DinnerDiva: FooDiva-curated dining experiences with a difference

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 even 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 are generated from the brain.

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

I’m now formally launching my own dining experience advisory DinnerDiva dedicated to organising and curating a series of different activations designed to meet clients’ commercial and brand objectives. Anything from conceptualisation and organisation, to on-ground management and hosting. All experiences celebrate homegrown restaurants:

• Intimate, invitation-only dinners for my foodie tribe of annual paying Substack subscribers at high-end licensed restaurant venues.
• Private and ticketed 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.
• Pop-up dinners pairing chefs and restaurant venues.

Here’s what clients have to say about my dining experiences:

So if you’re a chef, restaurateur, hotelier and F&B supplier looking to amplify your restaurant, hotel, F&B business or brand; a corporation 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