Night + Market has become something of a big thing in LA - and now the chef behind it is bringing elements of it to London for the first time.
The original Night + Market has seen its share of celebrity guests (including Gwyneth Paltrow and Leonardi DiCaprio) and its chef, Kris Yenbamroong, comes from the family that launched Talesai, seen as LA's first mainstream Thai resta…
Read more: Chet's sees LA's Night + Market chef come to London for a Thai meets Americana pop-up
She's best known to TV audiences as the oh-so-exacting judge from Bake Off: The Professionals. But now Cherish Finden is realising her dream of opening her first standalone patisserie in London.
SHIOK! (it's pronounced Shook) will be a Singapore-influenced patisserie located in the new Pan Pacific hotel in Bishopsgate. It's something of a homecoming for Finden who first worked at the Pan Pacific…
Read more: Shiok! will be TV chef Cherish Finden's new patisserie in Bishopsgate
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With two big (and popular) Peruvian restaurants to their name, the people behind Pachamama are trying something new. This time they're going Greek.
Their new Notting Hill restaurant is called Zephyr (that's named after the Greek god of the west wind) and the team are promising a restaurant that's inspired by Grecian culture. In charge of the kitchen is Exec…
Read more: Zephyr is coming to Notting Hill from the Pachamama Group
19/5/21 - Updated with the opening date
Hot off the back of the huge success that Bunsik has had in Charing Cross with its corndogs, we now have the Korean giant Myungrang Hot Dog heading our way. With branches dotted all over the world from the Philippines to Singapore and Taiwan, the new restaurant in Angel will be the group's first restaurant in the UK.
So, what can you expect? Apparently thei…
19/5/22 - Updated with the opening date
There was some concerned murmuring in Wimbledon Village when much-loved French restaurant The White Onion announced its closure on Instagram just last week. The good news is the site won’t be empty long, with the Gladwin Brothers to open their latest venture, called The Black Sheep.
If you’re new to the Gladwin story, as the name suggests, they’re three bro…
Read more: Gladwin Brothers to open The Black Sheep in Wimbledon Village
18/5/21 - Updated with the opening date
They've been popular in Chelsea (they even got a visit from Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston) and now Mexican restaurant and bar Mezcalito is heading to Newington Green.
Food-wise, it'll be the same as the original - a mix of tacos, quesadillas, burritos and small plates. That includes:
Read more: Mezcalito Mexican bar and restaurant comes to Newington Green
Rooftop restaurant Seabird has unveiled a new seafood-led brunch. We take a seat on their balcony, gaze across London and tuck in. …
Read more: Test Driving Seabird's Sky-High brunch (and martini mountain)
Here at Hot Dinners we've long been thinking we'd love to do a trip to Derbyshire to visit Chatsworth (the alleged inspiration for Jane Austen's Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice). But it's a fair old distance from London and we just haven't got around to it yet.
Happily for us, the team from the Duke and Devonshire's estate are making the trip down to London instead. As part of the Jubilee celebr…
Read more: Chatsworth is popping up at Sotheby's with a Jubilee menu
Not seen since the heady pre-Pandemic days, popular North London cheese and wine store Provisions has decided to bring back its wine bar. For three nights each week the Holloway Road shop will transform from a store to a casual wine bar.
There'll be room for 20 folk to sit up at the counter to enjoy a wine offering that's focused on organic and biodynamic wine. Of course there's food to go along…
Read more: Provisions on Holloway Road is bringing back its wine bar
The people behind Tamila in Hackney, Chef Prince Durairaj and Glen Leeson (both ex Roti King), are heading to Islington for their next opening - The Tamil Prince.
They're taking over what used to be The Cuckoo pub in the middle of Barnsbury and are transforming it into a pub showcasing South Asian cuisine, which they say is underrepresented in the area (as locals, we'd have to agree).…
Read more: The Tamil Prince is a new Islington pub from ex-Roti King team
18/05/21 - updated with Marylebone opening date
Fans of Lina Stores, the distinctive pistachio-green pasta restaurant and deli, are being rewarded with a couple of new openings.
First up (and open now), Lina Stores City has taken over the Bloomberg Arcade site that was previously home to Andrew Wong’s Michelin-starred Kym’s restaurant (which Andrew Wong decided not to re-open…
Read more: Lina Stores expands its pasta empire to The City and Marylebone
18/5/22 - Updated with the opening date
We only heard a few weeks back about the closure of Flor in Borough (although they do still have their bakery in Bermondsey) but a replacement has been lined up already. Flor was backed by JKS so it's no real surprise to see another JKS restaurant is poised to fill the gap, Berenjak.
Berenjak, if you're unfamiliar, is all about Persian-style cuisine w…
Read more: Berenjak heads to Borough Market for their next restaurant
In news guaranteed to make a lot of folk in the financial district very happy, Dishoom have announced that Canary Wharf will be the site of their next restaurant opening.
It's been five years since one of London's best-loved restaurant groups opened a new place (that was Kensington back in 2017 if you're wondering). Their Canary Wharf restaurant will be a massive affair in Wood Wharf, joining the…
Read more: Dishoom head to Canary Wharf for their ninth restaurant opening
They've had success with Nest in Hackney and an even bigger hit with Fenn in Fulham, now the same team are heading eastwards again.
Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman and Toby Neill are the people behind Restaurant St. Barts in Smithfield, but this will be a little different from their previous restaurants. That's because a 15-course tasting menu (coming in at £120) is at the heart of their offer…
Read more: Restaurant St Barts sees the Fenn team come to Smithfield with a 15-course tasting menu
Exciting news reaches us of the possible arrival of Hollywood actor Danny Trejo's very own restaurant, Trejo's Tacos, in London.
As reported by industry newsletter Propel, Trejo is apparently looking at several potential places, including Spitalfields and Shoreditch. However, we've also been told that it's very early days on this, so the location is very much up in the air right now.&…
Read more: Is Hollywood's Danny Trejo bringing his tacos to London?
