Mixology is the art of creating tasty, elaborate cocktails. This fast-growing field is attracting more and more amateurs and professionals wishing to develop their skills in the field. For companies, organizing a mixology teambuilding can be an ideal opportunity to foster cohesion and communication within teams, while sharing a fun and convivial moment.
The benefits of mixology teambuilding for companies
If you’re looking for an original, unifying activity for your staff, mixology teambuilding is an option to consider. Here are just a few of the benefits this experience can bring:
- Discovering a new skill: learning to make cocktails introduces participants to a skill that is uncommon in their professional lives, and develops their curiosity and creativity.
- Forge links and improve communication: confronting ideas and sharing knowledge with team members during a workshop helps build mutual trust and facilitates future collaboration.
- Fostering team spirit: working together to mix ingredients in the right proportions, follow the correct steps or decorate glasses helps to put into practice everyone’s cooperation within the group.
- Relaxation and entertainment: taking part in activities outside the workplace gives employees the opportunity for personal fulfillment, while enjoying a unique experience with their colleagues.
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Key steps to successful mixology teambuilding
In order to organize a mixology workshop that is captivating and accessible to all, it is essential to follow the advice below:
Choosing the right presenter
The presence of an experienced specialist is essential to guide participants through the various mixology techniques. Count on TeamBooking, which has a wide choice of skilled professionals to lead a mixology course.
Adapting recipes to participants’ skills
It’s important to offer cocktails that are adapted to participants’ skill levels, so that everyone feels at ease in making their own creation. Workshops should also be flexible enough to allow people to propose their own variations, according to their tastes and preferences.
Preparing the necessary equipment
A mixology workshop requires a variety of utensils, such as shakers, measuring glasses and colanders. It’s also important to provide an adequate workspace, large enough to accommodate all participants and meet their needs in terms of safety and comfort.
Choosing quality ingredients
Using fresh, tasty and sometimes unusual ingredients is one of the keys to creating cocktails that will amaze the taste buds. From fruit and vegetables to spices, juices and syrups, always opt for high-quality, environmentally-friendly products.
The different mixology teambuilding formats
For a more varied experience, you can offer your staff several types of mixology teambuilding workshops:
- Classic courses: participants are divided into groups and taught different recipes, which they then have to reproduce under the bartender’s supervision.
- Timed challenges: in this exercise, each team member has to create a cocktail following their own instructions, then present it to their colleagues before the time runs out.
- Friendly competitions: set up a scoring system to elect the best cocktail of the evening, while fostering a healthy spirit of competition among participants.
- Discovery sessions: offer tastings of cocktails made by the professional in charge of the workshop, so that everyone can appreciate the creations of an expert and discover new taste sensations.
With these various options, you’ll have everything you need to offer your staff an unforgettable mixology teambuilding experience. Thanks to TeamBooking, finding the ideal provider for your event has never been so quick and easy!
