{"id":10,"date":"2026-10-03T00:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/planning-a-private-dinner-a-simple-checklist\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:56","slug":"planning-a-private-dinner-a-simple-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/planning-a-private-dinner-a-simple-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning a private dinner: a simple checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A private dinner is easier to plan than it looks. Work through this list with the restaurant and nothing important gets missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Six to eight weeks ahead:<\/strong> choose a date, the number of guests and whether you need a private room or the whole restaurant.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Four weeks ahead:<\/strong> agree a set menu with the chef, including vegetarian and vegan choices.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Two weeks ahead:<\/strong> collect your guests\u2019 allergies and dietary needs and send them to the restaurant.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>One week ahead:<\/strong> confirm final numbers, drinks, timings, any speeches and a cake if you are bringing one.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>On the day:<\/strong> arrive a little early to check the table and the seating plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask about deposits, minimum spends and cancellation terms when you book, so there are no surprises later. Every restaurant sets its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birthday, team dinner or family gathering: what to decide, and when, so the evening runs smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-savor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}