MICE lists 6 culinary team-building operators in Dunedin — distillery, brewery, chocolate and cocktail experiences for corporate groups.
Food and drink experiences are an easy win for corporate team building: they are inclusive, relaxed and give a group something to do together without the pressure of a physical challenge. Dunedin, with its strong craft food-and-drink scene, is well suited to them. MICE lists 6 culinary team-building operators serving Dunedin, covering distilling, brewing, chocolate and cocktails. Browse them all in the activities directory.
Dunedin's drinks makers are a natural home for a group session. Emerson's Brewery and the Speight's Brewery Tour cover the city's best-known beer names — the Speight's tour hosts groups of up to around 15 on a roughly 90-minute visit. For spirits, No8 Distillery and Dunedin Craft Distillers run distillery experiences; Dunedin Craft Distillers takes 4 to 16 people, with sessions from about 45 minutes up to three and a half hours.
For something sweeter or more hands-on, OCHO (Otago Chocolate Company) runs chocolate experiences rooted in Dunedin's bean-to-bar story, and XYZ Bar hosts cocktail-making sessions for groups of 10 or more. Both blend a culinary activity with a creative, make-it-yourself element, which keeps a mixed-ability group engaged.
A few practical points help you choose:
Culinary activities pair well with the rest of a programme: follow a distillery session with dinner at one of Dunedin's event venues, fold it into a conference social programme, or combine it with event and delegate transport between sites. See the full activities directory or the events calendar for more ways to build out your group's time in Dunedin.
MICE lists 6 culinary team-building operators serving Dunedin, covering distilleries, a brewery, chocolate making and cocktail sessions.
Dunedin Craft Distillers runs sessions for 4 to 16 people, the Speight's Brewery Tour takes groups of up to around 15, and XYZ Bar hosts cocktail-making for groups of 10 or more.
Yes. Most Dunedin culinary experiences are indoors, so they hold up well when the weather turns.
OCHO (Otago Chocolate Company) runs chocolate experiences, XYZ Bar hosts cocktail-making, and Dunedin Craft Distillers offers a hands-on distillery session.
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