..can I bring kids?

You mean your peers?

Don't you start...

By the way, this event is open to all foodies, not only the grub club. You can always join in later on if you like us

... not sure I'll like any of you but I guess I can always UNjoin later ...

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c'mon, there must be some foodies out there...

yeah sure.... but would rather go straight to the first restaurant rather than just talking about it over drinks that's just cruel...

It sounds like a lot of fun and right up my street, but I've not been in my apartment for very long and haven't yet invested in a dining table etc.

I don't want to invite people over to sit on the floor, eat food with their fingers and have a bottle of wine in the middle of the group with eight straws sticking out of it.

Once I'm a little more sorted I'll beg permission to join

Great idea! I just wish that it was a bit closer to home so that I could join. It seems as if all of the really good foodie stuff (the shop tours, etc.) happen in Zurich.

Anyway, good luck and bon apétit to the members of the Zurich Grub Club!

Works both ways. I guess we can always UNinvite later as well....

Touche, my friend, touche.

Ahh.. read the Laws of the Grub Club... there's no restaurants involved, strictly home cooking and banter around a dinner table.

it doesn't matter, there's time... you can come for a beer or two and join, you don't have to host until you are comfortable to do so...

BTW, given that I started the whole thing, I think is only fair that I'll host first

Big kudos for getting things going already Walter!


I've been in my apartment for a year and a half and STILL am lacking a dining table (well, lacking space for it actually ) so don't feel too bad.

Just get a bunch of floor pillows and post that you are having an "Ethiopian style" meal, you'll be all set!

that's the spirit i'd love to see in the Club... pity you are too far away .. is not about the premises, is about the food

Have you though about using a Gemeinschaftszentrum? It would spare the hassle for those who don't have a big dining room, are inexpensive to rent and tend to me centrally located. It would also sort of level the playing field between those who have a fancy fully-equipped kitchen with all the expensive gadgets and, er, those who don't...
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I'm still regaining feeling in my bottom after three weeks on a pillow waiting for the sofa to arrive

I'll check with the boss to find out if he's interested too and RSVP then. Thanks!

it is a good point, unfortunately I don't think it would be in the "spirit" of the whole enterprise.

I may be a bit presumptuous in setting the rules, but we have to start somewhere.

The idea is home cooking and banter. Is not about who has the fancy gadget / big dining room / silverware etc. Is not a competition on who's the best cook. It shouldn't be an hassle to organize. Is not "Come dine with me", there are no prizes for showing off, so I'd hope we don't need to set a set an even playing field among us. Is not catering.
Is done in good spirit to bring like-minded people (God I hate that phrase but I can't think of an equivalent one) together around a dinner table with good food on it.
If the host will only able to accommodate, say, 6 people and there are another 10 guys that we don't have room for, then there will be 2 dinners / lunches organized by 2 hosts....

this is still very much in the infancy, and I'm sure that it will evolve from this starting point, you never know, we may even reach critical mass where we'll decide that yes, we need a big room and proper equipment. On the other hand this would turn what's starting as a social club into catering / banqueting which I think would defy some of the principles of the Club (honestly, who's going to cook for 20 people?)

still, the Gemeinschaftszentrum is a good idea and maybe we'll re-look at it again down the line

no, but you could bring yourself...

Actually, 6? 10? I probably would only have space for a total of 4....