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- The Great British Bab Off will see five restaurants competing for the Best London kebab title
A good kebab can be a great thing - but want to know what's better? Enjoying kebabs by five of London's top restaurants going head-to-head over who makes the best one.
That's the premise behind the Great British Bab Off [or GBBO if you prefer] - a charity event conceived of by Stephen Tozer and Ed Brunet, founders of Soho’s gourmet kebab restaurant Le Bab.
Taking place on
... - Bake for Syria is back in Spitalfields Market
Exciting news for fans of cake - and all for the best possible cause - Bake For Syria is happening again on Saturday November 18th. It's all in aid of Unicef's vital work with Syrian children, and will bring together the country's very finest bakers and bakeries, in the lovely surroundings of Old Spitalfields Market.
The inaugral event earlier this year raised more than £10,000: that's a lot of cake - with all profits going to
... - #CookforSyria returns for a second year
A veritable who’s who of London’s restaurants are about to get a touch more Syrian when #CookforSyria returns for a second year.
Each restaurant will add a dish with a Syrian twist to their menu for the month-long initiative, with £2 from the sale of each going to UNICEF’s Children of Syria appeal.
A seriously HUGE number of restaurants are involved (and we’ll list them all below) but some of the standouts include a
... - The Severn Sisters feast is a female food and drink team-up in Borough Market
An event for the calendar is coming up - the Severn Sisters Feast which sees 11 women from the world of food and drink team up. The night is a platform for established and emerging female talent in the industry, and to raise money for Action Against Hunger.
Set up by Romy Gill, the event features: Zoe Adjonyoh, Rosie Birkett, Xanthe Clay, Natasha Corrett, Elly Curshen, Maria Elia,
... - Duck and Waffle is having a midnight feast and you're invited
Head up to the 40th floor private dining room for a late night dinner with an epic view
- Sushi and champagne with Charles Heidsieck's Maverick Encounters
One champagne house is tapping into the market for unique encounters. We went along to check it out.
- Carnaby Street Eat festival will be first time to try Darjeeling Express food
If you like being the first to try any new restaurant, you should make a date for the Carnaby Street Eat food festival this summer. The one day event has all manner of great food offerings planned, but it'll also be the first opportunity for Londoners to try dishes by Asma Khan’s Darjeeling Express, whose first permanent restaurant will open shortly afterwards in Carnaby’s Kingly Court, as well as the soon-to-open Ugly Dumpling.
On the day itself there'll be picnic
... - Noble Rot is teaming up with Gymkhana for a special dinner and more
Noble Rot and Gymkhana – two of our favourite restaurants - have just announced a special one-off collaborative wine dinner to be held on Monday 27 February.Hosted by award-winning sommelier Sunaina Sethi and Noble Rot founder Dan Keeling, the dinner marks the launch of a month-long collaboration between the Bloomsbury wine bar and Michelin-starred Indian restaurant.
Hosted downstairs at Gymkhana, guests will be led
... - Chefs and judges announced for the 2017 Scotch Egg Challenge
Updated 19/1/17 with shortlist
After six years, the Scotch Egg Challenge is now one of the key dates in the London food calendar. This year's event will take place at The Canonbury in Islington on 8 February.
Confirmed judges for the event itself include Fay Maschler from the Evening Standard, Ben Chapman of Smoking Goat and Kiln and Bob Granleese of the Guardian, while the evening will be compered by Joe
... - London's best restaurants and bars for a January detox
Good bye, mince pies. Hello 2017 and a healthier, brighter-eyed you, brimming with well meaning New Year’s resolutions. Whether you’re doing Veganuary, Dry January or just generally want to clean up your act, here’s where to do it in London.
- See, try and taste everything chocolate related at 2016's The Chocolate Show in London
The Chocolate Show is the largest event of its kind in the UK - find out what to look forward to at this year's event.
- Lyle's reveal their line-up for 2016's Game dinners
If you've wanted to attend either of Lyle's previous two game events but weren't fast enough off the mark, then this year might be the year you finally get to go. Hot Dinners have the scoop on the 2016 line-up for this top chef event and it looks pretty unmissable.
The gist of it is that Lyle's chef James Lowe invites really interesting chefs from all over the world to come and cook over two days in October. But the dinners are the
... - See the line-up of chefs taking part in Hawksmoor's Action Against Hunger Dinner 2016
There aren't many guarantees in life, but if there's one thing that's certain it's that the line-up at Hawksmoor's annual Action Against Hunger's dinner will be top-notch. And the 2016 group of chefs taking part for the 2016 charity dinner certainly doesn't disappoint.
Guest chefs this year will work alongside Group Executive Chef Richard H Turner, each taking on particular course. So there'll be The Dairy's Robin Gill on canapés, Tomer Amedi from The Barbary
... - Sardine kicks off Gallic dinners with a bouillabaisse night
It's already been lavished with glowing reviews - now there's even more reason to visit Alex Jackson's lovely Hoxton restaurant Sardine: on the last Monday of every month they'll be laying on a proper Gallic feast.
Each event will feature a particular French recipe or special occasion, starting on Monday 26th September with a classic Bouillabaisse night. Alex and team have adapted a recipe from the doyenne of
... - The best foodie events at London Cocktail Week 2016
London Cocktail Week returns for 2016 – here’s our pick of the best dining and cocktail events.