The Cutlery Club
Salons
Intimate dining, exceptional guest speakers, and a carefully curated guest list, around one table.
“I love how animated dinner party conversations can be with close friends, but I get frustrated at how limiting they often are when sharing the table with new acquaintances. So I wanted to find a way of bringing the conversation together, making it more unified and impacting. Featuring a guest speaker felt like the most natural way to achieve this, everyone wants to listen to somebody fascinating with brilliant stories to tell, and then the flow of questions and interaction amongst the guests just naturally evolves, and you all leave feeling more connected.”
A Cutlery Club salon has many components, the food and wine, the guest speaker, the venue, the styling. But most of all, it’s the guests around the table. Understanding each member’s personality and who will work well with who is essential, so the seating plan is always the most important part of the planning.
Past Guest Speakers
A Table Worth Joining
Baroness Claire Fox
Author & House of Lords Peer, Founder of The Academy of Ideas
‘Whispering’ Bob Harris
BBC Radio 2 DJ, Music Broadcaster & Author
Andy Clarke
Author, TV Presenter & Producer, Food Critic
Matt Phelan
Author, Co-Founder of The Happiness Index
This roll call should keep growing as new Salons happen.
What Our Guests Say
“You created a wonderful intimate atmosphere. It was a really special evening.”
Baroness Claire Fox
“The Cutlery Club Salons are so brilliantly curated. Everything about the night was memorable.”
Matt Phelan
“Normal supper clubs can’t touch your Salons, the concept is brilliant and the quality of your guest speakers is outstanding.”
Alan Miller
“Great mix of people. Loved the diversity and vibe.”
Norris Windross
Join Us At The Table
Whether you’d like to become a member, host a Salon at your own venue, or suggest a brilliant guest speaker, I’d love to hear from you.
Get In TouchHow it began
The Story
of The Cutlery Club Collective
The Story behind the Salons
The Salons were founded by Isobel Cripps during the restaurant boom of the 90’s. Working in the restaurant industry, she had connections to some of the great chefs and beautiful private dining rooms London had to offer. So The Cutlery Club was created as an informative, one table dining club, way before supper clubs were even a thing!
As stories go, this is nothing extraordinary, but what came from a simple idea and concept, now brings people together from all walks of life, to share inspiring conversation that impact the way we think, feel and connect.
“I remember meeting Carole Stone, London’s most famous ‘networker’ at one of her informal networking soirées in her little flat in Henrietta Street. I immediately thought, I want to do this; this is what I am good at, bringing people together. There is so much fun and joy to be had in introducing people to one another and there is no better or more convivial way to do that, than over good food and wine. With the right people, the most stimulating conversations naturally evolve.”
“I love how animated dinner party conversations can be with close friends, but I get frustrated at how limiting they often are when sharing the table with new acquaintances. It’s often just small talk to the people next to you. So I wanted to find a way of bringing the conversation together, making it more, unified, impacting and diverse, challenging our thoughts and feelings or simply embracing the things we have in common. Featuring a guest speaker (and ours are always exceptional) felt like the most natural way to achieve this. Everyone wants to listen to somebody fascinating with brilliant stories to tell and then the flow of questions and interaction amongst the guests just naturally evolves and you all leave feeling more connected.”
“A Cutlery Club salon has many components that make it a special experience – the food and wine, the guest speaker, the venue, the team and the styling. But most of all, I think it’s the guests you choose to have at the table; they are fundamental to the success and joy of the evening. It’s more than a dinner party, but your guests must feel like they are part of something intimate, just as an invite to a dinner party in your own home would be.
The guest speaker talks briefly after the starter; this means we can get everyone interacting quite early on. Understanding your members and their personality styles is essential; knowing who will work well with who, so the seating plan is obviously crucial!”
