What is it like to eat when you cannot see your food that is the challenge the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association hopes people in Dundee will be willing to take up when it holds a special fundraiser.
Participants will have to eat in complete darkness mimicking the conditions blind people have to cope with.
Ally Taylor, chairman of the Dundee volunteer fundraising branch, said: ”This will be a unique experience for the guests and is already creating a great deal of interest from many parties.
”We want the night to have a serious purpose in creating awareness of the challenges facing blind and partially-sighted people, as well as raising much-needed funds. Equally, we want this to be a fun and memorable occasion.
”The idea originated in France several years ago and I understand it is still going strong there. While there is a restaurant in London called Dining in the Dark with very mixed reviews online, as far as I am aware this has never before been tried in Scotland.
”The aim is to give people an experience of what it is like to eat while not being able to see anything. Everyone will of course know what they are eating so as to cater for allergies.”
Dinner in the Dark will be held at Invercarse Hotel on October 19. Guests will be greeted by a guide dog guard of honour and there will be a speech before dinner is served.
The lights will be dimmed between courses, but switched off while people are eating. The meal will be followed by a dance and a raffle.
The event will be formally launched at Dundee Flower and Food Festival this weekend.
The fundraising branch is hoping to attract diners, sponsors and donors for raffle prizes. Mr Taylor can be contacted at allytaylor48@btinternet.com.
Guides Dogs has dog training centres in Forfar, Edinburgh and Hamilton, along with more than 1,500 volunteers at fundraising branches across the country.
The charity also campaigns for better access to services and transport for blind and partially-sighted people.