Sales Kickoff Celebration
After a long day of SKO meetings, treat your team to a real celebration: a four-course meal with drinks and hands-on activities between courses. It’s relaxed enough to unwind, yet interactive enough that people actually connect.
Trusted by Sales Teams
An SKO Event Your Reps Will Actually Love
After days of sessions, slide decks, and forecasts, your team has earned a real celebration. Our Interactive Meal turns your sales kickoff dinner into the main event. It’s a four-course meal at a top restaurant, with drinks included, and three hands-on activities woven between courses. Think hands-on cocktails, themed trivia, flavor tripping, and more. It’s your dinner and your team activity in one, without the forced fun.
How it Works
What’s Included?
Your Interactive Meal include the following, making it an all-inclusive option for your sales kick off:
Restaurant Venue
Expert Avital Emcee Host
3 Hands-On Activities
4-Course Meal & 3 Beverages
Alcoholic or N/A
Built for SKO Week
Your Sales Kickoff (SKO) is the biggest few days of the year for your sales org. After a long day of sessions at your SKO conference or annual meeting, our Interactive Meal gives your sales representatives, managers, and cross-functional teams a night to celebrate together.
Fits Your Agenda
We work around your session schedule, so dinner starts right after the last breakout.
Room for Recognition
Toast your President’s Club winners or hand out awards between courses.
Breaks Down Silos
Mixed seating and team activities get reps talking with the colleagues they usually only see on Zoom.
Where Can We Host Your Sales Kickoff?
From a sales kick off meeting in San Francisco to a strategy summit in Denver, we host our Interactive Meal in 12 cities across the country. Every restaurant is hand-picked to be within walking distance of popular offices, hotels, and conference centers, so your team can walk from the last session straight to dinner. Don’t see your city? We can bring new cities and restaurants on board for your event.
San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
New York City
New York City, NY, USA
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley, CA, USA
Boston
Boston, MA, USA
Denver
Denver, CO, USA
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Seattle
Seattle, WA, USA
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C., DC, USA
Dallas
Dallas, TX, USA
Portland
Portland, OR, USA
We Work with The Best
All of our restaurant venue partners not only serve outstanding food and drinks, but have numerous awards (think Michelin Starred and Michelin Bib Gourmand, James Beard Nominees, and Eater’s Top 38), and a staff committed to guest engagement who understand group and corporate needs.
Custom Location
Don’t see your city? We’ll onboard a new, custom venue, just for your event
What Are the Activities?
Choose a theme which include three bundled activities. Or you can mix and match activities to create your own custom event. All activities are hosted by an Expert Avital Emcee.
SKO Theme
Includes: Hands-on Cocktails, Custom Themed Trivia with Prizes, and Organizer Remarks
Play with Your Food Theme
Includes: Hands-On Cocktail Making, Local Foodie Trivia, and Flavor Tripping & Electric Dust Experiments
Sensory Dining Theme
Includes: Dining in the Dark, Smell Like a Sommelier, and Flavor Tripping & Audio Lollipop
How Does Pricing Work?
We have simplified the pricing to three all inclusive price points to choose from:
Classic Package (Casual Dining)
$190 + $60 Service/Gratuity Per Person = $250 Per Person
Premium Package (Upscale Dining)
$290 + $60 Service/Gratuity Per Person = $350 Per Person
Deluxe Package (Fine Dining)
$390 + $85 Service/Gratuity Per Person = $475 Per Person
“This event was a big hit with my group. They all commented on how unique it was and how they were glad a vendor finally did something fun versus a boring round table dinner.”
Alex, Regional Sales Rep
Thompson Reuters
Inclusivity & Diversity
Inclusivity
We accommodate all dietary restrictions so everyone in your group feels cared for and full!
Substitute alcoholic beverage pairings with high-quality non-alcoholic alternatives, including a hands-on zero-proof (no alcohol) cocktail making experience.
Diversity
Celebrate Diversity with themed content, such as: Black History Month, Juneteenth, Pride, LGBTQIA+, AAPI Month, Women in Business (Psst! We’re a woman-owned business!) and more. ❤️🦾 🏳️🌈 ✊🏿 🏳️⚧️
Have a specific theme in mind? Let us know!
Upgrades & Add-ons
Kickoff Welcome Reception
An extra hour to mingle, plus an additional beverage of your choice (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Perfect for SKOs where teams are meeting in person for the first time.
