appetite for change.
Alan joined the Raeburn Supper Club last summer. It’s lovely to be a wee part of a group again,” he says. “When you lose someone – my wife Catherine died two years ago – it’s good to meet people who have gone through the same thing. It’s amazing what you can bring into the conversation over something to eat; nobody shies away from it. But really, it’s just good to talk to people – and the food is always a big point of conversation.”
Set up by Diane Goudie and Yvonne Carvel over 25 years ago, the Raeburn Supper Club invites people to join its lively calendar of dinners and suppers at restaurants in Edinburgh and Glasgow – both buzzing destinations for food lovers and easy to access.
“We set up an alternative to a dating site, with the emphasis on friendship and sharing food together,” says Diane, who met Yvonne at university when they were studying law. “The club attracts over-50s who are sociable and like going out for meals in interesting restaurants. They may have been single for some time, divorced or widowed.”
“You have to psych yourself up to walk into a room of strangers, but food is a common bond”