Salsa Showdown

Experience the traditional sights, sounds and flavors of Mexico in this upbeat event. Teams make delicious salsas from fresh ingredients. They also create their own salsa branding, proudly displaying it on custom aprons.

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A Fun & Flavorful Salsa Competition Experience

Spice up your next team building event with our legendary Salsa Contest, where creativity, collaboration, and culinary skills collide! This high-energy salsa competition challenges teams to craft the most delicious, unique, and eye-catching salsa—while working against the clock and each other to impress the judges.

From the moment your team arrives, the festive atmosphere sets the stage for the ultimate salsa contest. Latin music fills the air as teams gather around their stations, fully equipped with pots, spoons, knives, cutting boards, aprons, and all the fresh ingredients they need. At the center of the action, a vibrant spice table and vegetable marketplace add an exciting twist as teams select their secret ingredients to elevate their salsa creations.

More Than Just a Cooking Competition

While making mouthwatering salsa is the goal, the real magic happens in the salsa competition’s teamwork. Throughout the challenge, teams will:

Brainstorm bold flavor combinations
Craft creative salsa presentations for the judges
Design custom aprons to showcase their team’s identity
Develop fun and memorable team chants

Get ready for a flavor-packed adventure filled with teamwork, competition, and plenty of fun! In this salsa contest, teams will take on engaging trivia and mini-challenges that reinforce trust, collaboration, and communication—all while having a blast. After an epic salsa-making showdown, they’ll present their creations in a hilarious final round, with prizes awarded for creativity, presentation, and, of course, taste. Want to turn up the heat? Add a Sangria-Making Challenge or a Wine Tasting Experience for the perfect pairing. Gather your team, bring your competitive spirit, and let’s find out who will be crowned the salsa champions in this unforgettable salsa competition!

A team posing proudly behind their colorful 'Mango Mama Madness' station, showcasing their creativity in a fun and vibrant atmosphere during a team building event.

A vibrant bowl of fresh salsa surrounded by crispy tortilla chips, showcasing the flavors created during the Salsa Showdown team building event.

A Cinco de Mayo-themed dish with a creative presentation featuring glasses decorated with fruit and a playful garnish, showcasing the fun and festive atmosphere of the Salsa Showdown team building event.

A colorful bowl of salsa garnished with heart-shaped yellow peppers and jalapeños at a Salsa Showdown team building event, with participants wearing vibrant striped outfits.

Fresh peaches, bell peppers, pineapples, and cilantro displayed at a Salsa Showdown, ready to be transformed into flavorful salsa creations.

Colorful bowls of salsa and fresh ingredients, surrounded by tortilla chips and labeled for different teams during the Salsa Showdown team building event.

A festive salsa presentation featuring a bowl of fresh salsa garnished with playful cactus-shaped glasses, maracas, and a mini piñata, capturing the lively spirit of the Salsa Showdown team building event.

A team member holds up ingredient lists for Sangria and Salsa at the Salsa Showdown team building event, with colorful ingredients and materials on the table.

A team celebrating after completing the Salsa Showdown, surrounded by a variety of colorful ingredients, freshly made salsa, and drinks, showcasing the fun and competitive spirit of the event.

A festive spread featuring glasses garnished with orange slices, a pitcher of colorful drink, fresh salsa, and bowls of chips, all part of the Salsa Showdown team building event.

A vibrant setup of fresh fruits, including mangoes and peppers, along with canned ingredients for the Salsa Showdown team building event, featuring colorful decorations.

Team size

16 - 500

Time needed

1.5 - 2.5 hours

Space requirement

This can be indoors or outdoors – your office building, a ballroom or conference room. We recommend 20 sq ft per participant.

Ideal for

Conferences
Retreats
Happy hour before dinner

Tailoring

TeamBonding is all about customization. Would you like specific elements of company branding, culture theme and/or mission statement woven into your team building program? Just tell us what you have in mind. Oh, and did we mention the Sangria option?

Chosen By:

"The guests had a great time and seemed to really enjoy the teambuilding! The facilitator Samantha was great and super personable as well! Thanks again for coordinating this for us"

Roberts Event Group

"The event was so great! Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves and have a fun time! Thank you!"

Hartford Funds

"I just wanted to let you know that everything went well yesterday and Kevin and Quinn did a great job. Thank you for your help in putting this together."

Novartis

"The event was AWESOME! Which I expected, but the attendees were skeptical but blown away at how much fun they had. THANK YOU!! To me, the salsa challenge is the best for complete high-energy-fun. Oh and Kevin kicked A**. He rocked the room!"

Milton CAT

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