a lovely memento to keep.

To translate this into an Easy Office Team Build, we'd suggest having the whiteboard set up in a separate room and allowing people to go in and write their adjective one at a time, keeping things anonymous to avoid any shyness.

It's a great way of promoting positive feelings with your team - and if you want to go the extra mile, you could even blow up the photos to display around your workplace as a constant reminder of what you value in each other.

If you want to take your team building to the next level, check out our website for ideas or call 0845 006 06 06 to speak to our fabulous team.

Indoor Team Building at it's Best: The Enigma Challenge

The Brief:

Create an innovative, animated team building event that boosts motivation and encourages participants to work together. It must have plenty of challenges, with something to suit everyone, whether they are a brainteaser-loving whiz-kid, an aspiring creative, or an active ball of energy.

Oh, and just one more thing: it must be completely winter-proof, allowing our clients to inject excitement and fun into their working day without leaving the warm comfort of the conference room.

The Solution?

The awesome Enigma Challenge!

Boasting over 100 different and varied challenges within one unique event, the Enigma Challenge is a race against time as teams frantically complete as much possible before our Giant Countdown Clock runs out!

Individual challenges are split into four categories, which enables participants to delegate and play to their team member's strengths. There's a wealth of tasks to suit every taste - are you feeling creative? Compose a 'replica' Mona Lisa to earn yourself 40 points! Enjoy the Sunday crossword? Get stuck into the Brainteaser category to solve our fiendish  puzzles. Maybe you're feeling energetic - try capturing a photo of your entire team jumping in the air!  Or if you're simply great at sniffing out answers, head to the Aroma area to try and decipher our mystery scents.

You'll be having too much fun to realise it at the time, but the Enigma Challenge carries huge potential benefits for your working relationships. Because everyone - no matter their interests or strengths - can play a valuable part in getting their team to victory, every participant will come away with a sense of achievement and value. You'll also see sides to your colleagues you never knew existed, which breaks the ice and provides office banter material for years to come.

With our dynamic scoring system, we are able to break down your scores into categories - so as well as there being one overall winning team, you'll also get feedback on who completed the most challenges, which groups worked best together, the team that was the most creative or observant, and the champions of puzzles and brainteasers. As well as allowing victories to more than one team, this is also a great way of assessing how people think and work - many of our clients take this feedback and use it to implement changes in how they operate as a team.

As many of the challenges involve you taking photographic proof of success, you'll end up with a brilliant collection of hilarious team photos to decorate your office with, allowing you to re-live the day to your heart's content!

If you'd like to find out more about this brilliant event, call 0845 006 06 06 for a chat.

Team Building for Charity

CCC Events are experts at providing clients with a good solid team building activity to meet particular needs or just a good fun day out as a reward. One great way to encourage staff teams to really throw themselves into their competitive nature is to provide incentives, and one way to do this is to play for charity!

Take for example the recent Starcom V's MediaVest Games, who chose to hold their annual team building event at Beaumont House in Windsor. The clients request was to design an Olympic style event involving sporting games for 400 people - an amazing 42 teams! What's more, Starcom were playing for Centrepoint and MediaVest for The Fred Foundation, both charities close to their hearts - and they were playing for money. £1000 to be donated to the charity of the winner!

With £1000 at stake and 21 teams playing for each charity, the seven fantastic activities were ready and waiting to be played. From target tennis and go-karts, to a giant ski biathlon and our hilarious (and rather wet) 4 x 400ml relay were some of the best! But the Human Table Football pitch was a sure favourite of the day, where team members are harnessed to the giant table football poles and have to try and score goals in the opponents end. It's hilarious to watch, as naturally it's hard to play football when you can only move sideways! There was a lot to play for and the scores for each of the charities teams would be totalled at the end of the fun filled day!

The staff on the day put the teams to the test on one area to the next in half hour slots, and the midway scores at lunch time gave them the incentive to give it their all in the afternoon to try and beat the opposition. Starcom, playing for the charity Centrepoint, had taken the lead by just a few points!

The whistles were blown at full time in the activity fields and the teams flocked to the outdoor bar for a well earned beer! The teams had slogged their guts out for a full day of hardcore sporting activities and this was the moment they were all  waiting for... the final scores.

