7 Hosts Redefining the Dinner Party in NYC in 2027
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New York apartments are short on dining rooms, so the city’s boldest hosts have taken the dinner party on the road. They’re filling galleries, partner studios, restaurants and Brooklyn patios with guests eager to meet new people. About one in four US adults eat every meal alone, Studio Bumi notes. These seven NYC hosts make a strong case for pulling up a chair.
1. To Be Hosted by Amber Mayfield Hewett
Amber Mayfield Hewett started To Be Hosted in NYC in 2017 to spotlight Black chefs, according to the To Be Hosted website. She was 23, living in Harlem and working at Bravo TV, she wrote in While Entertaining. Her first dinner brought 24 strangers to a co-working space, and her hosting guide Your Turn to Host earned coverage from BizBash.
Rotating Black chefs cook family-style menus for one table, with sommelier-led wine pairings and live music. Guests sit by shared interests from a diner survey, and some couples have met there, she told Just Add Hot Sauce. Your Friend in Food admires “how the enjoyment and pleasure of Black people center her work.”
- Where: Rotating venues around NYC and beyond; you get the address after you buy a ticket
- When: No fixed schedule; ticket drops go to the email list, and menus are shared three to four weeks ahead
- Group size: 12-20 guests at one table
- Best For: Solo diners and pairs looking to meet new people
- How to Book: Join the To Be Hosted diner list
Why We’d Book It: The address arrives only after you buy, so the venue becomes part of the reveal. Add the dress code, “Serve us a look,” and the room feels like a party before the first pour.
2. Dining Room by Kendra Vaculin
Kendra Vaculin, a Brooklyn recipe developer and former Bon Appétit Test Kitchen food editor, started Dining Room in January 2023. Her goal, per her events page, was to throw “the dinner parties of my dreams” on a bigger scale than her tiny apartment allowed. Alta Journal calls it “the NYC dinner party pop-up Dining Room,” and her debut cookbook, DINNER PLANS, is due in spring 2027.
Expect “beautiful and celebratory food,” plenty of drinks of all kinds and what she calls “house party energy.” Past partners include Team USA, Acid League, Public Records and Brooklyn Kura. She also writes SCROUNGE, a weekly recipe newsletter on Substack.
- Where: Partner venues around NYC; follow @diningroomnyc on Instagram for each location
- When: Irregular schedule; public dinners are announced on Instagram
- Format: Single-seating dinners for 30 at long communal tables, or restaurant takeovers serving nearly 100 guests over a night
- Best For: Social diners and solo guests who want to meet people
- How to Book: Watch Instagram for public tickets, or use the Dining Room events page for private dinners, catering and partnerships
Why We’d Book It: Its Instagram tagline, “the parties we’d throw if we had one,” turns every partner venue into a borrowed dining room for the night. Long communal tables carry that house-party feel, and her events page promises you’ll stay late and go home full.
3. Studio Bumi by Bagus Ruswandi
Bagus Ruswandi started Studio Bumi as an Indonesian meal-prep service on Instagram, he told the Cooking With Keasberry podcast. It grew into communal dinners with rotating chefs who spotlight underrepresented cuisines. The podcast says Studio Bumi “transforms big-city loneliness into shared tables, flavors, and friendships.”
Its core format, Just Dinner, seats you at a shared table at a set time, with guided conversation that gets past small talk. Former guests go on to host, and themed nights have spanned Indonesian, Cantonese, Viet-Texan, Southern and Middle Eastern menus. The studio calls itself “infrastructure for belonging” on its About page.
- Where: The studio’s home base and partner spaces around NYC; each dinner’s Luma page lists the address
- When: Upcoming dinners post on Luma
- Group size: 10-40 guests for Just Teams, a seated meal of about 75 minutes with guided conversation
- Best For: Solo newcomers to NYC and anyone who’d like to host one day
- How to Book: Come to dinner via Luma, or use the Studio Bumi contact page for teams and private events
Why We’d Book It: Everyone sits down at the same shared table at a set time, and guided conversation gets the whole room talking. Since former guests go on to host, per Studio Bumi’s programs page, the person passing you a plate may be hosting the next dinner.
4. Rusty Supper Club
Matt Greene, Greg Preston and Brandon Siu run what Time Out New York calls “a laid-back, dinner party-like pop-up that’s been cooking in the city since 2022.” Menus start in the trio’s group chat. The name nods to a college Halloween costume, two old men called “Rusty and Bubba,” and to the club’s loose, free-flowing style.
