Formerly Strangers is a recurring dinner series built on two simple things: great food and the chance to meet someone you didn’t know you were about to know.

Each event features a new, aspiring chef who creates a multi-course menu for the night. The table becomes their canvas — and the starting point for every conversation that follows.

Guests arrive solo. No plus-ones, no pre-set groups. It’s meant to feel less like going out and more like being invited in.

Every dinner carries its own energy, shaped by the chef and their story — a candlelit apartment in Marseille one month, a loud kitchen in Lagos the next. The courses set the rhythm, giving strangers something to react to and share, until introductions no longer feel necessary.

No networking agendas. No name tags. Just thoughtful food, intentional hosting, and the possibility that you leave knowing someone you didn’t expect to.