Virtually Social Dining.

Jonathan Goodchild
DINE4SIX
Published in
3 min readApr 1, 2020

Yes, the restaurant industry may have come to a grinding halt and yes, we are all in isolation right now practicing social distancing. That doesn’t mean we can’t meet new people, or enjoy some damn good food while we do it! We’ve decided to launch a series of social dining experiences virtually, to keep you entertained while being stuck indoors.

From Monday the 6th of April we’ll be hosting online social dining experiences every evening during the week from Monday to Friday at 7:30PM CAT and you can join from anywhere in the country.

How does a virtual social dining experience work?
It’s almost like a real social dining experience, except from the comfort of your own home, and the chef, this time, is you. We’ll be using Hangouts a very cool face to face social tool from google to moderate our guests across the country! You need to prepare your dinner to be ready for 7:30 PM when you will be invited to the group chat.

What do you need?
Firstly, a stable internet connection. We recommend using a laptop or grabbing a phone stand so you can sit back and relax during your virtual dining experience! Secondly, a meal to eat during your experience. Your meal should be prepared to be ready at 7:30 PM, whether it’s a bowl of cereal or your latest take on how to plate Avocado on toast, anything goes as long as it’s edible. Thirdly, you should be mindful of what all is going to be behind you in your video feed. You will receive your invite to the dining experience 5 minutes before it begins. Please be punctual and join the experience in a timely manner.

WIN A SOCIAL DINING EXPERIENCE WORTH R300!
Every user who joins a virtual dining experience will stand a chance to win a R300 voucher to join a DINE4SIX Experience when the world goes back to normal! We’ve seen some weird and wacky foods all over the internet, thrown together to provide sustenance during this time and we want to see yours! You can make anything from Apple Pie to Zucchini Fritters and all the wonderful foods in between! We just ask that you bring a meal, try to give it some of that #lockdown creativity and we’ll bring the people! We recommend making sure that your dinner is prepared and ready for the time that the experience begins at 19:30. Take your best food stylist shot to upload with the feedback form and you could walk into a real DINE4SIX Experience next month on us.

Stay connected through our virtual social dining experiences.

DINE4SIX is a social dining platform that brings people together to mingle over delicious menus. We are currently running virtual dining experiences during the #lockdown in South Africa due to the #Covid19 virus. Add yourself to the interested list for any partner on the DINE4SIX platform and you’ll be the first to know as soon as we start hosting real-world social dining experiences again.

Please go to www.DINE4SIX.com for more information.

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