General Suggestions

Please note; Team Bonding is not affiliated with any of these venues, we are only making suggestions based on our experience to date.  We cannot personally vouch that these venues will meet your quality, pricing or service expectations.

Your own workplace is a possibility if you have a large “hub” style kitchen or cafe.

Council Run Facilities and Community Centres

Some council run facilities have appropriate facilities for “Cook Up a Storm”, but you must clearly state what you are doing and ensure they can meet the criteria above.  

There is no central portal for these facilities so you need to google your council area with either “community centres” or “venue hire” (eg North Sydney Council community centres or North Sydney council venue hire).  

This link is an excellent starting place:  City of Sydney Community Venues

(Includes City, Rocks, Alexandria, Surry Hills, Erskineville, Newtown)

Kuring gai Council has a number of venues that are suitable for cooking:  See this link here Kuringai Council Venues and click through the various halls listed to find one that suits.

HereHere is a link to facilities run by Waverley Council

Here is a link to facilities run by Pittwater Council

Here is a link to facilities run by Manly Council

Church Halls & Scout Halls

For church halls it is probably best to contact your local church directly through the Whitepages.

For Scout Halls, some councils have appropriate contact details, or “google” might help you if you have a certain area in mind.  Likewise many schools have good school halls and might appreciate some extra revenue!

Cook Up a Storm:  It is difficult to find suitable venues for this activity as most venues which prepare food are not keen to give up that revenue.  As well as a venue, we require the following; crockery, cutlery, glassware for your group as well as tables, chairs for a dining room and extra trestle tables to form the “kitchen”. (We can organise for these to be hired for a small service fee) We bring pots and pans, cooking tools, an oven and hotplates plus all the food.

We do need some fridge space and a decent sized kitchen, preferable a commercial kitchen with a dishwasher.  A small workplace kitchen simply wouldn’t cope with the washing up.   

As you are cooking inside so need to be able to open doors or windows and cover or disable smoke alarms.  It is important that the sprinklers are the (most common) type that are only set off if the whole room temperature goes over 60 degrees (ie sprinklers don’t go off if hit by a flame up).

If the venue has a liquor licence (for eg Vibe Hotel), you are generally required  to order a beverage package.

Cocktail Making: This must be an easily accessed BYO venue that will allow this activity.  We require access to a kitchen for washing up, at least 1 - 2 shelves of fridge space, plus 3 trestle tables to set up the bar and ingredients and 1 additional trestle table per 5 people.

Offsite Creative Space
St Leonards.  BYO Alcohol
Cook Up a Storm for groups up to 18. Cocktail Making for groups up to 30
Evening event price (6pm-10pm) is $600 daytime event (9am-5pm) is $1,100.  Contact is Celeste on 8436 7888

Preferred Arrangement Vibe Hotels
The fabulous Vibe Hotels are our preferred supplier for this event.  Both th City (Goulburn St) and Rushcutter’s Bay Vibes can cater for up to 50 pax.  Price guide at City is from $600 for an evening event, plus a beverage package @ $32 pp for 3 hrs.  Contact for City is Amy Griffiths on 8272 3300.  Rushcutters Bay outdoor covered  terrrace is slightly cheaper, you can call Leo on 8353 8964 for details.

The Outterside Centre
Abbotsford Point - has own jetty, you can arrive by water taxi. Refurbished waterfront venue is managed by Sydney Boys High.
Unlicensed - Suits Cooking or Cocktails
for groups up to 50 pax
Price guide: From $700 + gst

Sydney Park Pavilion
Sydney Park Road, St Peters.
BYO Alcohol
Cook Up a Storm for groups up to 45
Cocktail Making for groups up to 60
Daytime event (10.30am-3.30pm) is $300 Evening event price (6pm-10pm) is $350. Our contact is Daniel, event manager for City of Sydney Venues on 9426 7870 or click here
Please note, additional equipment hire costs may apply for this venue

Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre
Kirribilli.  BYO Alcohol
Well located, lovely historic building
Cook Up a Storm for groups up to 15
Cocktail Making for groups up to 35
Daytime event (10.30am - 3.30pm) is $450. Evening events are limited by availability. Events can also be held in the Kirribilli “Bowlo” More info here

Redfern Town Hall
73 Pitt St. Redfern. BYO Alcohol
Cook Up a Storm for groups up to 50
Cocktail Making for groups up to 60
Daytime event (10.30am - 3.30pm) is $300 Evening event price (6 - 10pm) is $350.  Our contact is Daniel, event manager for City of Sydney Venues on 9426 7870 or click here Please note, additional equipment hire costs may apply for this venue