Multisensory Dining Experiences
What’s Special About Multisensory Dining?
Imagine dining as more than just a standard bite to eat. Taste, smell, sight, sound, and touch come together to create an unforgettable culinary adventure that transcends the ordinary. We craft immersive, multi-sensory feasts that blend storytelling with gastronomy, transforming your food into a journey of delight and discovery. It's a celebration of everything joyful about being human, enhanced for your ultimate pleasure.
Typically, multi-course dinners, these food adventures are more than what’s just on the plate. We invoke the senses and match food, drink, entertainment and décor in ways which are entirely unexpected, breathing life into a story as you feast on sumptuous, culinary creations.
So, What's Taken into Consideration When Planning a Multisensory Dining Experience?
Your Dinner Plan is Ready to be up-graded
We begin with in-depth conversations that uncover not just your vision, but the creative approach. We consider portion size / structure (e.g., 7-course, 12-course) and the foundations of the meal.
We provide structured oversight that aligns creative ambition with timing, logistics, and financial guidance (e.g., standard, premium, ultra-luxury). Upgrades and minimum numbers.
Through longstanding relationships with the world’s most sought-after creatives and suppliers, we secure exceptional collaborators and establish who is best for your brief, from the lead chef to sensory design collaborators (sound designers, scent artists, lighting specialists and any brand placement/partners).
A fully developed plan of what you will receive including:
Venue options
Menu design
Staffing
Theatre and Entertainment
Audiovisual equipment and production
Transportation of materials
Delivery of Event
Health, Safety & Dietary Accommodations
Our Multisensory dining experiences offer an exciting adventure for all guests. We cater for all dietary requirements and take the health and safety of all guests incredibly seriously.
Planning Process
Whilst each dining experience is unique, our planning process takes a similar format:
Initial consultation
Concept development
Tasting/proofing
Final design
Event execution
Is there a minimum guest count?
No, there is no minimum guest count, though Multisensory dining works best for intimate numbers or for tables where guests can interact together. We will guide you on the best solution for your guest numbers.
Venue and Setting
Choosing the perfect venue or location takes time and careful consideration. We have a full collection of unique options which are ideal for intimate dining experiences. Multisensory dining works well for groups that can share in the finer details, so numbers from 2 – 100 people are ideal, though larger groups can be accommodated.
Find The Perfect Venue
At Home?
Alternatively, our multi-sensory dining experiences work well at home, for smaller numbers. We can bring the excitement of a Michelin-starred restaurant experience and extraordinary design to your home and take care of every single detail. Whether inside or in your gardens, we gurantee a magical time.
We work with the utmost discretion.
Plan A Dinner PartyWe work with the utmost discretion.
Narrative
We love crafting new narratives but also excel at bringing existing stories to life, through food, such as 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. We’ve also produced dining experiences that bring a product to the dining table, and others which are developed around a certain beverage, such as rum or whisky.
Engage The Senses
To reach true levels of immersion, it is importing to invoke the senses. We will recommend a full range of sensory enhancements which will elevate your dinner from a simple meal to a food adventure, from scents to frequency which literally change what you taste on your palette.
“Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It’s a grain. It’s like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.”
A Note to Consider
Multisensory dining is more than simply putting food on the plate. To elevate the whole experience it's important to consider all elements including the setting, atmosphere, production, location, comfort and intimate details, such as what utensils each course is eaten with. You should look at a multisensory dining experience as a mini production in itself, and remember to budget accordingly.
Venue and Setting
Choosing the perfect venue or location takes time and careful consideration. We have a full collection of unique options which are ideal for intimate dining experiences. Multisensory dining works well for groups that can share in the finer details, so numbers from 2 – 100 people are ideal, though larger groups can be accommodated.
Find The Perfect VenueAt Home?
Alternatively, our multi-sensory dining experiences work well at home, for smaller numbers. We can bring the excitement of a Michelin-starred restaurant experience and extraordinary design to your home and take care of every single detail. Whether inside or in your gardens, we gurantee a magical time.
Plan A Dinner PartyIntegration
We love to reach levels of the sublime in our work and are committed to developing our designs in line with current trends and production integration. It's all about inviting people to experience things they wouldn't do in their every day lives, such as using music to change the way an ingredient tastes or how texture can trick the brain.
We will ensure your experience stand out for all the right reasons, highly polished and authentically brilliant.
Audio, Media & DesignWe will ensure your experience stand out for all the right reasons, highly polished and authentically brilliant.
“your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
Time and Traditions
We pay particular attention to the pace and place we're working in, for when both work in harmony incredible things happen. Multisensory dining requires space to breathe, usually across multiple courses and can take place at any time of the day; they traverse the standard three course meal. And traditions of the place we're working in, or story brought to life, are a wonderful addition, such as the joy of drinking tea in England.
“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”
Personalisation
It must be about you. We see through your eyes and ensure every single thing is more than "ok" - because life should be about brilliant, bespoke experiences. We weave your personality through the experience, which should be a celebration of all things you love. This would be a celebration of flavour, olfactory delights and visual aids which will make your senses and joy pheromones buzz.
