Adjoa Andoh, Bevy Smith, and  Golda Rosheuvel,  Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury

Atlanta: Bevy Smith’s Bridgerton Dinner 

Bevy Smith has spent years turning dinner into a cultural institution; this latest chapter simply brought the ton to the table.

On Tuesday, February 3, as Bridgerton returned for a new chapter, Netflix and Shondaland partnered with personality and host Bevy Smith for an intimate evening in Atlanta, staged as a special edition of her ongoing Dinner With Bevy series. 

The night honored Bridgerton: Season 4 stars Adjoa Andoh and Golda Rosheuvel, whose Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury have quietly redefined what power, age, and Black royalty can look like on a global stage.

A regal Dinner With Bevy

Timed to the start of Black History Month and set inside Atlanta’s historic Wimbish House, the evening felt less like a press stop and more like a living-room salon—albeit one with tiaras in the DNA. Smith’s Dinner With Bevy concept has always been about more than menus; it’s her signature way of getting boldface names and rising talent into the same room, lowering the temperature, and coaxing out the kind of candid conversation that rarely survives a step‑and‑repeat.

For this chapter, the brief was simple: celebrate the legacy Andoh and Rosheuvel have built over four seasons of Bridgerton, and honor the Black women whose poise and politics anchor the show’s fantasy. The regal theme was reflected in the guest list as much as the florals and string arrangements.

The Atlanta ton arrives

Atlanta showed up in full finery. Former mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined actors Lynn Whitfield and Terri J. Vaughn, alongside Beauty in Black’s Taylor Polidore. Reality TV royalty rounded out the room, including Cynthia Bailey and Miss Lawrence of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Dr. Jackie of Married to Medicine.

The media and culture world was equally well represented: New York Times best‑selling author Charles Blow shared space with CultureCon founder and CEO Imani Ellis, underscoring how Bridgerton’s impact lives as much in think pieces and conferences as it does in cosplay and TikToks.

Guests were greeted by live acoustic strings from violinist Jeremy Green, a classical nod that set the tone without ever tipping into pastiche. It felt like stepping into a chamber recital where everyone also knew Season 4 spoilers.

Bevy in conversation

At the center of it all was Bevy Smith doing what she does best: moderating a conversation that feels like confidences over cocktails, even when the cameras are rolling. The Q&A traced Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury’s evolution over four seasons—how two supporting roles became the emotional spine of a blockbuster—and dug into the deep, on‑screen friendship between Andoh and Rosheuvel that mirrors their real‑life bond.

The discussion also looked ahead, teasing this season’s romance between Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson, and Sophie Baek, played by Yerin Ha. If Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury have given audiences a blueprint for mature, Black, and unapologetically powerful womanhood, Benedict and Sophie promise a different kind of fantasy: an artist and a working‑class heroine negotiating class, desire, and the rules of their world.

The Bevy Smith touch

For readers new to the series, Dinner With Bevy is Smith’s long‑running, self‑created franchise: an intimate dinner‑party format that mixes celebrities, executives, and creatives at one long table and encourages them to drop their media training at the door. Over the years, she’s used the series to bridge fashion, television, politics, and Black cultural life, making space for the kind of candor that doesn’t always fit into a standard press junket.

This collaboration with Netflix and Shondaland shows how that format can be used to honor legacy as well as launch campaigns. Instead of a standard screening, Atlanta got a night that treated Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury not just as characters, but as part of the larger story of Black women’s visibility in period drama—and of who gets to be at the center of a Regency fantasy.

Bridgerton: Season 4, Part 1 is now streaming on Netflix.