The Gourmet Detective

The Gourmet Detective has been a professional in the food and murder business since 1990. What makes us unique is our emphasis on the patron's overall experience. Our murder mystery characters interact and "play" with interested audience members during the show while serving up and elegant dinner as the mystery unfolds. Once inside the stylish dining atmosphere, you'll sit back and enjoy a visual feast of authentic costuming, sets and live period music. Our professionally scripted, audience participation mysteries have won awards and rave reviews (Winner of bot the Critic's Choice Award for "Best Dinner Theater" adn the "Best Kept Secret" Award from Orange Coast Magazine, and "Best of the West...Best Mystery Dinner Theater" from Sunset Magazine). The Gourmet Detective is celebrating its 19th year of mystery and mayhem in Orange County, CA. Opened November 2, 1990 with the Bogart parody Murder at the Cafe Noir. We have premiered eight comical murder mysteries including, Death Under Cover, Mumm's the World, A Case of Do or Die, Abra Cadaver, Noir Suspicions, Your Dinner or Your Life, Stay Tuned for Murder, and the current original production of Darling, You Slay Me. November 3, 2008 marks the beginning of our second season in Southern California at the Avila Terrace Theatre across from The Mission Inn in Riverside, CA.