progressive dinner

American  

noun

1. a dinner party in which each successive course is prepared and eaten at the residence of a different participant.

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progressive dinner British  

noun

1. a meal in which each course is served at the home of a different person

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Example Sentences

TUE Support Neighborcare Health at Pike Market Clinic, progressive dinner through Pike Place Market neighborhood, self-guided tour of tastes at 20 participating restaurants, 5:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times

Each has its own rituals: weeknight dinner, weekend dinner, family dinner, gala dinner, Sunday dinner, birthday dinner, TV dinner, pre-theater dinner, progressive dinner, pancake dinner, picnic dinner, winner winner chicken dinner.

From The New Yorker

Trevor Noah served up a four-course progressive dinner on Tuesday night in another “Too Much News, Too Little Time,” segment, touching on the college admissions cheating scandal, Pelosi’s announcement that she will not seek to impeach President Trump, Mitt Romney’s all-Twinkie birthday cake, and the confrontation between NBA player Russell Westbrook and a heckler.

From Slate

After a leak left the building without gas for nearly a year, Gould proposed an unorthodox idea: Why not have a “progressive” dinner party for the building, a course on every floor, to celebrate the return of a functioning stove?

From New York Times

"I think of it as a monthlong, progressive dinner party, a way for all of us to explore this town and the enormous diversity that we have in terms of food and the people who cook it," said Amy Scattergood, the Times' food editor.

From Los Angeles Times