Every third Wednesday of the month · Since 2014

You Weren't Looking For a Networking Event.
Neither Were We.

Once a month, twenty people sit down at an independent London restaurant. By 10pm, something's shifted.

Real conversation. Real food. Real people.
This is the Inspired Dinner Club.

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Join Us For The Next Social Dinner

Annual Membership

Every Wednesday is yours - £99/yr

12 Dinners - seat always held - Pay for food on the day

10+

Years Running

Seats Per Dinner

Dinner Formats

UK Chapters

What To Expect?

It's a dinner. But that's not why people come back.

There's no agenda. No pitching. No clapping at the end of a talk.

An evening of real conversation, good food, and the
kind of people you'll actually want to stay in touch with.

Every dinner is hosted by Sukhi Wahiwala — and if you
want to bend his ear over dinner, that's exactly what
this is for.

Each evening weaves together honest conversation,
a little inspiration, and the occasional idea that
changes something for you. All in one Wednesday.

The venue is always somewhere independent. Always somewhere worth knowing.

The conversation goes wherever the room takes it.

Most people book once out of curiosity.

Most people come back because they can't imagine not to.

There's a gentle shape to each evening - something Sukhi's regulars have come to love. But it's loose enough that you can simply show up, be present, and let the night take over.

Connect

Meet new friends & reconnect with old ones

Learn

Inspiring talks by keynote speakers

Grow

Share knowledge and expand your mindset

Socialise

Network and chill out, have fun, enjoy the meal

The experience

No two dinners

are the same.

The format follows the venue, the moment, and the people.

Here's what an evening might look like.

We've never called this networking.

But some of the best collaborations, introductions, and opportunities we've seen started at this table.

You never quite know who'll be sitting next to you. That's half the point.

The Social Dinner

No agenda. Just the right people in the right room. Let the evening take over.

Keynote Dinner

One guest shares something they've never said publicly. Intimate. Honest. Unforgettable.

Experiential

Escape rooms. Dining in the dark. Making pizza together. The best conversations start by doing.

Mini Boardroom

Small tables. Real problems. The kind of peer thinking that's hard to find when everyone's performing.

Why people stay

You'll find good food anywhere.

You won't find this anywhere.

"I came once not knowing what to expect. I've been coming back for two years. Some of the most important people in my life I met at one of these dinners."

— IDC London member

Not a networking event

No business cards. No elevator pitches. No agenda beyond the people in the room. If something comes from it, it comes from it. That's the difference.

Independent restaurants, every time

Every venue is a discovery. Family-run, neighbourhood gems
that deserve to be found. We find them. You just show up.

A ritual, not an event

Same night. Every month. The kind of thing you start
putting in your diary before you've even booked.

Hosted by Sukhi Wahiwala

Award-winning mentor, entrepreneur, and the person who
somehow makes every table feel like it was always going to happen.

Somewhere along the way, most of us stopped making new friends. Not acquaintances. Not contacts. Actual friends.

We got busy chasing the next client, the next opportunity, the next thing. IDC exists because Sukhi noticed and decided to do something about it.

This isn't self-improvement. It's not a masterclass. It's just a really good evening with really good people — and the reminder that work, rest and play were always meant to coexist.

"Somewhere along the way, most of us stopped making real friends. IDC exists because Sukhi noticed — and decided to do something about it."