PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH A CULINARY TWIST

Our workshops combine mindful tastings, facilitated collaboration, and proven methodologies in one fun, delicious gathering.

Experience the perfect blend of expert facilitation, professional education, and tasting activities, customized to the agenda your team needs.

  • Full-day, Half-day or Happy Hour Agendas

  • Earn PDUs on Leadership and Business Acumen

  • Anchored Learning in a Variety of Tastes and Techniques

Engage your team, build new skills, and get work done, every time you come together

  • Inspiration Tastings

    Craft a bespoke agenda of rotating taste and make stories - or a deep dive into one particular food or flavor- anchored to your organization’s message. 

  • Collaborating over Chocolate

    Practice crucial communication and intentional collaboration in a new context- the complex flavors and social histories of chocolate.

  • Goal Setting with Umami

    Explore the complex flavors and textures of Umami-rich foods, while learning new tools and methods you and your team can use to achieve your goals, your way.

  • Exploring Unexpected Flavors

    Practice observation and interpretation skills through mindful tasting and flavor pairing activities and embed creativity and curiosity into problem solving.

  • The Power of Sour

    Discover the power of sour with culinary acid tastings, samplings of sour foods, and quick pickle making activities.

  • Tea Tasting & Blending

    Craft bespoke tea blends using sustainably-grown teas, herbs, and flowers, curated to inspire new ideas and rituals.

  • Sophisticated Mocktails

    Create sophisticated mocktails using innovative techniques and flavor-balancing methods for an inclusive tasting experience.

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Our clients appreciate our ability to craft unique, bespoke tasting experiences for their teams

  • “The event was extremely unique and all staff loved your portion of the training; it was their favorite part! Who would have thought that chocolate could have “spiked” their learning and feedback processes?”

    Carol Salter

  • “Joanna and her team provided an excellent chocolate tasting and educational experience for our office of 35 people. They were communicative throughout the process and adapted the event to meet our goals. I look forward to working with them again in the future.”

    Naomi Meliora

  • “I engaged Matter of Taste to run a few tasting workshops for my corporate organization during a team wide event. They were fantastic to work with! They had great knowledge of how to bring the experience to life, were collaborative and communicative on our company's specific requirements and helped us curate a terrific experience.”

    Elysia Syriac

Book a free consultation with us.

Let’s design your team experience. Choose from our curated offerings or we can fine-tune an agenda that meets your specific organization’s goals.