CNE will be the first festival in Canada to host a 'dinner in the sky' experience in Toronto
The 2025 CNE will be the first festival in Canada to host a “dinner in the sky” experience that seats you at a table 150 ft. above ground.
Well, that’s one way to interpret the term “elevated dining.”
Toronto is already abuzz with excitement for the 2025 CNE, which kicks off its 18-day run on Aug. 15, bringing all the outrageous eats, rickety rollercoasters, and people-watching you could dream of back to the exhibition grounds.
However, one of the most outrageous meals to enter the CNE lineup this year has nothing to do with vomitrocious flavour pairings or burgers being sandwiches between insert-dessert-item-here, and everything to do with where you’ll be eating it.
Making its first-ever appearance at the CNE this summer, the festival is introducing Dinner in the Sky, which sends diners soaring 150 ft. in the air, surrounded by panoramic views of the festival while they tuck into a meal.
Dinner in the Sky experiences have been around for years, popular in cities like Dubai, Punta Cana, and Tokyo, and Toronto has even seen the concept before, but the CNE will become the first-ever festival in Canada to offer such an experience.
Each intimate dinner — or should we say, “flight” — seats up to 22 people around a large, suspended table where the chef, in the centre, prepares your meal.
The flights start at 3 p.m. each day of the festival, and visitors can choose from a variety of themed dinners and cocktail-forward events, with tickets priced from $110 to $345.
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You can choose from a simple cocktail hour, a light charcuterie meal, Spanish tapas, or the “full experience,” so no matter what you’re in the mood for, you can consume it 45 metres above ground. Appetizing.
The flights take place at the Stanley Barracks on the Hotel X grounds, and, as a bonus, tickets to Dinner in the Sky also grant you access to the CNE, so you can explore the grounds (and you’ll be very appreciative of the concept of “ground,” once you land) after your meal.
Tickets for Dinner in the Sky are on sale through the CNE’s website now.
Dinner in the Sky
When: Friday, Aug. 15 to Monday, Sept. 1
Time: 3 to 8:45 p.m.
Where: Stanley Barracks, 115 Princes’ Blvd.
Admission: $110 to $345
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