Diners and chefs at the inaugural Baton Rouge Dinner Lab event in April. Photos by Lucie Monk/Courtesy Dinner Lab
A few months into its tenure in Baton Rouge, the Dinner Lab is off to a great start.
“The enthusiasm has been overwhelming,” says Zach Kupperman, Dinner Lab’s co-founder and chief business officer. “It’s one of the smallest cities where we operate, but it’s one of strongest, as well. Not just in terms of numbers, but the speed with which tickets have sold out.”
Founded in 2012 in New Orleans, Dinner Lab is a concept that checks all boxes in the world of gastronomic trendiness. Talented chefs who don’t yet have their own restaurants cook inventive menus in a spontaneous location—for one night only. Member diners buy tickets to one of two seatings and they gather around long group tables. Conversation is natural among Dinner Lab patrons, and the vibe is cheerful and interesting, Kupperman says.