Many team building and team bonding activities focus on adventurous experiences that challenge a group, inspiring brainstorming, problem-solving and even moments of fear to heighten emotions and promote exchange. Montréal offers a fantastic array of such experiences — but the following selection is a little different! Tapping into Montréal’s reputation as a world-class gourmet city, these team activities offer tours, tastings, cooking classes and more to unite your team through deliciousness.
Local Montréal Food Tours
With Local Montréal Food Tours, your team will experience the city’s food scene from the inside out, with the guidance of local experts armed with loads of interesting tidbits, stories and connections. Explore Montréal’s trendiest food neighbourhoods, from Mile End to downtown to Old Montréal, and sample bites and drinks while taking in the sights and meeting the local artisans behind the fantastic flavours. Walking tours last from 2 to 3 hours and are offered for groups from 10 to 100 people. Contact their private event services for more information.
City Brew Tours Montréal
Beer lovers will relish this tour by City Brew Tours Montréal, introducing your group to the city’s best breweries, complete with backstage VIP access, food pairings and more. Organized tours include over a dozen different beer tastings, a beer and food pairing snack, and round-trip transportation. You can also craft your own beer experience: City Brew Tour Montréal offers customized outings for any budget, for groups from 4 to 500. Contact their private event services for more information.
Distillerie de Montréal
Specific to the Rosemont neighbourhood, where Distillerie de Montréal is headquartered and distills many a fine unique spirit, this friendly guided tour will introduce you to an industrial area of the city others may not get to see. The tour combines expertise, passion and lots of mouth-watering drinks, offering tastings and insider details on exceptional products created with Québec’s terroir in mind. From gin and vodka to specialty rums, whisky and pastis, your group will get to taste it all on this 2 ½ hour tour, open to small to medium groups. Contact their private event services for more information.
Ateliers & Saveurs
Teach your team a new skill at this unique culinary school, which offers cooking, cocktail-making and wine tasting classes that will keep you tapped into the city’s outstanding gourmet scene. With locations dotted around Montréal, Ateliers & Saveurs can cater to any team looking to create (and taste!) exciting new food and drink possibilities and pairings. Choose one of their preplanned classes (everything from tapas to cocktail trends!) or work with them to create a bespoke experience. Open to groups of 12 to 125 people. Contact their private event services for more information.
État de choc
Chocolate lovers, welcome to heaven. This Little Italy chocolate boutique and studio is all about the refinement of the chocolate-making craft: everything in-house is made by hand with the best quality ingredients, and their chocolates are either by local Québec artisans or the world’s leading chocolate producers. Educate your team about flavour, texture, origin and history with one of État de choc’s fun tastings and chocolate-making workshops — everyone will leave with a sugar high and a full heart! Perfect for small to medium groups in person, large groups virtually. Contact their private event services for more information.
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