coachingbycooking.de

What It Is

Coaching by Cooking is a corporate team training and business coaching service under Germany’s DIE KOCHGARAGE. It is not positioned as a traditional SaaS or enterprise software product, but as an offline experiential coaching format built around “cooking together.” It uses the kitchen as a metaphor for a corporate collaboration environment, helping teams improve communication, collaboration, leadership, and adaptability to change through real-time tasks, role allocation, conflict, and improvisation.

Core Capabilities

Its service process is relatively clear: the client and coach first define goals during preliminary discussions, then choose either a one-off coaching session or an Abo model. During the training, cooking tasks involving conflict and improvisational challenges are set up, such as jointly creating an impromptu menu, to observe and guide role distribution, collaboration patterns, and problem-solving processes within the team. Each session is followed by professional reflection, and the final deliverables include goal alignment, follow-up outlook, and PDF documentation. Topics cover Kommunikation, Führung, Team, New Work, and Change, while also involving Scrum, Kanban, agile work, conflict management, and intergenerational/gender communication.

Pricing and Delivery

The main content does not disclose specific pricing, payment methods, or contract terms. Available information includes event hours from 10:00 to 18:00, 4 to 15 participants, food and drinks included, multiple offline locations, customization options, and support for multi-day coaching and Abo formats. Locations are mainly in Munich and Rosenheim.

Pros and Cons

The advantages are its highly differentiated format, with kitchen tasks naturally suited to exposing issues in collaboration, communication, and roles; the coaching team has a diverse background, including experience in systemic coaching, conflict mediation, leadership, Change, and agile practices; and the delivery includes reflection and documented takeaways. The drawbacks are that it is not a software product and does not offer SaaS capabilities such as cloud deployment, self-hosting, third-party integrations, APIs, or permission management; pricing transparency is limited; and its strong offline nature makes it less friendly for multinational or remote teams.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is suitable for companies in Germany organizing team building, management training, organizational change workshops, or new team integration. If a Chinese company is only looking for online collaboration or training SaaS, this service is a poor fit. Its accessibility from China cannot be determined from the available content and is therefore marked as unknown.