We've got 5 copies of the Padella cookbook, Waterstone's Gift Book of the Year, to give away
New opening
- Test Driving Patty and Bun - Soho has a new burger date spot
Soho's newest burger spot turns out to be a rather good place to head for a date
- Theo Randall to open new casual restaurant Theo's Simple Italian
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Theo Randall's a busy gent. Not only has he just relaunched his restaurant at the Intercontinental in London, but he's also got a new bit on the side. Theo’s Simple Italian is going to be a new casual spot, openng at the Hotel Indigo® London Kensington – Earl’s Court next month.
Randall's brought in a top chef to run the kitchen. William Leoni worked with Theo Randall at the InterContinental and,
... - Trullo duo to open Padella pasta restaurant at Borough Market
Updated 29/2 with launch details.
Way back in the mists of time, the first restaurant story Hot Dinners ever broke was the opening of Trullo, just off Highbury Corner. Well, it's taken a little time, but we've eventually got round to bringing you another exclusive story from Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda, the duo behind Trullo.
... - Zayane brings modern Moroccan food to Golborne Road
There's a new Moroccan restaurant in town and it's worthy of note, particularly because of who they have in the kitchen. Zayane on Golborne Road has as its Head chef Chris Bower, who was previously running the show at Michelin-starred Thackerays in Tunbridge Wells.
It describes itself as a modern Moroccan restaurant, promising a menu that "combines the vibrant flavours of authentic Moroccan cuisine, with modern culinary techniques and European
... - House Kitchen is the latest opening from Soho House at Highgate Studios
When the word on the street (in this case Kentish Town's Highgate Road) is that a hot new lunch spot has opened, you can count on us dashing off to try it. House Kitchen is the latest venture from Soho House to open in Highgate Studios - they already have Pizza East, Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger in various parts of the building. The new all day cafe has opened up where Caffe Kix used to be. And to be perfectly frank it's light years better than the
... - Trade Union Wapping combines coffee, cocktails, restaurant and barber
The next Grand Union will actually be called Trade Union, and is coming to Wapping, is broadening what it does a little, specifically in the coffee and barbershop direction. It's a huge space (over 6000 square feet) which means they have plenty of room for everything. And they'll be pushing it all as a hub for daily working with plenty of charging spots throughout too.
First up is the coffee, for which
... - Oree French boulangerie to bring artisan breads and pastries to the Fulham Road
Who wouldn't be pleased to learn about a lovely new French-style boulangerie opening in their neighbourhood? The lucky folks in questin are Fulhamites who'll have a new boulangerie and kitchen, Orée, opening on the Fulham Road. They'll have all manner of freshly baked viennoiserie, artisan bread and fine patisserie to serve up - either to eat in or take away.
Every bit of their bread will be made
... - Damien Hirst to open Pharmacy 2 at his Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall
Updated 18/2/16 with menu details
If you were around, as ye olde Hot Dinners crew were, in London back in the 1990s you'll definitely remember Pharmacy. It was an ultra concept (or conceit) restaurant which was opened in Notting Hill by Damien Hirst and Matthew Freud among others. Hirst's pill pictures were on the walls, celebrities were at the tables and for a brief period it was the place to be seen at. But
... - Pierre Koffmann protegee to open The Woodford in South Woodford
South Woodford is a little further out of town than we usually cover, but news that a Pierre Koffmann protegee is about to open a restaurant there piqued our interest.
The Woodford is the dream project of a former Young National Chef of the Year, 25 year old Ben Murphy. It's his first restaurant but he's being backed by Essex restaurateur Steve Andrews. The Woodford will be a 100-seater restaurant over two floors with its own dedicated oyster and seafood
... - Bodean's take over from Mishkin's on Catherine Street
Clearly it's a 'cue kind of day. Hot on the heels of our news that Bukowski Grill were opening their third restaurant, this time in Soho - comes news that Bodean's are opening their seventh place, in Covent Garden. They'll be taking over the space previously occupied by Russell Norman's Mishkin's.
And while the 60 seat restaurant will serve
... - Bukowski Grill are opening a flagship restaurant on Soho's D'arblay Street
It's been five years in the making, but in a few week's time, BBQ spot Bukowski Grill will open their biggest restaurant to date - this one in the heart of Soho. Their 70 seat D'arblay Street spot will be their third restaurant (following Boxpark in Shoreditch and a second one in Brixton Market).
Turns out to be a bit of a homecoming for chef/owner Robin Freeman who used to work down the road at Blacks. His third, all-day restaurant will kick off with weekday
... - Carl Clarke is opening Chinese Restaurant Syndrome under Chick n Sours
Hot Dinners Exclusive
We're big fans of Chick 'n' Sours, Carl Clarke's great chicken restaurant in Dalston and if you haven't been in to try that Szechuan Aubergine, which we
... - Earl's Serious Sandwiching opens permanent spot in the City
You may have come across Earl’s Serious Sandwiching at various festivals or markets over the past few years. But now the sarnie street food spot is moving to more permanent quarters in the City.
Situated, incredibly aptly on Crown Place, off Earl St (behind Liverpool Street) the new place is the brainchild of Joe Gray, who trained up with Jamie Oliver's Fifteen and got help from the Prince's Trust in putting his business together.
On the menu in his new city spot
... - Pan de Vie matcha cafe opens in Covent Garden
It's not just a pretty colour: matcha is so on trend it's cropping up everywhere, from verdant green lattes to pastel hued macarons. Now for the truly obsessed, a new cafe in the heart of Covent Garden has turned it into their hero ingredient.
Pan de Vie aims to combine the best of European baking and patisserie techniques with flavours from the Far East - in a cafe and shop arranged over two floors. There will be plenty of green tea themed treats on offer,
... - Test Driving Shuang Shuang - cook-it-yourself hot pots in Chinatown
Hot pots and a huge conveyor belt of things to cook in them come to Chinatown with Shuang Shuang. We pop along to try it out.
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