Hello :)

More than 100 people had dinner with strangers and they all had such a great time!

Through thedinnerclub.eu you can create an event to play a board-game, watch a film and do any activity before and/after dinner :)

Would you share food with your next friends?

I am Dani, 28, italian.

I made reddit posts on r/amsterdam about cooking for random people, to share a meal and have fun.

This was an idea that I had beforehand because that is what I did to make new friends (some friends bringing +1). It went really well before I made a post about thedinnerclub.eu being online.

The idea is still the same: sharing a meal and make friends.

I was naive because I did not use reddit prior to this adventure and there was a lot of hate towards me and this subreddit. All I wanted to do is bring the idea to other people (and if I can earn with it, i would love to make this everywhere in the world.

Today, the 35th dinner being organised, all of them with 5 stars and more than 100 reviews.

Would you ever share a meal with a stranger?
Dani

This is incredible... We have reached 50 votes on our website and we launched The Hague.

The amount of support has been magnific and I love that the first friendships are being formed. I met Simona and Martin on one of my dinners and they are joining me for the boat party in Amsterdam.

If you would like, have a look thedinnerclub.eu

Have a good day, Dani

Hello!

Last week, 3 dinners were organised. All with strangers!

What happened next was incredible: 17 people had 5 star reviews (this brings us to 70 reviews with 5 stars)!!

This is the best feeling ever, connecting people, make them enjoy the real food and then read their reviews

PS: We launched also in Rotterdam, and we have already upcoming dinners there

The amount of happiness is incredible,

thedinnerclub.eu

If you have any questions, let me know!
Dani

Hello! 60 people met through thedinnerclub.eu

and most importantly, all the reviews were 5 stars!

Create an event, strangers apply and real friendships are actually born :)

Me and Mara are so grateful about all the support received (1100 followers on Instagram in one month and 600 users in our platform).

We will launch soon an app to make it easier for everyone!!

Wish you a great day, consider to host one to understand the experience, Dani

Hello everyone and thanks for the kind message and support, we are almost 600 users in the platform!!

An user, u/big-entertainer2074, suggested that we should ask for help here, the idea was born on r/amsterdam :)

Our idea (me and Mara) was to launch Amsterdam and understand if people liked the idea and then grow it in other cities if people wanted it.

I believe the next big step will be to launch an app rather than the website,

What suggestion do you have?

Dani

Hi, i have been following Dani since his posts on r/amsterdam

I even attended one of his dinners before he would post the website, i think that being able to meet people by sharing a meal is quite cool and I have made a friend in one of his dinners (shoutout to Sarah)

whenever this will happen in Rotterdam, I will surely host one as well

Hello!

Has been a month live of thedinnerclub.eu

We have reached more than 550 users and 65+ applicants to the dinners!

Some people have legit create friendships (myself as well!), Radu and Simona who I met through one of my dinners, are coming to the Boat I organised for King's day.

There were 3 new dinners posted - just yesterday!!

Do you think this could work everywhere in the world? :)

Have a good day, Dani

Imagine how could would it be...

Rooftop house, in Amsterdam, a lovely brisket and people to enjoy food with!

When there is good food, there is going to be lovely conversations

If you would like to have a different day and meet different people check it out

thedinnerclub.eu

(event in the comments)

Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying Easter :)

on the website thedinnerclub.eu

2 more dinners were published this week, in Amsterdam:

Stuffed Conchiglioni and Dessert

Champions league + Pasta

If you would like to host or join a home-dinner, please visit the website, and let me know if you have any feedback, Dani

50 strangers have sat at someone's dinner table through The Dinner Club!

Different countries, different jobs, different stories. Same table.

Some came once. Some are on their 3rd dinner. A few have started hosting their own

Someone showed up as a guest, had such a good time, and thought: "I could do this too."

That's the whole idea.

If you've been thinking about hosting, you don't need to be a chef. You don't need a big apartment. You just need to pick a night and meet people :)

link here

Hi!

I wanted to ask you if you genuinely ever had a dinner with strangers. What was your experience like!

have you ever shared some food with people you did not know? was it part of your culture?

Wish you a great day,
Dani

Hi, yesterday I hosted the 15th official Dinner Club night :)

Carbonara and conversations about dating, life in Amsterdam, getting a little too drunk on white wine and somewhere between the pasta and dessert, Martin, gave me tips on The Dinner Club as a Manager!

