Mark Hix has launched a fair few ventures in the last few years, but one of them has caused more trouble than the others. His project at the Tramshed in Shoreditch has been beset by planning problems and at one time looked like it wasn't going to happen at all.

But now, everything seems to have been Read more

Adam Byatt's Trinity restaurant in Clapham is a South London favourite, and he's now expanding to nearby Abbeville Road with Bistro Union.

The kitchen will be run by head Chef Karl Goward. He's worked at St John Bread and Wine from its launch and before that in NYC at Soho House and the hugely popular Read more

Is the Force strong with you? Then you might be interested in a charity dinner being lovingly themed around a certain sci-fi film series. A group of London food bloggers, including MiMi Aye (meemalee.com), Gail Doggett (onemilliongoldstars.com), and Dan Kingston (foodurchin.blogspot.com) will hold a Read more

With pop-ups literally popping up all over the shop in London, it's sometimes hard to work out which are the ones you really shouldn't miss. One this week in Shoreditch - Nine French Place certainly looks as though it fits that bill.

The chefs are Daniel Morgan, who's worked at Maze and The Square, Read more

Lucky old East Londoners, they're always getting some hip new cafe or restaurant that sounds right up Hot Dinners' street. The latest opening we've heard of is Tuck Shop which will open on Dereham Place in Shoreditch in May.

The chef is Australian Magnus Reid who has most recently been working in the Read more

The influx of American chefs to London may soon see the tide turn in the other direction if a story in this weekend's Telegraph has any merit. It seems that Heston Blumenthal is now in talks to open a restaurant in Manhattan.

Blumenthal featured in the paper over the weekend as writer Matthew Norman Read more

If you weren't paying close attention to Twitter last week you may well have missed the news that Manhattan restaurateur Keith McNally has finally confirmed that he'll be opening a restaurant in London. It's planned for this Autumn and is widely expected to be on the site of the old Theatre Museum in Read more

City favourite 1 Lombard Street has recently undergone a refurbishment and Hot Dinners popped down last week for a preview of the new interior and menu.

Opened in 1998 by former banker Soren Jessen, 1 Lombard Street was one of the early pioneers of large scale dining within the City. Having spent 1 Read more

Big news today with the announcement that Masterchef's Gregg Wallace is opening a restaurant at the Bermondsey Square Hotel. The 80 seat restaurant (with a further 100 seats outdoors) will be called Gregg's Table and will take the place of the hotel's former restaurant Alfie's Kitchen. We hear that Read more