Mona Supper Club and Mona Lab return to Athens this November, bringing Emily Dobbs and more to know

MONA SUPPER CLUB RETURNS WITH SEYCHELLES AND EMILY DOBBS FOR A ONE-NIGHT DINNER IN ATHENS

12 November | Mona Supper Club

From the Greek countryside to Sri Lanka, two culinary worlds meet over a vegetarian dinner at Mona Athens.

Athens, Greece – November 2026.

Mona Supper Club returns on Thursday 12 November with a dinner bringing together Athens restaurant Seychelles and London-based chef and cookbook author Emily Dobbs. For one evening, our favourite restaurant will share Mona’s kitchen with Dobbs, preparing a vegetarian menu inspired by Greek cooking traditions and the spices of Sri Lanka.

For thirteen years, Seychelles has made a home for Greece’s regional recipes in the heart of Athens. Its three chef-patrons come from different culinary backgrounds. Kleomenis Zournantzis brings his knowledge of wine and the Athenian dining scene, while Giannis Markadakis draws on a career spanning Europe and New York, including the Michelin-starred restaurant Junoon. Alongside them is Fotis Foteinoglou, who first opened Seychelles and has helped shape the warm atmosphere for which the restaurant is known.
Joining them at Mona is Emily Dobbs, whose cooking has been shaped by a longstanding fascination with Sri Lankan cuisine. In 2017, she founded Weligama, a food venture that went on to inspire her first cookbook, Weligama: Recipes from Sri
Lanka. Her second, The Spice Box, followed in 2023. Through residencies and collaborations in London, New York and across Europe, she has developed a way of cooking that brings Sri Lankan spices and flavours together with the local produce of each place.

For this edition of Mona Supper Club, the chefs will draw on the ingredients, traditions and memories that have shaped their cooking. With just 50 seats available, the evening begins with a welcome drink at 19:00, before guests sit down to a multi-course vegetarian dinner created for the occasion. For a more complete experience, Seychelles will offer a wine pairing alongside the meal. Signed copies of Emily’s cookbooks will be available to purchase during the evening.

On Saturday, 14 November, Emily will lead The Spice Box Workshop, the first event of MONA LAB, House of Shila’s new cultural programme. Moving from the kitchen to painting, she’ll introduce participants to the possibilities of spices as natural pigments, using turmeric, paprika and cinnamon to experiment with colour and mark-making.

EVENT DETAILS
Mona Supper Club: Seychelles × Emily Dobbs
Date: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Start time: 19:00
Location: Mona Athens, Kakourgodikiou 4, Psirri

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