Branded Print Materials
Add your SKO theme and logo to printed event materials, like the menus and cocktail recipe cards
New Team Package
Including name tags and assigned seating
Dietary Restrictions
We can accommodate all dietary restrictions on private group dining experiences. You will be asked to submit your group’s dietary restrictions one week before the Interactive Meal. If you are unsure if we can accommodate your restriction, please ask your Avital Culinary Curator during the booking process.
Run of Show
1: Meet Expert Host, Welcome Drink & Amuse Bouche
Guests are welcomed to the restaurant by their Avital Host before enjoying a delicious welcome drink and amuse bouche as they mix and mingle.
2: Appetizers & Activity #1
Next you’ll nibble on appetizers and engage with the first activity. Hands-on cocktails is a guest favorite!
3: Seasonal Entree & Beverage Pairing
Take a seat at your reserved tables for a seasonal entreé course and another perfectly paired beverage as you chat and connect.
4: Activity #2
After the main course it’s time for another hosted activity. Guests love Foodie Trivia or Smell like a Somm.
5: Dessert Course
We hope you saved room for the delicious dessert course and more time for authentic engagement.
6: Activity #3
The experience ends with a third and final activity. A favorite is one of our perspective-shifting flavor finales, like Flavor Tripping and Electric Dust or an Audio Lollipop.
Why Sales Teams Choose Avital for Their Sales Kickoff?
- Expertly Hosted: Our Interactive Meal is hosted by an on-site, vetted and trained, expert Avital Emcee Host. You can sit back and enjoy as your host takes care of all the logistics with rich storytelling and group engagement throughout.
- Unique & Memorable: Easier than a cooking class, but more exciting than just booking a table. A cool new alternative to traditional dining!
- Experienced Team: A full support team to ensure a turnkey booking and seamless experience from start to finish.
- Designed for Connection: The Interactive Meal creates the perfect balance of authentic conversation and curated experience.
- Customizable: Inclusive, accessible, and customizable to a variety of use cases, from small team gatherings to large, multi-city events.
- Dietary Restriction Friendly: We understand dietary restrictions and want everyone to leave feeling cared for and full! We’ll ask for your restrictions after booking.
Yep! Tell us when your last session ends and we’ll plan the start time and restaurant around it.
Of course! Presentation time is included complimentary.
Yes and No. Our engaging private dining experience feature the best “peak” moments of a cocktail class, blended with the pampering and enjoyment of a prix fixe tasting experience. The perfect balance of time to mingle and connect (aka relax and enjoy!) and time to get hands-on (aka learn and engage!)
Yes, each private dining event includes at minimum four courses (amuse bouche, appetizers, entree, dessert) plus three beverages (welcome beverage, hands-on cocktail, entree wine pairing). Choose our Interactive Meal package for a full and satisfying meal, great for lunch or dinner!
Our pricing already includes applicable taxes! For private events, Classic and Premium packages have a $60 per person private event service charge. Deluxe packages have an $85 per person private event service charge. This helps ensure we can tip the staff for larger/private groups. No surprise “booking fees” or hidden extras.
It’s okay! We can accommodate dietary restrictions and requests for non-alcoholic substitute beverages – including mocktails for hands-on drink experiences. Requests MUST be submitted by the deadline (1 week prior to event.) Extra requests submitted after the deadline, especially day-of will be accommodated as best as possible, but may incur additional charges.
That’s okay! You can still book to reserve your date/time with an estimate and adjust later. We accommodate changes of +/- 10% from your original number. Ask your curator if you need special arrangements for larger changes.
We’ll send your confirmed meeting address 1 week prior to your event date, after we receive your final guest list and dietary restrictions info. The menu itself is a prix fixe seasonal menu, revealed as part of the experience itself as it unfolds. You can read about example featured food+drink in our proposal to understand the caliber and style of dishes and cocktails we highlight.
You certainly can, but you may not feel the need! Our private dining events includes 3 beverage pairings per person. For a 2-2.5 hour experience, we don’t recommend additional alcoholic beverage pairings. But you’re welcome to start a tab if you’d like to!
Yes! We accept rush bookings. If you’re looking to book a last-minute event, reach out to us and we’ll do our best to make it happen. Rush charges may apply.
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