FooDiva-curated dinners, events and insights

Back in 2015, I was the first in Dubai to launch what we now call collaboration dinners.

First came Dine Around Dubai, an upscale restaurant tour taking in three, four or five restaurants in one night each serving a different course from a different chef.

Then came the Three Chefs Dinner concept, with cameo appearances of Four Chefs Dinners and even a Ten Chefs Dinner. Others call these Four or Six Hands dinners, but I prefer to focus on the chef rather than solely their hands. After all, menu ideas come from the brain.

Some were ticketed selling out in hours from my newsletter database, and some were bespoke invitation-only experiences for clients.

I now have my own dining experience advisory focused on organising and curating a series of different activations designed to meet your commercial and brand objectives. Anything from conceptualisation and organisation, to on-ground management and hosting. All experiences celebrate homegrown restaurants:

• Pop-up dinners pairing chefs and restaurant venues.
• Intimate, invitation-only dinners for annual paying Substack subscribers at high-end licensed restaurant venues.
• Private experiences with a difference like the Three/ Four Chefs Dinner concept and One Night One Dinner.
• Bespoke Dine Around Dubai experiences for hotels and dining complexes with a large spread of outlets.
• Experiences designed to showcase premium produce or fine beverages for industry trade.

In addition, you can also rely on FooDiva to:

• Chair and moderate F&B sessions.
• Organise press/ industry fam trips to showcase a country’s food culture, a hospitality client or an F&B product.
• Develop personalised restaurant and food itineraries based on preferences and length of stay – with everything in one document. Follow the itinerary to the letter, or pick and choose from the recommendations.

So if you’re a chef, restaurateur, hotelier, F&B supplier or destination looking to amplify your brand; a corporate company keen to host dinners with a difference; or an events organiser in need of food-specific expertise – please feel free to drop me an email on: samantha[at]foodiva[dot]net

Note: fees for these activations are time-based and calculated according to the scope of work.