I feel confident recommending Beyond Boyle to my colleagues

That’s the verdict on us from London Business School Programme Manager, Ashley Thomas, who recently used our cook school to re-energise 20 participants in a week-long leadership and teamwork course. Here’s what Ashley had to say about the benefits of involving Beyond Boyle:

“As a Programme Manager for the Executive Education programme at the London Business School, I am always looking for ways to enhance the senior executive programmes through social events with my groups of senior managers.

I first took a group to Beyond Boyle in July 2009. My participants spent the day at different local charities exploring the challenges management face in that sector. Our evening at Beyond Boyle and talk with Simon and some of the other chefs was the perfect complement to the messages of the day; my participants rated the evening very highly.

I brought another group to the cook school at Beyond Boyle in October 2009. The participants were participating in a very intense, week-long course on leadership and teamwork. During the middle of a very long week, participants were initially a bit tired and reluctant about an evening out after a very intense day in the classroom. However, the mood quickly changed and the participants jumped right in once we got to Beyond Boyle and began cooking up a wonderful dinner in teams. The dinner really brought home the messages and themes of the programme, and teamwork was in full force all evening. The conversation really got going when Simon sat down with the group for coffees and desert, and you could visibly see the impact these conversations had on the participants. We left the night on a high, participants chatted about the food they made the entire way home. Participants thanked me all week for the fantastic evening out, and they couldn’t wait for me to put together an album of pictures from their cooking experience.

I feel confident when I take a group out to Beyond Boyle; I don't have to worry about the standard of service, as it’s always excellent, and gives me the chance to relax with my group. Although our participants are usually taking part in some intense classroom sessions and long days, an evening at Beyond Boyle always ties in very nicely with the themes of the programme, and is a fun and uplifting evening for everyone. The conversation is lively, the food is great, and Simon is a very accessible host to our groups. I feel confident recommending Beyond Boyle to my colleagues, and my participants have also informed me they are eager to take their own teams there!”