It grew out of big barbecues for friends on their front patio, Greene writes on his page. Today they build custom multi-course menus around guests’ favorite flavors and memories, like “a childhood dish or a go-to restaurant order.” Farmers-market produce drives themed nights, including a corn menu with fried cannoli piped with esquites, per Time Out.
- Where: Pop-ups in Brooklyn, or at your home or event space
- Best For: Birthdays, private celebrations at home and anyone who wants a menu built around their favorite dish
- How to Book: Get tickets for public dinners; for private events, DM @rustysupperclub on Instagram
Why We’d Book It: Curated tablescapes and thoughtful plating give a living room the polish of a pop-up. The mood they aim for, “intimate, playful, and unforgettable,” suits a birthday at home especially well.
5. St. Daemons’ Supper Club
Chefs Anthony “Mylo” Lowe and Daniel Quitco, both named after Catholic saints, invented a patron saint of their own for this supper club. Their “Post-Modern American” dinners double as art-driven gatherings for emerging chefs and artists, according to their About page. The goal is to restore the shared memory, ritual and community that migration and assimilation wear away.
Mylo is Trinbagonian, spent his adolescence in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, and pairs French training with Cantonese and Mediterranean influences. Daniel, born in the Philippines before moving to Forest Hills, Queens, applies mostly Italian technique to Asian cuisine. Their tagline sums it up: “Story-telling in every bite.”
- Where: Pop-ups around NYC; check @st.daemons on Instagram for each location
- When: “Canto” seasonal dinners twice a year, plus pop-ups on an irregular schedule
- Price: Private dinners cost $1,450 for 10 guests or $2,500 for 20; larger groups are priced directly
- Format: Canto dinners are a three- or four-course prix fixe with a cocktail or wine pairing
- Best For: Adventurous eaters and anyone who follows the art and fashion scene
- How to Book: Canto dinners are announced on Instagram, and pop-ups are first come, first served; book private dinners through the St. Daemons’ website
Why We’d Book It: Each Canto draws its name and religious imagery from Dante’s Divine Comedy, framing the meal as a journey the whole table takes together. With emerging artists showcased alongside the food, the night lands somewhere between a gallery opening and a dinner party.
6. PARDÉS NYC by Chef Rephael Russo
Michelin-Star Trained Chef Rephael Russo grew up in a Jewish household with roots in Israel, Morocco, Turkey and Egypt. He trained under celebrity chef Yossi Shitrit, then worked at Eleven Madison Park, which shaped his precise, seasonal “Japanese minimalism,” according to the PARDÉS website.
Pardés is Hebrew for “orchard,” and the site calls the cooking a love letter to Israel. Expect Levantine and Iraqi Jewish influences, plus fire and fermentation. PARDÉS also offers private chef dinners, catering, consulting and event planning.
- Where: Private dinners and pop-ups in NYC, Miami and Tel Aviv
- When: Pop-ups are announced through the newsletter and on Instagram
- Best For: Upscale private dinners and special occasions
- How to Book: Sign up for the newsletter on the PARDÉS booking page, or DM @pardes.nyc on Instagram
Why We’d Book It: Russo has hosted dinners inside the contemporary art gallery SPACS ART, and his tagline promises “every table becomes an orchard.” We love that idea in a gallery, where seasonal plates share the room with the art.
7. Fennel Party Supper Club by Liberty Greene Fennell
Liberty Greene Fennell is a British food and drink stylist in NYC whose work spans editorial, advertising, cookbooks and restaurant styling. She started her food career in 2013 with the traveling supper club “Your House At Mine,” according to Sainsbury’s Magazine.
Today, Fennel Party Supper Club is her Brooklyn supper club and event styling project, listed on her events and supper clubs page.
- Where: Brooklyn
- Best For: Design-minded food lovers who want a stylist’s eye on the table
- How to Book: Start at Liberty Fennell’s website and watch @libertyfennell on Instagram for announcements
Why We’d Book It: When your host styles food and drink for a living, the table itself becomes part of the menu. We’d book it for the chance to eat inside a stylist’s composition.
Host your own dinner party in New York
Feeling inspired to gather your own table? Peerspace venues across New York can give you a dining room for the night, ready for a long communal dinner or a themed supper for 10. Find your NYC dinner party space and start on the menu.
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