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On October 19, we hosted the morning of integration for the Pomona interns at the group’s premises in Antony. Forty young people who didn’t know each other yet, four challenges, a game currency, and several blenders. This is how we prepared this morning and how it went.
Pomona supplies restaurateurs and communities with fruits and vegetables, fresh products and frozen products. Its headquarters is located in Antony, in the Hauts-de-Seine region. The group includes several brands, including TerreAzur and PassionFroid.
Its name comes from the Roman goddess of fruit. For a company that distributes fresh products all day long, a game around cooking seemed like a good idea. Pomona welcomes new interns and dedicates a day of integration to them. Our role was to open this day with an activity that would encourage them to talk to each other from the very first minutes.
The initial brief was short. Pomona wanted one team building Culinary training for the integration of its interns, on October 19 at the Antony headquarters. It was planned to have one hour for about thirty participants. The event eventually occupied part of the morning for about forty interns, which forced us to reconstruct the course of events.
We responded to the client by email with two ways to fit the activity into their day. Then we worked on the details. We wanted a game where no one is left a spectator, where you don’t need to know how to cook and where a team at the bottom of the standings can still win at the end.
We have created a team game. The teams earn Miams, our game currency, on four challenges. We design and test this type of game in-house, just like all our other games. team building activities for companies.
A culinary game relies on logistics. A blender or extractor is needed per team, plus a spare one. Cutting boards, round-tip knives, tasting glasses, scales, and protective covers for the tables are also needed, because beets and red fruits stain.
With the client, we checked the number of electrical outlets in the room. This is the point that most often causes problems. We warned them about the noise caused by six blenders operating simultaneously in a meeting room and we planned to phase out the mixing. Allergies were collected before the day of the event, especially for kiwi and fruit with a hard shell.
We tested each challenge before the big day. For Juste Poids, we looked for targets that didn’t resemble any known landmarks. When we asked for 135 g of rice or 410 g of carrots, no one would just pick them up by habit. A carrot weighs between 80 and 125 g depending on its size, so the teams were torn between four large ones and five medium ones.
For the juice, we developed a recipe using six ingredients shared among the teams. We also calculated the average weight of fruits and vegetables sold per unit (bananas, apples, kiwis, tomatoes, carrots) to ensure that the measurements were accurate.
A cohesion game works when everyone has something to do and nothing is decided until the end. We discussed the balance of the game a lot and came up with three settings.
We apply the same logic to our other formats. The blind test opposes teams on buzzers with live scoring. The team building cinema It offers quizzes and replayable scenes that put everyone on an equal footing, regardless of their level.
We arrived before the interns to set up the room, plug in the blenders and set up the equipment on each table. The quiz opens the event because it doesn’t require any technical skills. It puts everyone on the same level and makes the teams work together on riddles; the interns proved to be very competitive and players.
The Juste Poids then raised the atmosphere. Each team had to estimate a weight with their hands before seeing the result on the scale. The Miams fell by stages according to the difference. The ranking then determined the order of passing for the selection of the baskets.
The final challenge took the most time. The teams discovered the contents of their basket, chose their ingredients and mixed their juice before presenting it to the jury. The two best juices were called Mona Red and Sun Amore.
We ended with the presentation of the results and a moment of tasting.
Antony is located at the gates of Paris. Our agency is based in Cergy, in the Val d'Oise and we operate throughout the Île-de-France. This format is suitable for a day of integration as well as for a seminar.
Here are three ways to go further.
In Antony, we have employed about forty interns. The format adapts to a maximum of thirty participants. We play with the number of teams, using a blender per team.
No. The quiz is based on general knowledge and emoji riddles. Just Weight requires an estimate, not technical skill. Just Weight does not require any culinary expertise.
The format adapts to your schedule. Pomona’s brief called for an hour, and the animation ended up taking up part of the morning. We build the schedule around the time you have available.
Yes. We need a room with tables, enough electrical outlets for the blenders, and a water point nearby. We come with the game, the cooking equipment, and the facilitator. The ingredients are defined with you.
We collect the allergies before the event. We replace the ingredients involved in the baskets, especially the fruit and the kiwi.
