About this session
Business meals rarely happen under ideal conditions.
Employees may be eating later than usual, choosing from unfamiliar menus, attending several catered events in the same week, drinking alcohol with clients, managing dietary requirements, or trying to stay focused through a long afternoon after a heavy lunch.
This session helps participants make food and drink choices that support energy, comfort, concentration, and personal health goals while keeping the social and professional purpose of the meal intact.
It moves away from rigid portion rules and instead focuses on practical decisions before, during, and after business dining.
Participants explore breakfast meetings, working lunches, multi-course dinners, buffets, client hospitality, alcohol, unfamiliar cuisines, dietary needs, and weeks with repeated business events.
The aim is to build confidence and flexibility — not to make employees analyze every restaurant meal.
What your people take away
- Navigate restaurant and catered menus quickly without overthinking every choice
- Build meals that support energy and concentration during working days
- Approach portions, richer meals, desserts, and multiple courses flexibly
- Make deliberate choices around alcohol during professional events
- Communicate allergies, dietary requirements, and food preferences confidently
- Maintain a balanced eating pattern during weeks with frequent business meals and hospitality
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Build Your Business Dining StrategyA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Build Your Business Dining Strategy: start with the rest of the day, scan the menu for a workable meal and let the occasion still be the occasion.
- Start with the rest of the day
- Scan the menu for a workable meal
- Let the occasion still be the occasion
Covers 3 of 4 points in Build Your Business Dining Strategy.
60 minutes
Navigate Business Meals With ConfidenceA practical introduction to menu choices, business lunches, client dinners, alcohol, portions, dietary requirements, and maintaining energy without making the meal awkward or restrictive.
- Module 1: Build Your Business Dining Strategy
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Build Your Business Dining Strategy.
90 minutes
Food, Energy & Professional HospitalityThe extended session adds deeper work around meal composition, repeated hospitality, alcohol, appetite, restaurant portions, dietary needs, unfamiliar cuisines, and managing demanding working days.
- Module 1: Build Your Business Dining Strategy
- Module 2: Manage Energy, Portions & Alcohol
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Build Your Business Dining Strategy and Manage Energy, Portions & Alcohol.
3 hours
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Build Your Business Dining Strategy, Manage Energy, Portions & Alcohol and Handle Different Business Dining Situations.
Full day
Build a Practical Business Dining PlaybookThe full-day format covers all four modules with practical exercises around restaurant menus, catered meetings, conferences, client dinners, dietary requests, alcohol, travel, repeated hospitality, and personal planning.
- Module 1: Build Your Business Dining Strategy
- Module 2: Manage Energy, Portions & Alcohol
- Module 3: Handle Different Business Dining Situations
- Module 4: Make Business Dining Sustainable
- Business Dining Decision Guide
- Menu Navigation Exercise
- Professional Hospitality Planner
- Personal Business Dining Playbook
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
Also available as a 4-week program, for change that lasts. Ask us about it.
What’s covered
Build Your Business Dining Strategy
Every length- Start with the rest of the dayA business dinner does not exist in isolation from breakfast, lunch, travel, meetings, or the following morning.
- Scan the menu for a workable mealParticipants practice quickly identifying meals that contain a satisfying combination of protein, carbohydrate, vegetables or other plant foods, and enough overall food for the occasion.
- Let the occasion still be the occasionA client dinner may include several courses, shared dishes, dessert, or richer food than someone normally eats.
- Plan for the afternoon aheadLunches followed by presentations, negotiations, travel, or long meetings create different practical considerations from an evening social dinner.
Manage Energy, Portions & Alcohol
90 minutes and longer- Don't arrive extremely hungrySkipping meals before an event can make it much harder to respond comfortably to hunger once food arrives.
- Approach portions flexiblyRestaurant portions, shared plates, tasting menus, and buffets vary enormously, so rigid portion rules do not transfer well across business dining situations.
- Make alcohol a deliberate choiceProfessional hospitality can create an assumption that everyone will drink, particularly at dinners, receptions, and networking events.
- Use hydration as a simple anchorBusy events, travel, coffee, alcohol, and long conversations can make normal fluid intake easy to forget.
Handle Different Business Dining Situations
3 hours and longer- Breakfast meetingsEarly meetings can mean eating before normal appetite appears or relying entirely on pastries and coffee.
- Working lunches & catered meetingsFood may be chosen by someone else, eaten quickly, or served while participants are still working.
- Client dinners & multi-course eventsLong meals can involve starters, mains, desserts, alcohol, and several hours at the table.
- Travel & unfamiliar cuisinesInternational business dining may involve unfamiliar dishes, meal times, or serving styles.
Make Business Dining Sustainable
Full day only- Communicate dietary needs earlyAllergies, intolerances, religious requirements, and other dietary needs are easier to accommodate when communicated before the event.
- Handle repeated hospitality weeksConferences, sales trips, leadership meetings, and client-heavy periods can mean several restaurant meals in succession rather than one occasional event.
- Don't compensate for a big mealSkipping breakfast, fasting, or drastically restricting food the day after a client dinner can create another disrupted eating pattern.
- Create your personal business dining playbookParticipants decide which strategies are most useful for their own role.
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Eating Well at Business Lunches & Client Dinners
How long is Eating Well at Business Lunches & Client Dinners?
Eating Well at Business Lunches & Client Dinners runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Build Your Business Dining Strategy: start with the rest of the day, scan the menu for a workable meal and let the occasion still be the occasion. A 60-minute session covers Build Your Business Dining Strategy in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Manage Energy, Portions & Alcohol. A 3-hour session adds Handle Different Business Dining Situations. A full-day session adds Make Business Dining Sustainable. It is also available as a 4-week program.
Can Eating Well at Business Lunches & Client Dinners be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book Eating Well at Business Lunches & Client Dinners?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Eating Well at Business Lunches & Client Dinners to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.