Build Sustainable Teams. Before Burnout Becomes Your Problem.
The upstream burnout prevention strategy. 90 minutes. Evidence-based. Built for small business teams.
Burnout is not a people problem. It is a systems problem. And the system most businesses are missing is the one that determines whether their team can handle pressure at all.
You've probably already invested in the standard interventions — the EAP, the mental health app, the gym benefit. They help. They are not enough. Because none of them address what your team puts in their body every single day.
Empire Kitchen is the upstream work. The 90-minute intervention that builds the physiological foundation your team needs to perform, stay, and not burn out.
Not wellness. Not cooking classes. Business strategy — with evidence to back it.
The Cost Nobody Talks About
Burnout costs UK employers £51 billion a year. The average small business team loses £7,000–15,000 every time a mid-level employee burns out and leaves — recruitment, onboarding, and the gap while the role is empty.
Most businesses respond to burnout after it happens. Coaching, therapy, rehiring. Necessary — but downstream.
The upstream work — building the physiological capacity to handle sustained pressure — almost never gets touched. That capacity is built through consistent, quality nourishment. And it starts with knowing how to cook.
This workshop is the upstream work.
What Your Business Gets
✓ A team that understands why nourishment affects their performance — and takes it seriously (the science, not the wellness talk)
✓ Immediate behavioural change — most teams implement something the same week
✓ A practical framework your team can use without your involvement or ongoing budget
✓ The upstream foundation that makes every other wellbeing investment work harder
✓ A team with a clear business case to take back to their leadership — so the conversation continues after the workshop
Workshop Structure
Part 1: The Business Case (20 minutes)
The evidence for why your team's nutritional status is directly affecting your business outcomes right now — decision quality, stress resilience, sick days, and retention. Research-backed, business-framed. Not a wellness talk.
Part 2: Live Cooking Demonstration with Q&A (60 minutes)
A complete meal prepared live on Zoom, from raw ingredients to table. The conversation runs alongside it: how to make this work in a busy working week, what to prioritise, what the research says about each choice. Your team sees, in real time, that this is simpler than they thought.
Part 3: The Framework (10 minutes)
The practical system. Cook once, eat twice. How to build the habit without overhauling your life. Straightforward, not prescriptive.
Q&A and open discussion to close.
Who Is This For?
— Business owners and team leaders who want to prevent burnout — not manage it after the fact
Particularly relevant if your team includes people under 40. This is the generation with the lowest cooking literacy in recorded history — not from indifference, but because the skill was never passed on. The poor nutritional habits they arrived with won't improve on their own. The workshop gives them what their upbringing didn't, without making it personal.
— HR teams building a culture that actually retains people
— Management teams who understand that performance is physiological, not just motivational
— Companies that are tired of investing in wellbeing and seeing no return
This is not dietary coaching, fitness training, or personal therapy. This is a business strategy workshop that happens to involve food.
Investment
Up to 10 people
21 - 30 people
11 - 20 people
£750
£1200
£1750
Paying in USD? [See USD pricing →]
To put that in context:
£75 per head is less than a team lunch.
It is less than one hour of a mid-level employee's burned-out absence.
It is approximately 1% of what it costs to replace someone who leaves.
This is not a cost. It is insurance against a much larger one.
Format & Logistics
— Online only (Zoom) — no travel, no room hire, no catering
— 90 minutes including Q&A
— Weekday or weekend, flexible to your team's schedule
— All your team needs: an internet connection. Camera optional but encouraged.
How To Book
Click below, choose your date, and pay. No back-and-forth. No invoices. Booked and confirmed immediately.
US bookings: Click here.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
"Lace's passion for cooking is infectious. Her recipes are delicious and easy to make so I get cooking done" — Amber, Small Business Owner & Entrepreneur
FAQS
Not currently. Online only — which keeps it accessible for teams in different locations and removes the logistical overhead of a physical event.
Book for whoever can make it. The resources are shareable, and the framework travels.
No. Just show up ready to engage.
The live demonstration is meat and fish based. Attendees are welcome to ask about substitutions, but the workshop is not designed for fully plant-based teams.
The workshop stands alone and delivers complete value. Team membership (coming soon) provides ongoing monthly support for teams that want to sustain the momentum.
Because it's a business investment, not a wellness perk. The workshop is priced against the cost of the problem it prevents — not the cost of a cooking class.
AFTER THE WORKSHOP: KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING
Most teams leave a workshop energised and ready to do things differently. The membership makes sure that energy doesn't fade.
Monthly recipes from family food traditions around the world. A Cook Once Eat Twice system that works for real working weeks. Cooking videos, meal plans, kitchen confidence meditations, and a member community.
Everything your team needs to keep nourishing themselves well — without needing anything more from you.
From £120/month for a team of up to 10. Cancel monthly or save with annual.
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