The Craft Guild of Chefs may be an industry guild, but it's always interesting to see who other chefs rate in their profession. The guild, which sees over 1500 chefs and restaurant workers vote in the majority of categories, has just announced its shortlists for their 2012 awards and London restaurants Read more
The restaurant at Claridges has been the focus of much speculation as Gordon Ramsay's tenure is due to end this year. While we're waiting to hear who will be taking up the reins full-time, news has reached us of a huge event taking place during Read more
Looks like East London's coffee houses are expanding their market. Workshop Coffee Co (formerly known as St Ali) is the second place we've heard of in as many weeks (Shoreditch's Ozone was the first) which is extending its menu to include interesting beers, wines and hot food in addition to all manner Read more
If you're around in Brixton at the weekend, you might want to swing by the market for a new stall that's opening up this Saturday.
London French Dip will serve up LA-style meat sandwiches in baguettes which have been dipped in the roasting juices. It's run by food journalist Rosie Birkett and her friend Read more
Chase Distillery have been making a name for themselves recently, not least for their marmalade vodka. And soon they're coming to town with a new terrace bar in Harvey Nichols. The idea is to evoke the lovely Herefordshire countryside that the vodka's made in, whilst sitting high above the Knightsbridge Read more
Back in the 1990's a young man by the name of Valentine Warner indulged his love of pizza by working as a waiter in his local PizzaExpress restaurant. Fast forward two decades and Valentine is back at PizzaExpress, this time working in the kitchen designing two new pizzas for the menu.
Big news for fans of London's street food collective, Eat St: they're heading for a new London residency, but this time it's Chelsea rather than Peckham. Last year various vans set up shop at the Rye Hotel in Peckham - but they've gone upmarket this year taking over The Imperial Arms on King's Road. Read more
We particularly like the sound of the British bar snacks that'll be on offer at a new hotel restaurant spot, the Reform Social and Grill in Marylebone. Located in the Mandeville Hotel on Mandeville Place, the snacks include duck faggots with game chips, crispy lamb bacon with mint jelly, Welsh Wagyu Read more
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