How Rainbow Dinner works...

🌈 WHAT IS RAINBOW DINNER? 🦄

Rainbow Dinner is a unique, social LGBTQ-concept where you eat three meals (starter, main course and dessert) in one evening – in three different, private homes – and meet new rainbow people at each location. Afterwards, everyone goes to the afterparty.

You'll be participating with a travel buddy (either one you sign up with or one that we'll match you with) and you prepare one meal together: either starter, main course or dessert.

You'll travel together all evening and eat with six other participants - 8 people in total pr. meal (incl. yourself and your travel buddy).

A welcoming meeting place and safe space for everyone under the rainbow
Rainbow Dinner brings together both men and women, transgender, nonbinary, homosexual, bisexual, queer, young and old – Danes and Internationals. From those who have been in the LGBTQ-community for decades – to those who just came out of the closet (or considering doing so). And rainbow people come from all over the country to join us.

Forklaringsvideo: Rainbow Dinner på ét minut

Explainer video: Rainbow Dinner in one minute

🔪 What if I can't cook?

Don't worry - you don't not to be a master chef!
Everyone cooks one meal together with their travel buddy. This is an important part of the concept because it breaks the ice 🧊🔨

Rainbow Dinner is not about emulating the French cuisine – it's about community, hygge and a great atmosphere. A simple pasta dish or an easy dessert is more than fine. And sometimes you can be lucky that your travel buddy actually loves to cook.

🗺️ How it works in practice

You and your travel buddy will be assigned one meal as a common task (either a starter, a main course or a dessert)
You and your travel buddy prepare the meal for 8 people in total
Together, you'll travel to 3 different homed and enjoy 3 meals (one of which you have made together)
At every meal, you'll meet new rainbow people
The grand finale of the evening, is the afterparty 🥳

Everthing has been planned, so you know exactly, where you need to be when, who you're cooking with, and which meal you'll be cooking.

You'll get info on everything approx. five days before the event.

Rainbow Dinner is all about meeting people from all walks of life, make new friends and having an unforgettable evening full of laughter, hygge and food - in a safe and relaxed environment.

6 out of 10 meet someone at Rainbow Dinner with whom they keep in touch afterwards.

- CSAT-survey amongst Rainbow Dinner participants (October 2023).

Registration: How would you like to join us?

🪑 As a HOST

Hosts are the backbone of Rainbow Dinner. No hosts = No Rainbow Dinner - so THANK YOU to everyone who sign up as a host! 🙏

Hosting sounds more daunting than it really is. In fact, it doesn't require much. The only difference between being a guest and a host is that hosts provide a location for ONE of the three meals of the evening. That’s it.

You open your home to 8 people in total (incl. yourself and your travel buddy)
One of the three meals (starter, main course or dessert), is prepared and takes place in your home.
You'll know which meal to prepare (with your travel buddy) about 5 days before the event.
The meal is prepared in cooperation with your travel buddy.
If you're hosting a main course, you'll have an extra travel couple helping you and your travel buddy

Watch this short explainer-video about hosting (DANISH)

🏡 Is my home good enough?

YES! It's not about cool living space - it's about fællesskab, nærvær og go’ regnbue-energi. Your guests are there to meet new rainbow people – not to judge your decor. A home with IKEA furniture, two of your neighbor's chairs and three different types of wine glasses is more than enough (and completely normal, by the way).

🙋 As a GUEST

We'll assign you a travel buddy (typically a host)
Together, you will be tasked with preparing one of the evening's three meals.
If neither you or your travel buddy is a host, your task will be to help a host couple with the main course.
You'll follow eachother throughout the evening – and until the afterparty.

👬 As a COUPLE

Persuade your boyfriend, wife, roommate, cousin or best friend – and join Rainbow Dinner TOGETHER.

You sign up together and become each other's travel buddies for the entire evening.
You'll be tasked with hosting one of the evening's three meals and preparing it together.
If you are hosting a main course, you will be assisted by another travel couple.

🔔 NB. As a couple, you will host one of the evening's three meals.

🕓 Signing up on the waiting list

When you sign up for the waiting list, you pay for participation - just like everyone else. You will then be allocated a spot for the Rainbow Dinner event - when we receive cancellations from those who signed up for the event (cancellations are almost always unavoidable). If there are no cancellations, you'll automatically get your money back a few days later. In any case, you are guaranteed a ticket to our afterparty.

You are guaranteed a ticket to our afterparty
You'll get a seat at the dinner event as soon as there are last-minute-cancellations
You'll be refunded automatically, if there are no last-minute-cancellations for the dinner event

🧭 Monday before rainbow dinner

About five days before the Rainbow Dinner event (we always try to be ready on the Monday before), you'll receive your ITINERARY in your email.

The itinerary contains all the information you need, including:

Who your travel buddy is and relevant contact info
Which meal you'll be preparing together
Where and when you have to be at the starter, main course and dessert
The location of the afterparty
Other practical information

👉 Contact your travel buddy as soon as possible and start planning:

What you would like to make for either a starter, main course or dessert
How you'll go about shopping for the meal
Where and when you'll meet
How you'll get from A to B around the city (bike, taxi, public transport, etc.)

❗ Haven't you been in contact with your travel buddy by Friday afternoon?
Write us at: info@rainbowdinner.dk, then we'll help you.

🍽️ Saturday - the big night 🥳

Now it's time! You and your travel buddy meet up well in advance, prepare your meal together and embark on an unforgettable evening full of food, people and magic.

The programme of the evening is:

18:00 - Starter

20:00 - Main course

22:00 – Dessert

00:00 – Afterparty

🚲🚈 Remember to add travel time between locations (typically 20–30 minutes). We try to plan your route as best we can, but some travel time is unavoidable.

Bring:

Your own beverages for the dinner event
Good mood, tolerance and an open mindset 🌟

✅ In a nutshell...

You sign up as a host, guest or as a couple
The itinerary containing all relevant information arrives approx. five days before the event (usually on the Monday before the event)
If you are allergic or have other special needs, please let us know in the comments when you sign up.
You'll get a travel buddyand you'll prepare one meal together
You'll visit three different homes during the evening
You'll meet new rainbow people at every meal
There are 8 people at every meal - incl. yourself and your travel buddy
The grand finale of the evening, is the afterparty

Wait a minute! I've got more questions...

If you have questions that we didn't answer here - or if there's something you still find unclear, then don't hesitate to contact us at info@rainbowdinner.dk. Alternatively, you might be able to find the answers you seek in the frequently asked questions that we've collected and answered here.

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