Two happy people taking a selfie in the kitchen at teambuilding

Team building events

Book a cookery class with a difference! Have fun while working together to cook meals for your community

Line of people serving themselves food at team building event

Our Batch for Good team building events in Bristol offer everything you'd expect from a professional cookery class – with plenty of fun, delicious food and expert chefs at the helm – plus the chance for your team to make an impactful social contribution.

Working together, each group of up to 25 people helps to batch-cook a meal. As well as enjoying the food together at the end, the session generates up to 100 donated meals for the community, directly supporting local people experiencing food insecurity.

Every booking also helps to fund our work – making it a fantastic opportunity for companies looking to fulfil their CSR commitment.

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At a glance

Sessions typically last 2½–3 hours
Groups of up to 25 people
Hosted at our fully equipped cookery school in South Bristol
Book a morning (10am–1pm), afternoon (2–5pm) or flexible evening session
Our expert chefs will lead the event, teaching all the techniques and recipes you need to know
Teas and coffees available, or BYOB
Enjoy nibbles on arrival and a generous family-style meal at the end!

"What a great team building morning! The atmosphere was relaxed and fun, and everyone definitely enjoyed themselves. Best of all, it felt really good to know we were helping out the community by providing meals to those who need them. All in all, a lovely and rewarding way to spend the morning together!"

JLL, team building client

A row of packaged batch-cooked meals in the kitchen

Where do the meals go?

During each session, the group works together to batch-cook up to 100 meals. These are packaged up, frozen, labelled and distributed to our local community partners, directly reaching those at risk of food insecurity in South Bristol.

Our partners include:

"At the food bank, the frozen meals are a real highlight for people. They always look surprised and then genuinely delighted that we offer them. I think it is a relief for so many of them that there is a well-balanced, tasty meal given to them for free to be able to cook at home, especially if they have children. I love handing out the frozen meals because we see so much joy and gratitude!”

Food Bank staff

"It was so lovely to have the frozen meals, something additional to go with the food parcels. Money is very tight towards the end of the month so they really help us."

Batch-cooked meal recipient