Calling Upon The Power of Nostalgia
There is nothing more rewarding than tasting your favourite food or sipping a beautiful wine – food is the joy of life – but these things are more than food because they trigger nostalgia, memories that transport us to moments in our history. Were you away that your nose plays a vital role in what you actually taste, with olfactory notes punctuating your palette calling upon your sensory glossary; scent can trigger your mood, emotion and even invoke love.
Entertainment
Our multi-sensory dining experience are theatrical by nature, which means your guests will be on the edge of their seats throughout. We have the most talented entertainers that add dramatic flair and variation throughout dinner. This entertainment is curated in line with the narrative, enhancing the menu and creating vital breaks between courses.
Unique, Ecletic Entertainment 
Floral and Habitat
We love to use a full range of design services to complement multisensory gastronomy. Here at The Events Mill we are equipped to develop the most compelling and visually stunning design, on-the-table texture and installation flowers that add textural variety and habitat relevant to the menu. From fauna to floral, our creations are relevant to the design itself, not just a sprinkling must-have.
“I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream… I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people’s tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.”
Mark Twain
4. Our access and unique connections
To be able to do what we do we must collaborate, and we are proud of the relationships we’ve made over the years. These special bonds throughout the world enable unprecedented and exclusive access to private properties, extraordinary experiences and that extra special magic that money alone can’t buy.
Narrative
We love crafting new narratives but also excel at bringing existing stories to life, through food, such as 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. We’ve also produced dining experiences that bring a product to the dining table, and others which are developed around a certain beverage, such as rum or whisky.
A Note to Consider
Multisensory dining is more than simply putting food on the plate. To elevate the whole experience it's important to consider all elements including the setting, atmosphere, production, location, comfort and intimate details, such as what utensils each course is eaten with. You should look at a multisensory dining experience as a mini production in itself, and remember to budget accordingly.
“Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It’s a grain. It’s like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.”
Engage The Senses
To reach true levels of immersion, it is importing to invoke the senses. We will recommend a full range of sensory enhancements which will elevate your dinner from a simple meal to a food adventure, from scents to frequency which literally change what you taste on your palette.
“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”
Integration
We love to reach levels of the sublime in our work and are committed to developing our designs in line with current trends and production integration. It's all about inviting people to experience things they wouldn't do in their every day lives, such as using music to change the way an ingredient tastes or how texture can trick the brain.
We will ensure your experience stand out for all the right reasons, highly polished and authentically brilliant.
Audio, Media & DesignWe will ensure your experience stand out for all the right reasons, highly polished and authentically brilliant.
Personalisation
It must be about you. We see through your eyes and ensure every single thing is more than "ok" - because life should be about brilliant, bespoke experiences. We weave your personality through the experience, which should be a celebration of all things you love. This would be a celebration of flavour, olfactory delights and visual aids which will make your senses and joy pheromones buzz.
“I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream… I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people’s tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.”
Mark Twain
Calling Upon The Power of Nostalgia
There is nothing more rewarding than tasting your favourite food or sipping a beautiful wine – food is the joy of life – but these things are more than food because they trigger nostalgia, memories that transport us to moments in our history. Were you away that your nose plays a vital role in what you actually taste, with olfactory notes punctuating your palette calling upon your sensory glossary; scent can trigger your mood, emotion and even invoke love.
Time and Traditions
We pay particular attention to the pace and place we're working in, for when both work in harmony incredible things happen. Multisensory dining requires space to breathe, usually across multiple courses and can take place at any time of the day; they traverse the standard three course meal. And traditions of the place we're working in, or story brought to life, are a wonderful addition, such as the joy of drinking tea in England.
Entertainment
Our multi-sensory dining experience are theatrical by nature, which means your guests will be on the edge of their seats throughout. We have the most talented entertainers that add dramatic flair and variation throughout dinner. This entertainment is curated in line with the narrative, enhancing the menu and creating vital breaks between courses.
Unique, Eclectic EntertainmentFloral and Habitat
We love to use a full range of design services to complement multisensory gastronomy. Here at The Events Mill we are equipped to develop the most compelling and visually stunning design, on-the-table texture and installation flowers that add textural variety and habitat relevant to the menu. From fauna to floral, our creations are relevant to the design itself, not just a sprinkling must-have.
Go All Out Immersive
Plan An Immersive Showcase Like Never Before
Now you've discovered multisensory gastronomy, incorporate this into a fully immersive showcase and elevate your experience across all design disciplines. From video mapping to theatrical set design, prosthetic makeup to costume seen in the movies, you'll find all you need here.
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The Events Meal
There's No One Better Than Us To Cater Your Event
To master multisensory dining is not all about design but expertise in delivery. We have a luxury, in-house catering service, The Events Meal, to deliver these experiences enabling us to control the quality and creativity this gastronomy requires. Discover how we can transform and elevate your food experience.
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