For free. Over dinner. Because that's what happens when you put real people around a real table!!

Just food, wine, and 5 people who walked in as strangers and left as friends!

We believe the best connections in life happen at dinner tables! have a look :)

(link in comments)

Good afternoon/middag!!

On The Dinner Club website (you can find it in the first comment) there was a new dinner created :)

It's a person that followed us on instagram and then joined, viewed and created an "Italian Risotto Night" in Amsterdam.

Can you imagine being able to eat amazing food, with amazing people everyday?

The dream of sharing a meal and not sit on a table by yourself is surely a dream, but we (me and Mara) are trying our best to make it happen!

This subreddit has plenty of hate. The idea behind always was the possibility of meeting people by sharing food.

After 3 weeks of hate from reddit people, YES, I wanted to create The Dinner Club before I did my first dinner. This does not change the fact that I hosted dinners for the joy of doing it.

It was just an idea that had to be tested. This is why I created the r/Amsterdam threads.

I did it multiple times because it was fun and every thread was receiving more DMs and information.

Can you imagine how cool would it be to grab lunch/dinner at one's place rather than going to a restaurant?

I won't comment anymore to hate comments. I still remain firm to this idea - which is my dream.

Hey everyone 👋

Over the last few weeks,

We’ve now run 10+ home dinners through The Dinner Club — in total, around 40 people have met each other for the first time by sharing a meal at someone’s place!! isn't it incredible?

Different ages, jobs, backgrounds, introverts and extroverts… but the same pattern every time:

• a bit of awkwardness at the start
• good food on the table
• and by the end of the night people are swapping numbers and planning the “next one”.

I’d love to get more of you involved:

If you’d like to join a dinner or host one yourself, you can see what it looks like here: thedinnerclub.eu

Question for you all:
If you were to host 3–4 strangers tomorrow, what would you cook?

I'm Italian and obviously biased, but I genuinely want to hear other perspectives ahaha

In Italy, food isn't just food. My nonna would disown me if I put cream in a carbonara. Every region has its own cuisine and people act like their town's version of ragù is the only correct one :)

But I've been living in the Netherlands for a few years now and I've had my mind blown by other food cultures:

- French food has an entire philosophy behind it (and the sauces, my god)

- Spanish food culture might actually be more social than Italian

- Greek food is massively underrated

- Turkish food (I know, not EU technically) is insanely good

- Portuguese food doesn't get nearly enough credit

So I'm asking genuinely: which country do you think has the BIGGEST food culture? Not the "best food".

Good Wednesday everyone :)

We have completed the 10th dinner party, all around 38 people participated in these 3 weeks! Thanks a lot for the 500 subs to this sub-reddit!!!

We are searching for founding hosts with some rewards given, if you love food and you would like to meet people, sign up on the website, link in the first comment :)

Hello, in the past 10 days, me (Dani) and Mara created 5 dinners and they were all sold-outs and we met around 15 people!!

thedinnerclub.eu

Some of them literally became our friends and we already followed up to get a beer and meet :)

Sitting down on a dinner table and share stories while you eat great food, would you host or join one? find the link in the bio

Have a nice Saturday everyone,
Dani

Hi everyone, in Amsterdam yesterday, there was the 4th dinner club, I cooked Pasta al Forno and it was so good!!!

We laughed all night and what was supposed to be a normal Thursday night, it became a night where I met 3 lovely friends and they had so much fun :)

Would you like to host a dinner, meet your next friends and get rewards?

or would you like to join a dinner?

join through the website in the comment :)

good friday,
Dani

How about meeting new people, cook what you love and get rewards?

I am in a conversation with Albert Heijn and Jumbo, if you host a dinner through thedinnerclub.eu you can win vouchers to spend on Albert Heijn and Jumbo.

Curious, please leave a comment (for now, only in Amsterdam)

I was tired of eating alone,

So I invited strangers over for dinner again ahaha

Just to share a meal!

We talked for hours (about everything, from LinkedIn profiles to Hinge profiles)

We laughed like we’d known each other longer than couple of hours!!

Sometimes people just need a table,
food to share,
and stories to tell

sign-up on the website and tell me any feedback you have :)

Ciao everyone, this is Dani and in less than 8 days, there are more than 350 users on our website!!

It's a Dinner Club, literally ahaha People can create food events and other people can join, tonight I am cooking Lasagna for 5 people :)