Tasting and cocktail-making workshop

Activity description

A cocktail preparation and tasting workshop allows participants to discover the art of mixology in a friendly and festive atmosphere.
Guided by a professional mixologist, each team member learns how to make several classic and original cocktails, then enjoy them together.

What does it impact ?

• Stimulating innovation and creativity : Creating your own cocktail or reinterpreting classics sparks imagination and encourages personal expression.
• Optimizing collaboration and work quality : Following a recipe together, adjusting dosages, testing and fine-tuning with others, allows you to put into practice active listening, cooperation and attention to detail… skills that can be transferred to everyday professional life.

What should the organizer prepare ?

• Book a venue with tables and space for the workshop.
• Provide ingredients and basic equipment (shakers, glasses, ice, etc.) or check if the provider brings them.
• Plan alcohol-free alternatives.
• Inform participants in advance if they need to bring anything.
• Prepare a short introduction to kick off the activity and introduce the mixologist.

How to achieve our goals on the big day ?

• Launch a team challenge: create an original cocktail using a mystery ingredient.
• Have everyone vote for the most surprising, most aesthetic, or boldest cocktail.
• Organize a short presentation of each cocktail with a made-up story about its origin.
• Switch partners for each cocktail to encourage cross-team interactions.
• Add a blind tasting to guess the ingredients of each creation.
• Hand out fun awards: best shaker, sweetest cocktail, etc.

When is the right context for this activity ?

• When the team needs a relaxing moment after a demanding period.
• To celebrate an achievement, such as the end of a project or a successful year.
• To welcome new members and break the ice in a playful way.
• When team interactions have become too formal or distant.

Other benefits

• Easy to adapt as an alcohol-free activity.
• Can be done on-site or virtually with ingredient delivery.
• Allows participants to develop useful skills for personal events.

See what others have done 👋

• At Lush France, a mixologist used a surprise ingredient in all cocktails: pickle juice. The result? A crowd-favorite cocktail and a group pickle order the next day!
• A team of engineers in Berlin tried to craft the perfect cocktail with local beers. They accidentally invented the “Berliner Blast,” a fizzy blend that exploded in two glasses.
• At Deloitte Canada, the team hosted the workshop remotely. One participant confused powdered sugar with salt. The cocktail was undrinkable, but the laughter was unforgettable!
• A SME in Spain held the workshop on a beach, and a seagull unexpectedly joined in the activity!
• At Air France, employees tried to recreate first-class cocktails. Ironically, the crowd favorite turned out to be a fizzy orange juice.