Each team receives some ingredients and must beg, borrow, trade or bargain with other teams for the rest. Negotiation happens alongside chopping and cooking, so teams must split roles between the kitchen and the trading floor. Professional judges taste and score every course, and the day ends with everyone sharing the food.
Indoor
Ultimate Cook-Off: Cook, Trade and Negotiate Your Way to Victory
The Ultimate Cook-Off is a cooking competition team building activity with a twist. Teams must prepare a full-course meal for professional judges, but no team has all the ingredients it needs.
PROCESS
How it works
SPECIFICATIONS
At a glance
FormatIndoor & outdoor
Best forSales conferences, Leadership meets, Strategy meets, Annual days
Chosen by: Mondelez, Wingify
OUTCOMES
Key takeaways
01
Improved negotiation
Every ingredient has a price
02
Improved communication
Kitchen and traders must stay in sync
03
Creative problem-solving
Improvise when the trade falls through
VALUE PROPOSITION
Why teams choose Ultimate Cook-Off
It tests creative problem-solving and a whole range of skills, and finishes with a meal together. Mondelez and Wingify have chosen it.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Ultimate Cook-Off FAQs
No. Teams include cooks, negotiators and presenters, and recipes are guided.
Yes. Ultimate Cook-Off works indoors (offices, hotel ballrooms, conference halls) and outdoors (lawns, resorts, campuses). We confirm space needs once you share your venue.
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