There is nothing like the excitement of wrapping up a virtual team building cooking class. Folks are ready to dive in and eat and everyone stays on during dining time to chat about their newfound kitchen skills, their funniest cooking moment, or how amazed they are by the ease of the recipe.

But then what? Your team had an incredible time connecting and breaking bread together, but what happens next? How can you maximize the team-building momentum?

54% of employees say a strong sense of community kept them at a company longer in a survey by Gusto. We know that team-building activities are important and we recognize that the follow-up is just as critical to creating a strong sense of community.

Let us support you in cultivating ongoing connections that follow our virtual cooking classes with meal kits, leading to increased connection, engagement, and recall of your memorable & fun time together.

Some of our favorite teams - Zoom, Etsy, Amazon, and Uber - shared with us the ways they keep the team-building momentum created by our cooking classes going.

Try one or two or try them all; it’s about what works best for your unique virtual team! Let’s keep the fun going long after your 90-minute cooking class has landed delicious dishes on your table.

One day after your cooking class…

1. Create a competition. After class, have everybody submit photos of their dish in your communication channel and have your team vote on the submitted dishes. Then give out prizes for different categories like, "Top Chef", "Most Creative Presentation", "The Biggest Fail", “Hungriest Chef”, etc. Keep the conversation going!

2. Play I Spy. Before class, encourage everyone to “plant” an item in their background that is hidden but visible from the camera. During our team building cooking classes, we take a group photo that we share with you afterward. Once everyone gets the class photo, create an "I Spy" email thread that starts with "I Spy in our cooking class..." and give an award to the person who guesses the item that is out of place.

One week after your cooking class…

3. Share tips. After their class, one team asked in their weekly team meeting, "Who made the pizza recipe again and what toppings did you change?" This encouraged team members to recreate the recipe and share feedback.

For most of your team members, our team building cooking class will be the very first time making the recipe, so sharing tips after class can be helpful. One participant said, “Our cooking lesson was a super way to engage the team. I think for most of us, this was the first time ever making pasta!” Ask your team about their cooking experience and use questions about the class as an ice breaker activity in the future.

4. Build a team recipe book. After your cooking class, have folks send in their favorite recipes and create a recipe book along with the recipe you all cooked together. As you take more cooking classes together, you can add recipes to your team recipe book! This is a fun and easy souvenir that you can customize with your company logo and give as a gift during the holiday season.

One month after your cooking class…

5. Send a follow-up gift. Gift everyone on your team a TTLT apron or kitchen tool as a follow-up to their cooking class. If you plan a virtual corporate event with us and are interested in gifting your team members a TTLT item, ask for our private class discount code! Check out our TTLT Shop for more gift ideas.

Six months after your cooking class…

6. Travel somewhere new! Poll your team on the next destination you want to visit through one of our cooking classes. Italy? Thailand? Peru? France? The world is your oyster. View all of our recipes, their modifications, and their difficulty level. One class participant said, “I had the opportunity to transport myself out of Bloomington, IL to the kitchens of Japan and Italy.”

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