Dining In The Dark

This one-of-a-kind dining experience combines fine dining, inspiring music and a series of fun tabletop team building challenges. The catch? Your team will be able to take it all in using each of their senses – except one.

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A Unique Blindfolded Dining Experience

Step into a world where collaboration and communication take on new meaning. With blindfolds as the gateway, your team will embark on a sensory adventure, where taste and aroma intensify, and every bite becomes an extraordinary discovery. Dining in the Dark challenges participants to break away from routine, heighten their senses, and strengthen connections through shared experience.

This immersive dining event fosters teamwork, trust, and adaptability—essential skills for any high-performing team. Perfect for corporate groups looking to enhance collaboration in a truly unforgettable setting.

Book your Dining in the Dark experience today and transform how your team connects!

Participants navigating a Dining in the Dark event, wearing blindfolds and engaging with each other while exploring their senses and teamwork during a unique dining experience.

A selection of three different soups presented in small cups as part of the Dining in the Dark experience, highlighting the sensory nature of the event.

Participants enjoying a meal in a Dining in the Dark experience, with blindfolds on as they engage their senses of taste and smell while sharing the experience.

Large group of participants at a 'Dining in the Dark' event seated around a long dining table, wearing blindfolds as they enjoy a meal served by waitstaff, focusing on enhancing their sensory experience through taste and smell.

Group of participants blindfolded at a 'Dining In The Dark' team building event, toasting with drinks around a wooden table, enhancing trust and communication skills.

Participants of the Dining in the Dark event forming a human chain while blindfolded, relying on trust and communication as part of a sensory team building experience.

Three people wearing blindfolds while eating at a dining table, participating in a sensory deprivation dining experience to enhance communication and trust.

Two women wearing blindfolds, smiling and making playful gestures during a team building activity, creating a fun and engaging atmosphere.

Participants laughing and interacting while wearing blindfolds during a Dining in the Dark team building experience, fostering communication and collaboration through sensory exploration.

A participant enjoys a meal during a Dining in the Dark team building event, using sensory experiences to enhance connection and teamwork.

A group of participants at a Dining in the Dark team building event, engaging in a sensory dining experience while blindfolded.

Participants at a Dining in the Dark event, using their sense of touch to navigate and enjoy their food while blindfolded.

Team size

10 - 150

Time needed

2.5 - 3 hours

Space requirement

This event works well in a private dining room at a local restaurant, mansion or unique venue where participants can relax and enjoy the activity. Have something specific in mind? Let us know what you’re thinking.

Ideal for

Team retreats
Conferences and celebrations
Annual meetings
Out-of-the-ordinary fun

Tailoring

We’ll work with your venue to prepare the room and help design an appropriate meal. Your menu should include multiple small entrees, sides and desserts. The idea is to provide a range of delicious tastes, textures and smells.

The concept of purposefully eating in complete pitch-black dark originated with Jorge Spielmann, a blind clergyman from Zurich. When guests ate dinner at the Spielmann house, some would wear blindfolds to show solidarity with their host and better understand his world. What Spielmann’s sighted guests found was that the blindfolds heightened their sense of taste and smell and made their dining experience more enjoyable.

Chosen By:

"We had wonderful feedback on this event. Everyone loved it and got a lot out of it. "

Fulton Financial Group

"Thank you so much for all of your help and support with our event! It went very well and I am beyond thrilled with Stephanie and her team with their work. Excellent job!!"

iAware

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