Ethiopian Cooking Workshop in Dakar at Ge'eza

Ge'eza's Ethiopian cooking workshop is part of the cultural team-building offer hosted in its Point E villa, alongside the coffee ceremony, a gallery visit and creative sessions. The workshop is built around Ethiopian cooking, injera, spices, fasting dishes, without a fixed programme or standard length published in advance: each workshop is worked out with the team, through a quote, within 24 working hours, depending on the group and the time available.

What the workshop can cover

An Ethiopian cooking workshop can be organised around several themes, agreed between Ge'eza's team and the group. Injera, the fermented teff bread that doubles as both plate and cutlery, and whose preparation stays largely unknown outside Ethiopia. The spices of Ethiopian cooking, such as berbere, which give slow-cooked dishes their colour and depth. Fasting dishes, entirely vegan and made without butter from pulses and spices, which offer a simple entry point into this cuisine for a group tasting it for the first time. The exact content, the level of hands-on practice and the share of tasting are worked out when the request is made, rather than following one fixed running order for every group.

Who this suits

This format suits a team looking for a team-building activity different from a standard game: learning something concrete about a culture together, through a hands-on cooking moment. It works for a small team as well as a larger group, with the running order adapting to the number of participants and the space available on the day. It combines easily with a lunch or a coffee ceremony, to build a full half day in the same place.

What Ge'eza needs to build the workshop

To put together a workshop that fits, the team needs the date, the number of participants, the time available and what you are hoping for, whether that is preparing injera, learning about the spices, or a format weighted more towards tasting. No length or fixed price is announced in advance: the answer, sent within 24 working hours, sets out the proposed format and the matching quote.

One format among other team-building options

The cooking workshop sits within a wider cultural team-building offer, which also includes the coffee ceremony, a visit to the gallery's current show, and creative sessions. The article cultural team building in Dakar covers these other formats, which combine easily with the cooking workshop over a single day. The spaces page sets out the full range of hire and team-building options the house offers.

After the workshop

A cooking workshop naturally ends around a table, tasting what has been prepared, sometimes rounded out with other dishes from the menu for a full meal. A stop at the concept store also lets each participant take home Ethiopian spices, to carry the experience back home long after the visit itself.

Asking for a quote

The process has three steps. You describe the project (number of participants, date, time available, expectations), through the site's form or on WhatsApp at +221 78 660 07 07. The team then proposes, within 24 working hours, a workshop format, a possible meal and a quote. On the day, the team guides the session from start to the final tasting.

Techniques rarely seen outside Ethiopia

Preparing injera calls for a particular technique: a fermented batter, poured in a circle onto a hot griddle, cooked on one side only until its surface fills with the small characteristic holes. Few participants have seen this done before arriving, even among those who already know the dish at the table. Working with spices, berbere or mitmita, follows a different logic: a blend of several dried ingredients, measured differently for each dish, which gives every slow-cooked sauce its own colour and intensity. Depending on the format agreed with the team, the workshop can focus on one of these techniques in particular rather than covering everything in a single session, which tends to work better for a shorter visit.

A format that stays accessible

No prior cooking experience is needed to take part in the session, whatever the final shape of the programme turns out to be. The workshop suits a team that has never tasted Ethiopian food just as well as a group that comes to the restaurant regularly and wants to understand what sits behind the dishes they usually order. For a colleague with specific dietary needs, the fasting dishes, entirely vegan and made without butter, offer a simple base that works for the whole group without singling anyone out, and without needing a separate menu for part of the team.