I replied to a similar discussion in April 2023 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35567822#35568411) about a dinner club a friend and I host in our free time.

We work with a single restaurant each month to create a 10-20+ course all inclusive price fixe menu. The food is served family style and is authentic to the region we are hosting. We typically host the dinners on a Tues or Wed when the restaurants in our region aren’t too busy and could use the extra business.

Here’s the 2024 update (I haven’t run the year to date cumulative numbers yet):

* Grew to over 900 members

* Hosting 2 seatings per month

* Served 1,300 guests

* Generated $140k revenue