by Lauren Levy

For Chris Schembra, it all started with a homemade pasta sauce. Back in 2015, after returning to New York from staging a play in Italy, Schembra spontaneously tried out a new recipe. He then invited 15 close friends to gather around his dinner table and test it out. "They liked the sauce, and they liked meeting each other, and I fell in love with connecting people around my dinner table," says Schembra.

After 55 dinners and 960 fed mouths, the 747 Club is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Though these weekly dinners continue to be held at Schembra's apartment for close friends, businesses now hire him to put on dinner parties for their employees as a means of promoting team bonding. The purpose remains the same: to connect people to each other through food.

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