Cooking up camaraderie … and crepes!

Recently, we had several members of one of our client teams visiting our Brookfield office. While we had plenty of time slated for the conference room, we thought it might be nice to spend one evening doing something a little different.

Needless to say, when I found out one of my BR team members organized a cooking class at the Milwaukee Public Market, I was slightly terrified — let’s just say I don’t spend much time in the kitchen. Turned out that I was worried for nothing!

The team: Getting our cook on at the Milwaukee Public MarketFor this particular cooking class, we formed teams of two and each team was responsible for one course of the menu: pork tenderloin, asiago cheese potatoes, carrots and kale, and for desert —and the course I was assigned to — apple crepes. In the end, the food was fabulous. But this turned out to be a lot more than just a cooking class.

It was nice to have the opportunity to spend some time with our client partners outside of the conference room. We learned a lot of new things about each other over the course of four hours, and collaborating on a hot meal instead of a hot marketing project gave us time to relax and enjoy one another’s company. Let’s face it, we work in a fast-paced environment and it was nice to have the chance to stop and smell the … apple crepes. Well, you see what I’m getting at.

Comments

[Megan]

I have held a brainstorm session with associates at the Public Market and it truly is a great place to hold these types of sessions. Sometimes its good to get teams together in creative surroundings. I would encourage anyone to use the market for your next meeting, brainstorm or client event.