We ask ten questions. None of them are about your occupation or income.
The application exists to understand how you engage with food, with hospitality, with unfamiliar company. We want to know what you remember from meaningful meals. We want to know what you believe about the role of the table in human connection.
There are no right answers. There are only answers that reveal whether you have thought about these questions before, and whether your thinking is interesting.
We read every application. There is no algorithm, no keyword filter, no automated sorting. A small team reviews each submission individually, looking for curiosity, for generosity, for the specific kind of openness that transforms a dinner from consumption into experience.
Rejection does not mean inadequacy. It may mean timing—a particular residency may benefit from a different composition. It may mean geography—we may not yet operate in your region. It may mean the honest acknowledgment that our program is not for everyone, and that is by design.
The application is the beginning of a conversation. We take it seriously because we take our guests seriously.