The Matchmaker Dinner
Guests quietly answer questions about hobbies, travel style, and temperament. The group then votes the pairings — who’d be best friends, who should start a company, who’d survive a desert island together. Half party game, half social experiment; reveal the answers at the end.
What it's for
Let the group function as a social algorithm — it sees combinations individuals miss, especially with strangers in the room.
The guest's job
Answer the pre-dinner questionnaire honestly; the profile drives the pairings.
The vote
The table votes each pairing category: best friends, business partners, desert island duo, most likely to get in trouble together.
The reveal
Pairings announced in full, with each category’s vote tally — the room explains its reasoning.
Food & drink spine
A dinner long enough for the questionnaire to be completed and discussed without rushing.
Conversation fuel
"Which pairing surprised you, and which one was so obvious the table should have voted faster?"
How it flops — steer around it
A room that already knows each other too well. The format is at its best with at least a few genuine strangers in the mix.