And the winner is... MediaVest playing for The Fred Foundation! The teams roar in glory and there is jumping for joy across the field. But then an even more generous gesture is made... they announce that Centrepoint also deserve a donation for Starcom's points and they are going to match the winnings for both charities! That was £1000 donated to both charities for everyone's efforts for the day. Ahhhh, everyone's a winner, and fun was had by all!

For other fantastic ideas for team building events you can run for charity or to suit any bespoke brief please call our sales team on 08450 06 06 06 or visit our website.

Team Motivation: Art for your Office #1

If it's been a while since your last team building event and you need some motivation, try decorating your desk area with this week's free, printable poster. Instant office chic and a good motto to live by, all in one.

"None of us is as smart as all of us. Work together, achieve more"

Click here for a printable version of this poster. Alternatively, give us a call on 0845 006 06 06 to discuss how to boost motivation through team building.

Team Building Venues: New Place, Southampton

Choosing the perfect venue for your team building event can be a daunting task - but CCC are here to help! As a mobile team building company, we have produced events at thousands of venues across the UK  and Europe and offer a free venue finding service to all of our clients. We'll be profiling a range of venues to provide an at-a-glance guide to what's on offer.

New Place, Southampton

At a Glance

• 40 meeting and training rooms, with the largest catering for up to 110 delegates
• 110 bedrooms with the latest mod cons
• Free WiFi and internet access throughout
• Refreshment stations with free-flowing coffee, tea and snacks
• 32 acres of outdoor space and parkland, including a motorised vehicle circuit

Why We Love It

New Place's ample outdoor space means that we've enjoyed many a sunny summer's day running Cryptic Challenges and Time Trackers in their grounds, while the Grade I listed manor house at the heart of the venue is the perfect setting for a Murder Mystery. The free-flowing coffee stations are brilliant because it means that our clients can extend their meetings and events at leisure, without having to comply to set 'refreshment break' time slots. The meeting rooms are light and airy and more often than not, groups will stay for a few days, incorporating conferences, team building and leisure time in the pool, steam room and sauna.

"Being a De Vere venue, New Place is fully geared towards meetings, conferences and team building events. My favourite event to run there would have to be an Activity Day as their motorised vehicle circuit is perfect for our quad bikes and rage buggies" - Zoe Taylor, Senior Event Manager

To find out more about team building in Southampton, call 0845 006 06 06 to speak to our  lovely team.

A Bite-size Taste of Camden Lock!

The World has taken one giant size culinary leap in my lifetime, from Cooking with Mother jam tarts to Delia's baking, through watching in amazement at Keith Floyd's wine fuelled outdoor cooking adventures (Shhhhh, nobody mention the Puffin), to the gigantic platter of celebrity chefs that delight us with mouth watering recipes from around the globe today! And I LOVE food. I love cooking, and I love eating! Cooking events are becoming more and more popular as the hype of new foods take off, baking programmes become more competitive - even grown men cry on The Great British Bake Off, and new global cooking techniques emerge.

CCC Events also run really experimental Canape Creations events, which not only teach guests how to make some easy but impressive professional looking party pieces for their own social events, but gives the teams a chance to be introduced to a whole array of delicious ingredients which they may never have worked with before.

Having recently managed one of these events for one of our global clients I would like to thank the Holiday Inn, Camden Lock for being the ideal venue to hold our cooking events. The function room is built with floor to ceiling glass windows looking directly onto the Camden Lock, so it's beautifully light and a perfect setting. The staff were really helpful, and the exclusive use of the function room kitchen was absolutely perfect for the cooking master class.

As far as Team Building goes, the cooking events are my favourite to manage, enabling the teams to work well together to create some very ‘interesting’ results! The teams in this Canape Creations event paid great attention to detail and managed to produce perfect quail scotch eggs, mini lamb ragout pies and some delicious bite sized Tiramisu! I’ll be using some of these recipes at home!

For more information on our food events, chocolate workshops and general team building days please call our sales and events coordinators on 0845 006 06 06, or visit our website.