Restaurant awards

And so, to another World's 50 Best List which has just been announced with a chef-filled black tie do in Australia. With just three UK restaurants in the upper part of the list it wasn't the most exciting year for Britain in general. But it was a pretty good year for Heston Blumenthal. First his London restaurant Dinner By Heston crept up 5 places in the list to 36. And then Heston himself picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award - a popular decision that

Yes, it's nearly that time again. The new World's 50 Best list is revealed next week - and that means we get a sneak peak today with the reveal of 51-100. 

What does it mean for London on the list... well there's very little change. Lyles goes up (from 65 to 54), Hedone down (from 60 to 98) and St John doesn't move at all. So it's the very definition of "no surprises". Hopefully, there'll be more to see in the top 50 when the full list is revealed

As we're more than aware of here at Hot Dinners, we're spoiled for choice by the massive range of quality restaurants London has to offer. It's something that The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants judging panel has noticed as well, and this year the capital is a delighted home to 37 of the best restaurants in the country. It's quite a change from 2012, when only two made the list.

17 of the

Twice a year the AA awards rosettes to the best restaurants in the country and the first set of awards for 2017 have just been released. London has four new restaurants on the list, two East London places and two more formal spots in Knightsbridge and Mayfair.

4 AA rosettes

3 AA Rosettes

Anglo, Farringdon 
Céleste at The Lanesborough
The Square

It's particularly good

All year long the critics have their say - now it's time for your opinion on London restaurants to be heard. We've counted the Readers Poll votes - here's who came top of the pile

It's been a hell of a year for the London restaurant scene - find out which restaurants we had the most memorable meals in over the course of 2016 

This year's London Restaurant Festival drew to a close with an awards ceremony last night at 1901 at the Andaz London Hotel, Liverpool Street. In addition to celebrating the winners of various festival menus including Cinnamon Kitchen, Treadwell’s and Oxo Tower Brasserie they also gave out a series of awards covering the year in the London

The votes have been cast, the readers have voted, and a judging panel has adjudicated. The Observer Food Monthly awards (aka OFM awards) are one of the real highlights of the restaurant awards season and the awards were announced tonight at a ceremony in central London. London did very well indeed with Barrafina, Padella, Blacklock, Bar Termini, Anglo and Clove Club all getting a nod - alongside a

The results are in! Here are London's new Michelin stars for 2017.

So the new Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 2017 is out and London has done rather well with eight new starred establishments (up four from last year). The stars were announced for the first time at an awards ceremony in London with a rather lengthy countdown. Luckily for you, to save you having to watch the whole shebang, along with all the sponsor gubbins, we can precis it down for you.

This year the guide introduced

Yep, we're firmly in the awards season. With the Michelin Guide due out on Monday, the great and the good of the UK hospitality world assembled last night for the grand reveal of the winners of the 2016 AA Hospitality Awards. Here are the London winners who went home with a smile on their face and a spring in their step.

Chef of the Year 2016
Simon Rogan

Lifetime Achievement Award
Pierre Koffmann

We're well into restaurant awards season at the moment and the latest to be revealed are those from the Harden's guide. Held at the Hippodrome Casino, The Araki topped the list as "Top Gastronomic Experience" while awards went to Black Axe Mangal, Guinea Grill, Hoppers and more. The full list went like this:

• Top Gastronomic Experience - The Araki
• Top Newcomer - Black Axe Mangal 
• Top Bar Or

The Good Food Guide have announced the top UK restaurants and winners of their annual awards with sixteen of London’s top restaurants making it into the Top 50 of the 2017 guide. While top spot went to Chef Simon Rogan’s restaurant L’Enclume, London’s eateries were well represented.

The top 10 has undergone a reshuffle with