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The Action Against Hunger Auction 2016

Information: 26 May 2016

The 2016 auction is finished! To support Auction Against Hunger - an auction for all things food-related in support of Action Against Hunger, Hot Dinners helped them with some very special online-only auctions.

Where to celebrate London Wine Week and English Wine Week

Information: 23 May 2016

For the next two weeks London is the hub of all things wine-related - here's what's going on and where

The best restaurants for vegetarians in London in 2016

Information: 17 May 2016

If you aren’t into meat or fish or if you fancy something a bit more varied, we’ve sought out some of the best veggie-friendly establishments in the city.

New alfresco spots for London in 2016

Information: 10 May 2016

The sun is shining and everyone in London has the same idea as you - to find the perfect restaurant table in the sunshine to while away a lunchtime or evening. Get the jump on everyone else by using our guide to new alfresco spots that have all opened since last summer.

5 London restaurants for Ed Balls Day

Information: 28 April 2016

Is it that time of the year again? In honour of Ed Balls Day we pick 5 London restaurants connected to the former politician

The best chefs' cookbooks on the shelves - Spring 2016

Information: 26 April 2016

It's already proving a bumper year for new cook books, with almost as many new titles as new restaurants. From top chefs to up and coming food writers, there are some fabulous new books hitting the shelves - so, in the first of a new series, we'll be sharing some of our recommendations. Time to...

The best London restaurant with royal connections

Information: 19 April 2016

With HM turning 90 this year, we thought we'd take a look at 6 London restaurants with royal connections

The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2016 - the complete list

Information: 05 April 2016

Hot Dinners takes a closer look at the top ten restaurants from the 2015 World's 50 Best Restaurants List to find out what's so great about them.

A Welsh food minibreak - staying at Celtic Manor

Information: 30 March 2016

In just two hours from London you could be relaxing at this Welsh retreat enjoying its standout restaurants

Alinea's pop-up and more - Hot Dinners does Madrid in a weekend

Information: 16 February 2016

We went over to Madrid to take in the pop-up of Chicago's Alinea - and proceeded to cover as much of the city as we could in a couple of nights...

Hot Dinners Elements 2016 - full run-down of the night

Information: 11 February 2016

After going to a LOT of other parties, it was time for Hot Dinners to throw our own one. We think it went rather well....

London breakfasts - where to eat breakfast in London for a week

Information: 25 January 2016

For National Breakfast Week (24-30 January 2016) we bring you a week's worth of suggested spots for enjoying every kind of breakfast treat in London

Learning at Lainston House: we Test Drive this Hampshire hotel's new cookery school Season

Information: 19 January 2016

Want to cook a professional standard Sunday roast? They'll show you how.

London restaurants opening in 2016 that you're going to want to know about

Information: 05 January 2016

Last year was yet another bumper year for London restaurants - can 2016 match? We've gathered together some of the top restaurants that you'll want to keep an eye out for in 2016

The best private dining rooms on London that opened in 2015

Information: 31 December 2015

A LOT of new restaurants opened in London in 2015 - which means plenty of new private dining spaces opened up too. We've picked some of the most interesting spaces from 2015 worthy of any party planner's notice.

London's best Christmas food specials for 2015 - the Pret Christmas sandwich and beyond...

Information: 08 December 2015

Here at Hot Dinners, we LOVE this time of year. The countdown to Christmas has well and truly kicked off and that brings with it the best thing of all - Christmas themed dishes and snacks. Restaurants, sandwich shops and more go a little bit mad in the pursuit of the best festive food. We've...

Taking the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express from London to Paris

Information: 01 December 2015

Made famous by Agatha Christie, this is one of the world's most iconic train journeys - so what is it really like to be on board?

Alinea's Grant Achatz on Madrid & Miami pop-ups, what's to come in Chicago and more

Information: 23 November 2015

Grant Achatz's mantlepiece - if he has one - must be groaning with awards. His Chicago restaurant, Alinea, has won a lot of them in the decade since it opened. It's picked up three Michelin stars along the way, bobbed in and out of the Top 10 of the World's 50 Best list (currently at 26) and,...

Raymond Blanc's country fiefdom - we check into Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons

Information: 20 October 2015

We popped out to the countryside to see what's happening at Raymond Blanc's Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. Got a big celebration coming up? Or just want to really, really treat yourself? Then this is the place.

The best of London Chocolate Week 2015

Information: 12 October 2015

At last: something to brighten those cloudy, chilly days: the joy that is Chocolate Week is back in town - with enough events, tastings, special restaurant menus and drinks to keep you going all week long.

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