Tall Order Culinary believes that nothing bonds a corporate team than a shared success cooking in the kitchen together. As Canada’s leading culinary team building company, we offer our team building and cooking services to any number of participants large or small.

We opened for business in 2002 facilitating corporate cooking team building in Vancouver. BC. Our first cooking program was in France! Our unique culinary programs and icebreakers were designed to facilitate cooking programs to be ‘mobile’, ‘live’ and now ‘virtual’.

Our target market is primarily focused on corporate, non-profit and conference clients. We promote the balance of life and work starts with the engagement and the power of ‘self’ and ‘team’. To this our goal is to deliver to our clients a valued experience beyond expectations.

In 2002, Julie Burke founded Tall Order, a five-star culinary team building business. She has designed the foundation in which corporate teams cook together. Julie takes risks on a bet to herself that her vision has the potential to harness her creativity and build a successful business. Under Julie’s leadership, the valued roles of her skilled team lay the foundation for adapting to her client’s corporate culture. This in turn with the intention to deliver a fun and engaging experience.

Julie is a BCIT graduate and has been an active player in the hospitality industry since she was twenty-two. In 1981, Julie founded Everything Done Right Catering, a high-end catering business. During that time, Julie developed a line of dressings and sauces sold to large retail store chains in Canada and Mexico.

In 1989, Julie was a recipient of the 40 Under 40 award. In 2006, Julie was inducted into the BC Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. An invitational organization of women leaders in food and beverage whose mission is further education, scholarship, and philanthropy.

Company Team Bonding
Julie Burke

Founder and CEO
jburke@tallorder.ca

Our Awards

Canadian Event Industry Awards

The Canadian Event Industry Awards are the hallmark of achievement in the Canadian event and meeting industry. The program was established in 1997 as a platform for event and meeting professionals from each major discipline of the industry to be recognized and celebrated for their talent, hard work and success.

Event Solutions Spotlight Awards

Event Solutions Spotlight Awards are an annual awards presentation dedicated to recognizing the best and the brightest event professionals in the industry. The awards are presented in a variety of categories and honor both individuals and companies for their body of work in the previous year.

Our Testimonials

  •   Thank you for a great evening. Our HR Team had a wonderful time and is continuing to talk about this event It was fun, educational, tasty and healthy team building activity.

    thumb Jamila S.
    2/05/2018
  •   I was stumped for ideas on a team building activity I was trying to plan for work, and came across Tall Order when searching for some inspiration online. Let me tell you, I couldn't be happier to have come across Tall Order's page! Julie and her team were an absolute pleasure to work with - they were extremely responsive and accommodating throughout the planning process, leading up to the day of the team building event which was a BLAST! Everything from the icebreaker (which had some of us almost on the floor rolling around in laughter) to the food prep, making and eating was perfect. I would highly, highly recommend Tall Order to anyone - whether you're looking for something fun to do for a party, work function or...just in general with friends or family! Julie and her team made sure to take lots of photos of us in action, and they also made sure to send us the full recipes of all the delicious food we cooked that day! All in all, my team and I had a phenomenal day, thanks to Julie and her crew! We will absolutely be back again, and I have already told all of my work and friends about this so they too can take their friends, family and teams to Julie and Tall Order for some fun (and seriously delicious food)!

    thumb Ashley F.
    12/06/2017
  •   My team had an off-site planning session and we booked Tall Order for our team building activity. I have to say that this is the best team building activity I've been to so far. We were a group of 20 and we were split into groups (preparing different courses). Julie and Desiree were fun facilitators and it was a great bonding activity for me and my team. I don't cook much and have almost to no experience cooking but Julie's program made it very easy to prepare the food. We had Spring rolls,chicken breast with pesto and prosciutto, salad, mashed potatoes and delicious macaroons dipped in chocolate. Julie also did a great job at ensuring that all our dietary restrictions were taken care of. As an organizer of the event for my team, I've gotten great feedback from my team about their experience. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a stress-free, fun and delicious team building event.

    A big thank you from the TELUS team in Vancouver!

    thumb Allen Y.
    2/16/2018
  •   I hosted a group of visiting colleagues for a workshop and decided to organize a team building event for them and the rest of my team members. I decided on the "Too Many Cooks" session. Julie was very organized and arranged all the activities. All I had to do was show up with my colleagues. She is very accommodating and great to work with. Even though some of the team members do not have experience preparing food, everyone had lots of fun making tapas under Julie's guidance. I would definitely recommend this for anyone looking to do something different for a team building event.

    thumb Kevin C.
    12/16/2015
  •   The staff and I completed the "Wine Blending Challenge" and had a blast.

    Julie is easy to contact and work with and will customize the team building event that suits the group size and venue.

    Thanks for delivering such a fun event that allowed us to collaborate, get to know each other and learn about wine blending.

    thumb Tracey S.
    11/19/2013
  •   Our company recently had a team building event with Tall Order Culinary Teambuilding. The whole experience was great and our group of 20 had a blast. Julie was great to work with and made the whole event so easy to plan.

    Thanks again Julie and Tall Order Culinary. We will definitely be hosting another event with you in the future.

    thumb Alex D.
    9/24/2019
  •   Julie and her team put together a fantastic evening of fun and team building in a top notch professional kitchen. The goal of the evening was to bring a varied group of professionals from within the same organization together to mingle, bond and create a delicious dinner.

    From the moment we all entered the kitchen, the stage was set for what was to be a fantastically FUN night of culinary delights as well as a chance to get to know colleagues outside of the office environment. With us all wearing our chef's hats and explaining to each other what food describes us as a person, we all had a tremendous time chopping, dicing and cooking our various dishes for our feast.

    Julie's creative and exuberent nature comes through on all levels as she mingles and encourages the groups to communicate and have fun while rolling up their sleeves and becoming involved in the entire cooking process!

    This not only was a fun, fabulous night with colleagues but turned into the ultimate 'kitchen party'!!

    I'd highly recommend Tall Order for any corporate or social function! Julie and her team are FANASTIC and easy to work with!!

    thumb M.J. H.
    10/03/2013
  •   After 2 years of working from home and 75% of our work team started during the pandemic we were delighted to regroup and engage into this fun team building event.
    The icebreaker was a great way to learn about us and team mates and actually take a step into verbalizing personal wishes not related to work. This ended up being a great way to engage into conversations while we cook and eat later on.
    The recipes were delicious, simple but also challenging because we didn't have actual ingredient measurements we had guidelines but there was a lot of room for brainstorming together, allocate tasks and offer help where needed to deliver a great table full of food.
    Julie and Susan were great guides and I would recommend this event to any teams, new or old there is always something you can learn from your coworkers.
    Booking was simple and quick, multiple different locations to pick from.

    thumb Catherine M.
    3/29/2022
  •   FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE!!!! Team binding was really good, sweet staff and top tier servic!! 10/10 recommend

    thumb Cathy C.
    8/01/2025