Part dinner party, part supper club, these epicurean adventures deliver an intimate and daring dining experience where the menu and the guests are left totally to chance. Fearless foodies relish the mystery of the menu, the chef, and sometimes, even the location. Details are not usually revealed until the last minute via email lists or by word of mouth, and the absence of a menu gives chefs the freedom to design dishes on the fly. This is noshing that packs as much intrigue as it does flavour.

 

Swallow Tail

Vancouver, B.C.

Register for ultra-exclusive events on its website. Sitting in the middle of a forest or in the basement of a speakeasy, guests clue in that this BYOB pop-up-style supper club has its own take on the trend. Count on a 25-guest maximum, a menu with harvested, wild ingredients and a changing lineup of guest chefs.

House of Commons

Toronto, Ont.

Sign up for email alerts and then get a cryptic message the day before. Guests receive directions to a street corner in Toronto’s west end and a password to whisper to a specific person waiting there—say, a woman with a canary-yellow hat. The communal feast ensues at a giant harvest table laden with antique silver and etched-glass tumblers.

The Table

Orlando, Fla.

This stationary supper club hosts 20 diners every Friday and Saturday in a lavish dining room near Universal Studios. Chefs Loren Falsone and Tyler Brassil share their secrets for each of the five courses.