March is Women’s History Month, and while women are to be celebrated year round, this month-long celebration highlights female contributions in history and the present day. This month also includes International Women’s Day on March 8, a global day that’s been recognized for over 100 years.
What better way to harness great energy at work than by bringing a top female chef to teach your team how to make a perfect chocolate souffle? Or an award-winning mixologist to lead you and your colleagues through a happy hour cocktail class?
Here are a few fun ways to celebrate Women’s History Month with your remote team and some inspiring female leaders at these virtual culinary experiences.
Breakfast at the office doesn’t look the same anymore, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a perfect weekend brunch at home with your team and a top female chef. With nearly three decades of experience, James Beard Award Nominee and Food Network’s Iron Chef America judge Elizabeth Blau knows a thing or two about the perfect brunch. Her company helped transform Las Vegas into the world-class culinary destination it is today, so she can bring some of the Vegas spirit and business knowledge to your pancake flipping adventures. Let her share some of her brunch secrets and tips to help you serve a restaurant-worthy brunch spread worth waking up for.
Bean To Bar: A Chocolate Tasting Journey
Just like wine and coffee, diving into the world of chocolate is a full sensory experience with lots of bonding moments for you and your team. Have Megan Giller lead your team through a guided chocolate tasting that travels all around the world. Who knows, some of your team members may have a travel story to share as well! Author of award-winning Bean-to-Bar Chocolate and contributor to The New York Times, Slate, Zagat, Food & Wine, and others, a chocolate journey with Megan goes well beyond the bar and into the production process and makings of craft chocolates from around the world, a team tasting experience.
Spice Up Your Life With Sichuan Cuisine
A trip to Sichuan, Chengdu for International Women’s Day may not be an option right now, but that doesn’t mean your team can’t enjoy the cuisine from one of the world’s greatest “city of gastronomy.” A Chengdu native, Chef Wendy Zang learned the region’s complex cuisine in her grandfather’s kitchen and later discovered the soul of Southern BBQ while living in Memphis, Tennessee, combining the two for a unique culinary style used in her current LA catering career.
A lesson with Wendy will take you inside her grandfather’s kitchen where your team will learn Sichuan techniques and some of her family’s treasured dishes. Bond with your team through a shared international journey!
It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
Happy hours with your coworkers can still be a great way to wrap up the week, especially with cocktails crafted from Pamela Wiznitzer, one of Food & Wine’s top 10 Rising Star Mixologists and one of Wine Enthusiast’s “40 Under 40” recipients. This award-winning NYC mixologist can lead your team through a custom happy hour that fits everyone’s tastes. Shake up your cocktail game and sip the evening away as you discover new spirits, flavor pairings, and secrets for making your own award-winning cocktail.
Rising To The Challenge: Chocolate Soufflé
Cheer on your team, and women, by taking on the challenge of making a perfect soufflé. With pastry chef Megan Read’s guidance, you and your co-workers can dip your spoons into molten lava centers of chocolate soufflés worthy of being served at a restaurant. With years spent at Magnolia Bakery in New York City and at the Culinary Institute of America, and now as the co-owner and pastry chef of award-winning Black Box Bakery, Megan is the woman up for this daunting task!
Browse through even more virtual cooking classes, private food photography and styling lessons, and more led by powerful female figures in the food and beverage industry. Celebrate women leaders from the hospitality industry in a fun, food-filled way this March, and all year round.
