Pizza

Being the chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant isn't an easy task, so you can totally understand why they might want to swap the pressures of that job for one that's a bit more fun. That's the new career path of chef Tom Kemble, who won a Michelin star while running the restaurant at Bonhams and has also worked in top-level kitchens like Hedone and Faviken, but is now opening a pizzeria.

Spring Street is the end

They're currently No 43 on the Best Pizzas in Europe list (excluding Italy), and now Peckham's 081 are expanding. They're about to open their second pizzeria, this time in Shoreditch. Taking over the old Iron Bloom spot on Eastern Street will give them a bigger, more central restaurant.

If you haven't been down to Peckham to try them yet, then here's some intel about them. The man behind 081 is Andrea Ascuiti. He was born in Naples (so he

Many things open under the radar in London, and this newish pizzeria that opened in Marylebone is one of them that we're only catching up on now. Pizza by Jagua is in Marylebone (near the currently closed Chiltern Firehouse) and is billed as a vermuteria and pizzeria. However, it tries something quite different in that the pizzas are West African-inspired. Not many details have been

Just a couple of months after opening their last pizzeria, Santa Maria are at it again. This time they're coming to Paddington.

It comes just as the group approach their 15th anniversary, having opened their first place in Ealing way back in 2010. This latest pizzeria is

After several successful years in Battersea, Breadstall opens its first permanent (and indoor) location in Soho, serving up huge pizzas and slices. We went down to try it for ourselves. 

You might have caught them as they've been popping up all over London before settling down for a residency in Hackney's Spurstowe Arms. Now Dough Hands is heading south for a second residency, this time in Nunhead. 

Setting up shop in The Nun's Head pub, Dough Hands comes from pizza chef Hannah Drye who has been working on creating her own personal style of pizza. The focus for her

In the run-up to the end of last year, we were so focused on the recent openings of Alley Cats and Zia Lucia in Chelsea that we missed another very promising new Chelsea pizza opening, called Marta. 

It opened on Fulham Road (taking over the space from L'Artigiano) and it shifts away from the predominant Neapolitan focus of many London pizzerias and instead is all about Roman pizzas. Those are large,

2/1/25 - updated with the opening date

For years, Sebastian Vince's Breadstall has been one of the most popular pizza places in Battersea and he's spent all that time operating out of a (very big) stall on Northcote Road. However, he's finally getting ready to expand in a very big way as Breadstall is coming to Soho. It'll be opening on Berwick Street (near the

It's been a while since we've had a new Santa Maria pizzeria (the last was in Islington) but they're gearing up for their next - this time in Kew. The restaurant is taking over what recently used to be Hawthorn, but is probably best known for being the site of Glasshouse, which was in this space for over 20 years. 

Few details have been released, but you can imagine it's going to be a pretty

London's pizza game has improved immeasurably in recent years, but there's also a pizzeria just north of the M25 that everyone's been talking about. Gracey's in St Albans has been getting rave reviews, but not every Londoner wants to travel that far for their pizza fix. 

But now that's changing as Gracey's have come to London instead. While they've done quick pop-ups before, this is a

It's been a while since we've seen a new Homeslice opening (the last was in 2018) and for their latest, Mark and Alan Wogan have gone right up to the Fifth Floor at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge. 

There, you'll find their signature huge 20" pizzas made with 36-hour aged dough, with pizzas on the menu including the traditional margherita as well as alternative takes like

They're currently ranked No. 5 in the 50 Top World Artisan Pizza Chains list. Now Berberè are getting ready to open their first central London pizzeria. With restaurants in Clapham and Kentish Town so far, their third UK opening will be on Tottenham Court Road as part of the huge Outernet development there.

If you haven't been to one of their places before then, as you might expect, it's all about the

They've only just recovered from throwing the epic Peckham Conker Championships but the Brick Brewery isn't letting the grass grow under their feet. They've just launched a new kitchen at their taproom in Peckham Rye, courtesy of the super popular World Famous Gordos.

Gordos, if you haven't tried them before, operate out of a stall on Netil Market. Now they've got a second slice shack

Islington is about to get a very interesting new pizzeria as Lenny's Apizza kicks off a long-term residency in The Bedford Tavern on Seven Sisters Road. 

Set up by Max Lewis, this will be all about New Haven-style pizza. We'll be honest and say that our pizza knowledge isn't quite on-point in this regard, but it's something that originated in New Haven Connecticut,

Sager + Wilde has just closed in Bethnal Green, but we already know what will be taking its place. It's going to be the third London pizzeria for Fatto a Mano - you might have already seen them in Covent Garden and King's Cross and they originated from Brighton. 

As with the other pizzerias in the group, they'll be serving up Neapolitan-style pizzas with 24-hour proven dough and