🏙️ Corporate Events in Birmingham – Big Ideas. Bold Flavours. Brilliant Team Play.
From Canals to Culture, the City Becomes Your Team’s Interactive Playground.
Welcome to Birmingham, the UK’s second-largest city — packed with innovation, heritage, and serious flavour. Whether your team is based locally or visiting from across the country, Birmingham offers everything you need for a creative, fun, and memorable corporate event.
With the Gourmetmarathon, your team doesn’t just explore the city — they compete, collaborate, and unlock gourmet rewards at every step. It’s part outdoor escape game, part progressive dinner, and 100% unlike anything they’ve done before.
📍 Rally stops include:
- Gas Street Basin, canals, and historic warehouses
- The trendy Jewellery Quarter and Digbeth street art district
- Centenary Square, Brindleyplace, and the Symphony Hall area
- Secret passages, rooftop bars, and buzzing restaurants
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🎮 The Gourmetmarathon – Birmingham Edition
This isn’t just a city walk or a team dinner — it’s an interactive, browser-based team experience where your colleagues become players on the streets of Birmingham.
🧩 What to Expect:
- GPS-triggered challenges: puzzles, trivia, sabotage, photos
- Teams compete (or collaborate) using their phones — no app required
- Every completed task unlocks access to local food & drink stops
- Optional brand integration, custom game themes, and real-time leaderboard
🎭 Theme Ideas:
- “The Brummie Blueprint” – Uncover a lost invention hidden in the Jewellery Quarter
- “Canal Codebreakers” – A waterway-themed mystery across historic locks and bridges
- “The Digbeth Disruption” – A rogue artist has hidden clues in street art… can your team find them?
🎮 Choose Your Format:
- Competitive – Sales kick-offs, energisers, or large group events
- Collaborative – Leadership retreats, cross-department bonding
- Hybrid – Combines tension + teamwork in one rally
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🍽️ The Reward: Company Dinner + Gourmet Tasting Tour
Birmingham is one of the UK’s most exciting foodie cities — from fine dining to global street food. In the Gourmetmarathon, each team challenge earns your group access to tasting stops, cocktails, and signature dishes at top venues.
🍴 Example Stops:
- Dishoom Birmingham – Bombay-style small plates in a stunning space
- Opheem – Michelin-starred Indian fusion by Chef Aktar Islam
- The Canal House – Relaxed canal-side dining with signature cocktails
- Original Patty Men – Graffiti-clad burger spot loved by locals
🥂 Optional Add-ons:
- Rooftop welcome drinks or private function rooms
- Printed team menus with your company branding
- Awards ceremony or final video recap slideshow
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💼 Why Birmingham Works for Corporate Teams
✅ Central Location – Easy access via rail, road, and air
✅ Compact & walkable – Ideal for rally gameplay and food stops
✅ Group sizes from 6–200+ – Custom-built for your team size
✅ Perfect for tech, finance, legal, retail, and creative sectors
✅ Multilingual options – English, German, French, Dutch & more
✅ Rain-friendly routes – Covered stops & indoor options included
📅 Sample Afternoon Itinerary – Birmingham Edition
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 14:30 | Welcome briefing at Centenary Square |
| 14:50 | Teams activate GPS & receive first puzzle |
| 15:30 | Sabotage mission near the canals + selfie challenge |
| 16:00 | Snack & quiz stop at Original Patty Men |
| 17:00 | Final puzzle in Jewellery Quarter |
| 18:00 | Dinner and awards at Dishoom or Opheem |
🎁 Ready to Elevate Your Next Corporate Event?
Whether you’re boosting team culture, celebrating a win, or uniting departments — the Gourmetmarathon in Birmingham offers your team a truly engaging and delicious experience.
👉 Request a Free Quote — We’ll design your route, menu, and challenge format
👉 Book a Demo — Experience how the game works in real time
📍 Birmingham. One city. One mission. One unforgettable team story.
