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Back for the eighth year, the London Restaurant Festival returns this October with a line-up that includes Angela Hartnett, Michel Roux, Richard Corrigan, Theo Randall, Yotam Ottolenghi, James Lowe and more...

There are all manner of events taking place - so here are some of the ones that piqued our interest...

• Festival menus - all over town, these are special menus - ranging

No, this beach isn't on the Cote d'Azur as we first thought, it's actually in Cornwall, meaning you can head down here and spend your pounds without worrying about the effects of Brexit. And if that in itself isn't enough to entice you down to the South West how about the lure of a whole bunch of London chefs cooking an amazing beach BBQ?

Top London chefs will be travelling to Cornwall this August to deliver a wood-fired beach banquet, prepared with Cornish

Plans for a European holiday this summer suddenly thrown into chaos? If you're stuck here for the duration - we've got word of a Summer Camp full of food and craft related workshops and events.

It's being hosted by At The Table - formerly known as TOAST, which is expanding its creative repertoire along with the new name. The events will all be held at Hackney's Town Hall Hotel, starting with a summer barbecue party on July

It's been long seen as one of the best events of the year - and now tickets for this year's Soho Food Feast have JUST gone on sale. The two day event in July has some of the very best of London's culinary scene gathered together in St Anne's Gardens on Wardour Street - and all proceeds go to the Soho Parish primary school.

And WHAT a line up. The stalls

We love burgers. And we love wine. So the idea of Big Fernand and The Remedy collaborating for a Natural wine and Hamburgé Salon sounds just peachy to us. This one night event will see The Remedy heading over to Big Fernand on Percy Street where they'll be hosting a mini wine bar pairing natural and biodynamic wines by the glass for a fiver with Big Fernand’s burgers.

So there'll be La Garnacha Olivdada de Aragon – an old vine garnacha from Asturias, Northern Spain

For most folk, 14 February is either the day you're most (or least) likely to be heading out to dinner with your other half. But for the A-listers, it's not so much Valentine's Day as BAFTA day. And when all the showtime shenanigans are over and everyone has has their pic snapped on the red carpet, the great and good of the showbiz world will head on over to Grosvenor House for the official awards dinner and after party.

At the awards, canapes include

You'd think a name like Pidgin would be pretty unique as far as restaurant names go, but as well as being a very popular Hackney restaurant, there's another Vancouver Pidgin that's also a big deal. And now they're getting together in Hackney for a one-off mash-up, Pidgin v Pidgin. 

The night will see Vancouver's Chef Shin Suzuki and London's Chef Elizabeth both serving up food with an emphasis on

If you're missing your weekly Bake Off fix - then this is for you. Some of the country's top chefs are combining forces to create one-off bakery themed dishes and raise money for Action Against Hunger.

The city's leading artisan bakery, The Bread Factory, has organised a charity event called Eat Bake Love, together with Duck and Waffle executive chef Dan Doherty, to be held on November 8th at the

Billed as "a festival of culture, catwalks, cocktails and conversation" Stylist Live is going to be taking over the Business Design Centre in Islington for four days this month, and there's a lot to interest London foodies.

Learn to make tacos with Thomasina Miers of Wahaca or cocktails with Spuntino's head barman Benny Locke. Mary McCartney will be sharing her vegetarian recipes. The Duck and Waffle's Dan Doherty will be showcasing a dish from his new winter menu.

Now in its seventh year, the London Restaurant Festival has 350 restaurants taking part across London in partnership with American Express, offering a host of special events and festival menus throughout October.

With so much on offer we've picked out our top five events to try in 2015.

Now that we're officially into Autumn, it's nice to have something to look forward to and the new series of Nordic dinners coming up at Selfridges sounds like just our cup of lingonberry tea. The store has brought in an incredibly impressive range of chefs for the various dinners - these are going to be seriously hot tickets.

First up is a