📱 Best Platforms
Zoom for live events. Eventbrite for public class ticketing. LinkedIn for corporate outreach. Typeform for gathering dietary preferences. Calendly for booking private events.
📖 The Hustle
Companies are always looking for engaging virtual team building activities, and cooking classes are consistently the most popular category because they're interactive, universally appealing, and result in a tangible outcome (dinner). If you have strong culinary skills and an engaging on-camera presence, you can sell private virtual cooking events to companies. Design 60-90 minute classes where teams cook a specific dish together, with built-in opportunities for casual conversation and teamwork. Charge $500-2,500 per event depending on group size. Offer to ship ingredient kits to participants (partner with a specialty grocery delivery service) as a premium add-on. Create themed events: pasta-making competition, taco bar build-your-own, sushi rolling, or mixology and appetizers. The B2B model means higher per-event revenue and clients who rebook quarterly. Beyond corporate, expand to private events: birthday parties, bridal showers, and date nights. The corporate market alone can sustain a full calendar, especially during holiday season when teams seek festive virtual gatherings.
🚀 First Step
Design a polished corporate cooking event offering with three menu options, create a one-page PDF proposal, film a 2-minute sizzle reel of you teaching, and start connecting with HR and office managers on LinkedIn.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Create a professional proposal PDF with clear pricing tiers per group size — corporate clients expect polished materials and transparent pricing
- Offer ingredient kit shipping as a premium add-on — removing the grocery shopping friction dramatically increases corporate booking conversion
- Partner with specialty food delivery services to handle ingredient kit logistics — this removes operational complexity from your business
🛠 Tools & Resources: Zoom, Eventbrite, LinkedIn, Typeform, Calendly, Canva, Google Slides, Mailchimp