COOKING EVENT MENUS
All our cooking events feature an appetizer followed by a full meal. Events at Cooking Fools are all BYOB.
INTERNATIONAL Small Plates
This is our most popular format for groups. Your guests will work together and with our Chefs, to prepare a wide array of international foods served in a reception-like setting. The menu is substantial, but is not served as a sit down, in order to keep the event more fluid. This event was designed to facilitate interaction between your guests and is perfect for networking and client entertainment.
Multi-Course International Menus
Your guests will prepare a complete lunch or dinner menu based on an international cuisine or food type. After the cooking, everyone will relax to enjoy a full sit down meal featuring the result of their efforts. Options include:
Thai
Tamale Making
Handmade Pasta
International Dumplings
Artisan Pizza
Spanish Tapas
Indian
Mexican
Moroccan
“Iron-Chef” Cooking Competition
We designed our Iron Chef style event to be the ultimate team-building cooking experience. Teams go head-to-head cooking with their mystery items to create an entree that is presented to a panel of judges. Here, there are rules, but no recipes. The teams have full access to our commercial kitchen facility and a pantry stocked with over 200 ingredients. This exciting and challenging event is perfect for competitive groups. It requires the teams to organize, delegate based on the individual skills of the participants and execute, while following all the rules of the competition to get the highest possible score. Our team of Chefs facilitate the event with technical advise to assist the teams. The competition is followed by a sit down meal featuring entrees created by the teams and accompaniments prepared by our staff.
CUSTOM EVENTS
We are always willing to customize your event menu to meet your specific needs. Our culinary team can integrate a type of food, your companies products, or a theme into your program to facilitate your event. Call us to explore the possibilities.
MEETING FACILITY
Our spaces are available for creative meetings, focus groups, and brainstorming sessions. We can customize your meeting with the addition of a cooking activity, or provide any type meal or snack from our onsite professional kitchen. Audio/visual support is also available.
FUNDRAISING EVENTS
As a small business, we love to support our community. In order to do so, we have developed a formula that makes it easy for organizations to raise money. A range of menus are available for your fundraising event.
Call 773.517.3806 to get the conversation started.
CLIENT LIST
Abbott Labs
Accenture
ADP
Alliance Bernstein
Aon
The Art Institute of Chicago
Barry Callebaut
BBDO
BMO
BlackRock
Boeing
Boston Consulting
Brandtrust
Burberry
CDW
CME Group
The Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Tribune
Cigna
Cisco
Comcast
ConAgra
Credit Suisse
DDB
Deloitte
Discover
DLA Piper
Edelman
Eli Lilly
EY
Ford Motor Company
FCB
Fidelity
Food Network
GE
General Mills
Grant Thornton
Horizon Therapeutics
Huron Consulting
Hyatt
IIT
Johnson & Johnson
JLL
KetchumKPMG
Kraft Foods
Leo Burnett
Masco
Mayer Brown
McDonald’s
Medtronic
MetLife
Microsoft
MillerCoors
Motorola
Museum of Science and Industry
Nielsen Corp
Northwestern Hospital
Oracle
OWN
Proctor & Gamble
Pepsico
Prudential
PwC
Reynolds
Sonnenschein
Starbucks
Starcom
Steelecase
Takeda
Thermo Fisher
Travelers
U of C
USG
West Monroe Partners
Winston Strawn
Wrigley
Y&R
Yahoo