There is something about putting Housewives around a dinner table that makes everything go completely off the rails. Here are some of the wildest meals from Beverly Hills, New York, New Jersey, Orange County, and Salt Lake City.
1. RHOBH — The Dinner Party From Hell
Season 1
Camille Grammer hosts what should be an elegant dinner in Malibu and invites psychic medium Allison DuBois. Kyle Richards brings Faye Resnick. Then Allison starts making predictions about Kyle’s marriage, Camille and Faye go after each other, and the entire evening becomes one of the most iconic dinners in reality television history.
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2. RHONJ — Teresa Flips the Table
Season 1
Danielle Staub’s presence at Teresa Giudice’s dinner party is already enough to make everyone uncomfortable. Then Danielle tells Teresa to “pay attention,” Teresa loses her mind, screams “Prostitution whore!” and flips the entire table. It remains one of the most recognizable Housewives moments ever.
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3. RHOBH — The Amsterdam Dinner
Season 5
Dinner in Amsterdam takes a spectacular turn when Kim Richards and Lisa Rinna get into it. Kim brings up Harry Hamlin, Rinna demands they talk about the husband, and things escalate until Rinna throws a wine glass and lunges across the table. This is the dinner where “Let’s talk about the husband” became Housewives history.
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4. RHONY — Scary Island
Season 3
The women are supposed to be enjoying dinner in St. John. Instead, Kelly Bensimon is behaving increasingly bizarrely, Bethenny Frankel is completely fed up, and the evening spirals into one of the strangest group dinners the franchise has ever produced. Eventually Bethenny is screaming at Kelly to go to sleep. Dinner has officially ceased to matter.
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5. RHOC — Naked Wasted
Season 4
Tamra Barney hosts an elaborate seven-course dinner with a tequila tasting, supposedly to help determine whether Gretchen Rossi is really the person Tamra thinks she is. Tamra and Vicki Gunvalson keep the tequila flowing, Gretchen gets increasingly drunk, and the whole thing turns ugly. This is one of the most disturbing examples of Housewives using dinner as a setup for drama.
6. RHOC — The Quiet Woman
Season 12
Tamra organizes a dinner at The Quiet Woman to help Shannon Beador and Lydia McLaughlin make peace. Then Kelly Dodd crashes the dinner. Shannon and Kelly end up fighting about Shannon’s weight, and Shannon eventually throws her plate across the table. The restaurant may be called The Quiet Woman, but this dinner is anything but quiet.
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7. RHONY — The Berkshires
Season 8
The women descend on Dorinda Medley’s Berkshires home for what should be a cozy weekend. Instead, dinner turns into a succession of arguments, drunken behavior, and hurt feelings, with Dorinda eventually reaching the point where everyone learns exactly what happens when you make it nice and then ruin it.
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8. RHOSLC — The Met Gala Luncheon
Season 1
Mary Cosby hosts an absurdly elaborate Met Gala-themed luncheon, complete with decorations and a very Mary-specific interpretation of high society. Then the women start fighting and the luncheon becomes another example of Salt Lake City’s particular talent for turning an event that should be completely ridiculous into something even more ridiculous.
9. RHOBH — Dinner Party From Hell Part Two
Season 11
Kathy Hilton hosts a dinner party that quickly becomes another Dinner Party From Hell. Erika Jayne’s legal problems are discussed, Sutton Stracke is put on the spot, and the women spend the evening circling around increasingly uncomfortable questions. It doesn’t quite reach the insanity of the original, but it earned the title for a reason.
10. RHONY — The Newport Ravioli Dinner
Season 12
Tinsley Mortimer hosts dinner on the women’s last night in Newport, Rhode Island. Ramona Singer gets distracted by a man at the bar, the dinner starts going completely off the rails, and Leah McSweeney eventually throws a ravioli at Ramona. Yes, a ravioli. Bravo even promoted the moment as one of the wildest dinner parties in RHONY history.
Housewives should really stop eating together.
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