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- Test Driving Charlie's Weekend Feast Box from Brown's Hotel
Promising a taste of their Mayfair restaurant at home, we take a look at British restaurant Charlie's at Brown's and their Weekend Feast Box.
- Table@Vallebona teams up with Jacob Kenedy, Adam Byatt and more for recipe kits
Wimbledon village Italian deli Table@Vallebona is much-loved by (and also supplies) a number of top London chefs. So it's taken the next step and worked with them to create a number of special chef boxes during lockdown. Each box contains everything you need to make a recipe which is also included by the chef in question.
To kick-off, there are four
... - Test Driving the Flesh & Buns bao kit at home
Been missing Flesh & Buns signature baos? Well an easy new home kit helps you make them in your own kitchen.
- Home cooks sought by new delivery company GRUBie
New food delivery service GRUBie is hoping to provide a service for those of us in lockdown who badly don't want to cook tonight, but who want something more homemade than ordering in pizza or a restaurant box. Think of it as an UberEats or Deliveroo but for home cooks.
The idea is that anyone who loves cooking and wants to share their food with others can do so and make money into the bargain. It's as much for passionate home
... - Test Driving Indulge - fine dining at home without the fuss
With restaurants on lockdown, the city's chefs have turned to new ways to stay creative and make money. We take this fine dining meal kit service for a test.
- Dinings SW3 has a limited edition delivery ramen you'll want to try
It 100% feels like ramen weather out there at the moment. So, if you're missing slurping down a bowl of warming goodness in a London restaurant, we have news of a new delivery service bringing it to you.
Dinings SW3 has a special limited edition dish on offer this month. Their build-your-own ramen experience is a new meal kit available as part of their At Home service.
Chef Masaki Sugisaki's ‘Susuru by Masaki’, is
... - Bando Belly at Peckham Levels wants to serve up proper London soul food
Opening their doors this week in Peckham are Bando Belly - a new food business that's a perfect mash up of food cultures. Serving up soul food fusion, it's the brainchild of Londoners Naz Ramadan and Alex Situnayake (who's also behind boozy ice pop brand Wavey Ice). The duo reckon they've come up with a menu that perfectly matches London's vibe.
Dishes are inspired by the food cultures of America, the Caribbean, South
... - PizzaExpress are the latest to launch a DIY pizza delivery kit
Following in the footsteps of indie businesses like Pizza Pilgrims and Homeslice, pizza giants PizzaExpress are the latest to enter the pizza DIY kit business.
Launching next week, fans of the chain's Margherita and American Hot will be able to get kits delivered to their home. There are three kits on sale, allowing you to make two of one type of pizza or one of each. They include dough, a tin of their own
... - EggRun has designs on London's egg in a bun market
Updated 24/5/21 with City opening date
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that's the case, the folks at Eggslut should be tickled pink by the launch of new egg-based bun business, EggRun.
EggRun first began life as a delivery service back in the Autumn, and they've just opened their first City restaurant at Monument on Fish Street Hill.
Executive chef John Skotidas (who also runs the
... - Michelin-starred Veeraswamy is the latest London restaurant to switch to delivery
As we highlighted in the first part of the 2020 Hot Dinners Awards, restaurants pivoting to delivery has been a big thing in the past year. Now, with the advent of Tier 3 we have yet another new entry to the scene.
Welcome, then to Veeraswamy - the UK's oldest surviving Indian
... - Bubala are launching Bubie - a new delivery service with laffa sandwiches
Last year it topped the list in our readers' vote as their favourite restaurant of the year. Now, the folk at Spitalfields veggie spot Bubala are about to open a brand-new delivery arm.
Bubie is a pared-down spin on the restaurant's Middle Eastern, plant-focused food. So
... - You can now order Clodagh McKenna table settings from Deliveroo
This is a bit of a departure for Deliveroo. Not content with merely supplying Londoners with their takeaway of choice, now they're helping customers create the perfect table look at home.
This week they announced a team-up with Irish chef and author Clodagh Mckenna. Clodagh McKenna at Home in partnership with Deliveroo will be available to order on demand if you suddenly decide your Instagram feed needs gussying up a
... - Test Driving the Ultimate Meal Kit from Hoppers - the best of the Sri Lankan restaurant, delivered
Hoppers has created Cash and Kari as an online shop selling its signature dishes and more besides. We gave their Ultimate Meal Kit a Test Drive.
- Test Driving Blacklock at Home - All In chops, cocktails and more
Blacklock's famous All-In is now available as a meal kit delivery. We piled their skinny chops high for a home feast.
- Test Driving Park Chinois at Home - Mayfair luxe direct to your door
Badly fancying a taste of Mayfair during the lockdown? Well, the delivery service from Park Chinois offers a bit of luxury direct to your door.
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