Team building events have a bad rap. Unfortunately, as soon as you mention team building many employees naturally envision the awkward team building episodes of the office. Thankfully, our food truck challenge team building events have come a long way. Taking the time to invest in team building helps build trust, encourage communication scratch that encourages communication, and engages employees. 

Often restaurants, cafés or food trucks owners working on tight budgets and timeframes to bring out the best quality of food and service to their customers. If your team is looking for some fun with new ideas using the food as part of the storytelling, then this is something you may like to do. Feeling really brave? Let Otao kitchen stages a culinary quest of epic proportions. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• New cooking challenge format with food truck challenge.
• Explore the fundamentals of ingredients, spices and flavour profile
• Create a delicious meal to your palette then enjoy with complimentary beer and wine
• Access to exclusive use of our venue, indoor and outdoor function spaces available
• Our classes are for all level of experience and everyone get in to win!
• A chef is there to help you! 

ON THE DAY

• First-hour poster, menu and dish challenge, one-hour cooking and one-hour hospitality and bonding
• While having some canapé and lime and mint refresher, your teams will be introduced to our chef(s). We can divide the teams if you have done them yet. Each team will elect to have a leader to run the truck business with assistant from our chef(s). 
• You start with the selected theme, then work with a menu and dishes. Together they need to decide the dish they will cook, create the food truck business name and logo on a large poster. Now you put your ideas to work.
• The chef facilitator will be able to help you with recipes and menus. One part of your team will design the food truck menu with a given wood stick, paper, tape, string, and color pens. Teams will not only prepare the great foods serving but also construct and decorate their own truck poster. Each team will be having fun while working competitively, creatively and completely in their new project. 
• Your team will be judged on the food truck product, presentation, and originality of the street foods. The Food Truck Challenge is designed to keep everyone involved, from the cutting, slicing, and dicing to the creative marketing crew.

MENU SAMPLE

• Japanese food truck with Gyoza dumpling, Yakitori BBQ, Bacon Maki
• Vietnamese food truck with Banh Mi, Bun Cha BBQ, Spring rolls
• Thai Food Truck with Som Tam Thai Salad, Moo Ping BBQ, Sticky Rice Mango
• Chinese Food Truck with dumplings, Cong You Bing - pancake, Gua Bao and BBQ Pork

Please note the meal you are eating will be catered by your own team in shared in small paper bowls or plates – just like the food truck.  Foods, beverage, chefs, and venue is included in the price.

BOOKING TERMS

• A minimum charge of $1,650 is applied to all group and venue bookings. If your group number falls below the minimum spend, the minimum spend is applied. 
• A deposit of 10 seats or 50%, whatever is greater, is required to confirm your booking. Payment may be made via credit or debit card, cash or invoice. Full payment is required at the event booking time, within 14-day of the event date. The balance is due 14 days before the event upon confirmation of the guest number and their dietary requirements. 
• If cancellation is made with more than 14-day notice, we will refund 50% of your deposit. For a cancellation is made within 14 days, no refund will take effect, and you will have to pay for the minimum spend. If your group voluntarily leave or does not show up to the event on the day, no refund will take effect.
• Final numbers and dietary requirements for your session must be confirmed no later than 14-day prior to the start time of the cookery session in order to give us enough time to pre-order the necessary ingredients and staff.
  
• If you would like to increase the number of participants after this time, please email us at hello@otaokitchen.com.au to discuss this, and we will do our best to accommodate you.

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