Ideas & Inspiration

Without identifying it, ask colleagues to describe why their dish is symbolic of their culture. Number each dish and invite everyone to match the dishes with the descriptions.

A Taste of Harmony doesn’t have to be restricted to food. Get creative and carry the theme from your dish through to decorations and turn your staffroom into a worldly display of different cultures.

Organise a cooking demonstration or ‘masterclass’ to kick off your A Taste of Harmony celebrations.

Create a My Kitchen Rules style challenge with different team members hosting a lunch each day of the week with a prize for the best meal.

Encourage staff to bring recipes that have been passed down generations (and across the seas) by awarding a prize for the oldest dish and the dish that has travelled the furthest

Assign each staff member with a different letter of the alphabet, and each person brings a dish from the country that they have been assigned.

DIY Iron Chef at work – challenge the boss to a cultural cook off!

Encourage workers to bring a dish from the place they would most like to visit.

Emily Hazell founded what she calls the world’s first Happiness Centre. Here she shares a key ingredient – cultural diversity.