BOOM Inner Circle | The Separation Point | Private Dining London | October 2026
October 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
What will set the best businesses apart in 2027?
BOOM Inner Circle is a private dining experience for founders, CEOs, Managing Directors and senior leaders who value serious conversations, trusted relationships and being around the right people.
This October, as 2026 moves into its final quarter, we return to Smith & Wollensky, London, for an evening built around one question:
What will set the best businesses apart in 2027?
Not the busiest businesses.
Not necessarily the biggest.
The best.
The businesses that become more trusted, more referred, more visible to the right people and better positioned for the opportunities ahead.
Because in business, success is rarely shaped by activity alone.
It is shaped by reputation, timing, decisions, relationships, and the conversations you are close enough to be part of.
This Month’s Theme
The Separation Point
Most leaders will enter 2027 with plans, targets and forecasts.
This dinner asks a sharper question:
What creates separation?
Why do some businesses become the obvious choice?
Why do some leaders hear about opportunities before they reach the wider market?
Why do some companies generate warmer referrals, stronger partnerships and better introductions?
And why do some rooms create momentum that cold outreach, content and paid ads simply cannot replicate?
At this Inner Circle dinner, we’ll explore the commercial advantage of proximity, trust, reputation, clarity and consistency.
This is not a planning session.
It is not coaching.
It is not a mastermind.
It is a private dinner for established leaders who understand that the people around you can change what becomes possible.
Visibility gets you seen. Proximity gets you chosen.
Who Will Be In The Room
Every Inner Circle dinner is intentionally curated.
Around the table you’ll typically find founders, CEOs, managing directors and senior leaders running established businesses across a range of sectors.
Some are scaling.
Some have exited.
Some are building leadership teams.
Some are positioning for a stronger 2027.
All are there for the same reason: to be part of a better business conversation with people worth knowing.
No pitching.
No forced networking.
No room full of people trying to sell at each other.
Just a smaller, more selective environment where trust can build, conversations can go further, and relationships have space to compound.
Because one dinner can start a conversation.
Consistency is where the advantage builds.
Hosted by Paul Bulloch & Gary Dawes
The evening is curated and hosted by Paul Bulloch and Gary Dawes, co-creators of BOOM.
Their role is to shape the room well, guide the conversation intelligently and ensure the evening remains valuable, relaxed and genuinely enjoyable.
Because the quality of an evening like this is not just the venue or the food.
It is who sits around the table, what gets discussed and how the room is held.
The Experience
The evening takes place within the private dining rooms at Smith & Wollensky, London.
Your ticket includes:
- Welcome drink on arrival
- Premium private dining experience
- Wine served with dinner
Beer and soft drinks throughout the evening
Curated discussion around the evening’s theme
A carefully selected room of founders, CEOs and senior leaders
The aim is simple:
A strong room.
A beautiful setting.
A conversation worth being there for.
Access & Membership
BOOM Inner Circle is primarily a membership experience.
Members attend curated private dining evenings like this throughout the year, alongside access to BOOM Networking, Signature Events, The BOOM Room and selected member benefits.
For this dinner, we are releasing a small number of First-Time Access places for leaders who would like to experience the room before deciding whether Inner Circle is the right fit.
First-Time Access – £195 + VAT
If you continue as an Inner Circle member within 7 days, your First-Time Access fee will count as your first month of membership.
Inner Circle Membership – £195 + VAT per month
Membership includes:
- Curated Inner Circle private dining experiences throughout the year
- A consistent peer group of founders, CEOs and senior leaders
- Full BOOM Club membership, including BOOM Networking events
- Access to BOOM Signature Events
- Access to The BOOM Room private online community
- Priority access to future BOOM experiences and retreats
- BOOM partner perks and member benefits
Places are intentionally limited and all bookings remain subject to approval, to protect the quality of the room.
Evening Schedule
18:30 – Arrival drinks & introductions
19:00 – Guests seated for dinner
20:00 – Curated conversation & discussion around the table
21:30 – Official close
Many guests continue conversations afterwards.
Access & Availability
This dinner is best suited to founders, CEOs, managing directors and senior leaders running established businesses, typically with £1m+ revenue or equivalent scale.
If you are looking for another networking event, this probably is not it.
If you understand that the right room is not a luxury, but leverage, we would be delighted to welcome you.
Places are limited and subject to approval by BOOM.
