Corporate Away Days London: The Happy Crumb Cookie Lab
Bring your team together for a hands-on cookie baking and product development challenge inside a working London bakery.
Create, bake, taste and pitch your own signature cookie while developing teamwork, communication and creative problem-solving skills.
Corporate Away Days in London With a Delicious Outcome
Looking for a creative corporate away day in London?
The Happy Crumb Cookie Lab gives your team the opportunity to step inside a working commercial bakery and experience the process behind developing a new cookie.
Participants begin with a professional baking demonstration and guided tasting before working together in small teams. Each team will develop its own signature flavour, choose from our curated ingredient pantry, prepare its cookie dough and bake a test batch.
Teams will then name their creation, identify their target customer and present their finished cookie to the group.
The experience combines practical baking with product development, collaboration and plenty of cookies.
No previous baking experience is required. Every activity is guided by the Happy Crumb Bakery team.
What Happens During the Cookie Lab?
Welcome to the Bakery
Your experience begins with refreshments, introductions and a short kitchen safety and allergen briefing.
We will explain how the session works, divide participants into small teams and introduce the cookie development challenge.
Professional Cookie Demonstration
Watch our bakery team demonstrate how a professional cookie dough is made.
You will learn how butter, sugar, flour, raising agents and mixing methods affect the final cookie. We will also explore the techniques used to create a crisp exterior, soft centre and balanced flavour.
Guided Cookie Tasting
Taste a selection of Happy Crumb cookies and learn how to assess flavour, texture, aroma, sweetness and finish.
This tasting will help each team decide what makes a successful cookie before developing its own recipe.
Create Your Signature Cookie
Each team receives a cookie development brief and access to our curated inclusion pantry.
Your team will select complementary ingredients, decide on a flavour direction and create a cookie designed for a particular customer or occasion.
Mix, Portion and Bake
Teams will prepare their cookie dough, add their chosen inclusions and portion their cookies ready for baking.
Our bakery team will provide guidance throughout the process, helping participants understand how ingredient choices affect spread, texture, appearance and flavour.
Build the Brand
While the cookies bake, each team will develop its product concept.
You will decide:
The cookie name
The target customer
The key selling point
The recommended selling price
A short marketing message
How the cookie should be presented
Taste, Present and Judge
Once the cookies have baked and cooled, teams will assess the results and prepare a short presentation.
Each team will introduce its cookie, explain the idea behind it and persuade the group that its creation deserves to win.
Take Home Your Cookies
Every participant will leave with a box of freshly baked cookies created during the session.
You will also leave with shared memories, new baking knowledge and a greater appreciation for the work involved in creating a successful food product.
What Is Included?
Your private corporate cookie experience includes:
- Private use of the development kitchen
- Professional bakery hosts
- Welcome refreshments
- All ingredients
- All baking equipment
- Aprons for use during the session
- Professional cookie demonstration
- Guided cookie tasting
- Curated inclusion pantry
- Team product development brief
- Hands-on cookie preparation
- Baking and finishing
- Branding and presentation challenge
- Judging and awards
- Take-home cookie box for every participant
- Dietary planning before the event
Bespoke challenge briefs, company branding, upgraded refreshments and additional cookie gifts can be added to your booking.
More than cookies
Designed to Bring Teams Together
Collaboration
Participants combine different ideas and skills to create one shared final product.
Communication
Teams must communicate clearly while planning, baking and preparing their presentation.
Creative Problem-Solving
Ingredient choices, flavour balance and unexpected baking results require practical thinking.
Decision-Making
Teams must agree on a concept and make confident choices within the available time
Delegation
Participants divide tasks according to individual strengths and interests.
Presentation Skills
Each team presents its cookie and explains the commercial idea behind it.
The challenge is designed to involve confident bakers, complete beginners and participants who prefer creative, strategic or presentation-based roles.
Our corporate away days in London are designed for private teams of up to 12 participants.
Group Size, Duration and Pricing
From £1,500 +VAT
This includes up to eight participants.
Additional participants are charged at £100 +VAT per person, up to a maximum of 12 participants per session.
Bespoke experiences can be quoted according to your requirements.
Event Details
- Approximately four hours of guest activity
- Maximum 12 participants
- Private corporate booking
- Morning or afternoon sessions
- Hosted inside a working London commercial bakery
- All ingredients and equipment included
Hosted Inside a Working London Bakery
Happy Crumb Bakery creates large, handcrafted cookies for customers, events, markets and corporate clients.
Our team understands every stage of developing a food product, from the first flavour idea through to recipe testing, baking, packaging and customer feedback.
The Cookie Lab draws on this practical experience.
Participants gain an insight into the decisions that sit behind a successful bakery product while enjoying a relaxed, sociable and highly interactive activity.
Our small-group format gives every participant the opportunity to get involved and receive guidance from the bakery team.
Happy Crumb Bakery holds a five-star food hygiene rating and operates from a professional commercial kitchen in London.
Explore our corporate branded cookies for events, launches and client gifting.
Dietary Requirements and Allergens
We will ask the event organiser to provide dietary requirements and allergen information before the booking.
Our kitchen regularly handles major allergens, including wheat, milk, eggs, soya, peanuts and tree nuts.
We may be able to adapt ingredients for certain dietary requirements, subject to the needs of the group and the limitations of a shared commercial kitchen.
We cannot guarantee an allergen-free environment.
Participants with allergies or dietary requirements should provide full details before the event. We will confirm what can be safely accommodated before the booking is finalised.
Closed-toe, practical footwear must be worn inside the kitchen. Long hair must be tied back.
Please tell us about any access requirements when making your enquiry so that we can discuss the kitchen layout and suitable adjustments.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many people can attend the Cookie Lab?
The experience is designed for teams of up to 12 participants. The minimum event price includes up to eight people. Smaller teams can book the experience at the same minimum event fee.
How long does the experience last?
The guest experience lasts approximately four hours. Exact timings may vary according to the size of the team and the selected challenge.
Do we need previous baking experience?
No previous baking experience is required.
The Happy Crumb Bakery team will guide participants through every stage of the process.
Can dietary requirements be accommodated?
Many dietary requirements can be considered with advance notice. The kitchen handles multiple allergens and cannot guarantee an allergen-free environment. Please provide full details before booking.
Is the activity competitive?
The experience can include judging, pitches and awards. We can also deliver the session as a relaxed collaborative activity without a strong competitive element.
What do participants take home?
Every participant receives a box of freshly baked cookies from the session. Additional gift boxes can be ordered in advance.
Will everyone get involved?
Yes. Participants will work in small teams and can contribute through baking, ingredient selection, product development, branding or presentation.
Do participants make the cookie dough?
Participants take part in the important mixing, flavour development, portioning and finishing stages. Some ingredients may be weighed or prepared before the session to ensure the activity runs safely and within the available time.
Can we choose our ingredients?
Teams will choose from a curated inclusion pantry supplied by Happy Crumb Bakery. The available ingredients will be confirmed according to season, availability and dietary requirements.
Can we bring our own ingredients?
Ingredients cannot be brought into the kitchen without prior approval. This allows us to maintain allergen controls, ingredient traceability and food safety standards.
Can the challenge reflect our company?
Yes. We can create a company-themed brief or ask teams to develop a cookie inspired by your organisation, values, clients or industry. Additional branding can be quoted separately.
Where does the experience take place?
The Cookie Lab takes place inside our development kitchen at our commercial bakery in Battersea. Full address, travel and arrival details will be provided with your booking information.
How do we book?
Send us your preferred date, group size and event requirements using the enquiry form below. We will confirm availability and provide a tailored proposal.