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Cavatelli pasta tossed in green pesto with pine nuts, grated cheese and fresh basil
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Cavatelli & Competition

Fresh Cavatelli and Green Pesto from scratch

  • 4.9 (243)
  • 2 hours
  • At your office or venue
  • Adjustable headcount
  • Instant booking, 2 weeks out
  • Love Your Event Guarantee

Description

Get hands-on and competitive as you learn to make traditional Italian pasta from scratch. In this interactive team-building experience, guests will collaborate to shape cavatelli and craft fresh pesto with basil, nuts, and cheese. Teams will compete to create the most flavorful and creative pesto, adding a fun twist to the culinary challenge. Enjoy fresh appetizers and non-alcoholic refreshments throughout. Elevate the menu with Italian wine and beer pairings, a hearty main dish, and surprise your guests with classic tiramisu for a sweet finale.

Included

Themed appetizers and non-alcoholic refreshments

Extras

Side Salad and Chicken Piccata, Tiramisu, Wine and Beer

Add-ons

Custom Aprons

Add customized aprons with your guests' names or your company's logo to add a special touch and attention to detail. (+$40/pp)

Interactive Team Activity: Pesto Relay Race

Add a fun "Pesto Relay Race" activity which splits participants into teams, with each member taking on a specific task, fostering collaboration, friendly competition, and a chance to experience traditional pesto-making without the strain of doing it all alone.

Agenda / Run of show

A breakdown of how the 2 hours runs.

  1. 0:00 – 0:10

    Arrival & welcome

    Your chef sets up while the team arrives — drinks and something to nibble.

  2. 0:10 – 0:24

    Introductions & the plan

    Meet your chef, hear the menu and split into stations.

  3. 0:24 – 1:12

    Hands-on cooking

    Each station takes a part of the menu, with the chef moving between them.

  4. 1:12 – 1:30

    Team activity

    A short competition or tasting challenge between stations.

  5. 1:30 – 1:48

    Sit down and eat

    Everything comes together and the team eats what it made.

  6. 1:48 – 2:00

    Coffee, photo & clean-up

    Your chef clears everything away. You do not.

How it runs

  • Your chef and their team come to you — your office, a venue you have booked, or one we help you find.
  • They arrive ahead of the start time to set up, and everything is cleared away afterwards.

What your space needs

Everything else arrives with your chef.

Your space

  • A room with tables for the team
  • Access to a sink
  • Somewhere for your chef to set up

Nothing else

  • Your chef brings the food, the equipment and the kit — and clears it all away after

On the day

Nothing to ship

Delivery
Your chef brings the ingredients, the equipment and the kit with them.
Setup & cleanup
Included — the space is left as it was found.
Where
Your office, your venue, or one we help you book.
Instant booking
Available for events at least 2 weeks out. Sooner than that, ask us — we can often expedite.

What every in-person event includes

Live Instruction
Ingredients & Equipment
Setup & Cleanup
Extra Food & Drinks
Event Coordinator
Event Insurance

Cancellation, rescheduling and changes

Plans move. Every window below is counted back from your event date.

Time before event
21 days

Cancel for a fee

$250 fee applied

21 days

Reschedule for free

7 days

Confirm your headcount

You can adjust your headcount by 20%

7 days

Reschedule for a fee

10% of the event total or $100, whichever is greater

Something outside these windows? Ask your planner — they will talk you through the options.

  • Love Your Event GuaranteeIf it doesn't live up to expectations, we make it right.
  • Free customizationChange the menu, the timings or the format at no cost.
  • Setup & cleanup includedYour chef leaves the space exactly as they found it.
Cavatelli pasta tossed in green pesto with pine nuts, grated cheese and fresh basil

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