The client brief:
The JWT Finance team asked us to organise a charitable team building event to combine the learning of new skills with ‘giving something back’.
Our solution:
We developed and delivered a cookery event with a twist…the twist being that the team served up the fruit of their labours to the residents of the Salvation Army homeless hostel in Whitechapel, East London.
The hostel is a male only property which helps short term and long term homeless get back on their feet.
The finer details:
JWT turned up at the shelter at 3pm and prepared the following menu to dish out to the residents before cleaning up the kitchen and dining area afterwards:
- Smoked Haddock and chive fish cakes with home-made mayonnaise and watercress
- Chicken ballontines stuffed with sultanas and almonds
- On root vegetable puree, roasted potatoes and sage infused jus
- Seasonal Fruit meringues
The client feedback:
“Everyone had a very good day and found it very rewarding. It is definitely something we would do again… It was a really great idea and all of our staff came away very proud of their achievement and felt as though they had learnt something new.”
