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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.

Cheeky overnight: we check into Claridges

Information: 06 October 2015

We check into Claridge's, one of London's most prestigious hotels, to try the whole package from dining in Fera to tea on the terrace.

The Hot Dinners/Chase Smoky Mary challenge final

Information: 28 September 2015

Five restaurants took up our Smoky Mary challenge - now it was time to decide on the ultimate Bloody Mary....

Michelin starred restaurants in London for 2016

Information: 16 September 2015

The results are in! Here are London's new Michelin stars for 2016.

Cheeky overnight: we check out The Beaumont

Information: 15 September 2015

Cocktails in The Cub Room, a ride in the hotel Daimler - we'd happily move in let alone check into The Beaumont.

Setting sail on Britannia - a culinary tour around the Bay of Biscay

Information: 25 August 2015

From Guernsey butter and Spanish jamon to French shellfish - here's how to do a Euro foodie tour with someone else doing all the hard work.

Weekend bites: Taking the Grand Gourmet Tour at Bolney Wine Estate

Information: 28 July 2015

A vineyard you can be sipping wine at less than 60 minutes from London? We take a short hop out to Bolney in Sussex

Weekend bites: we're won over by Wales's natural larder

Information: 07 July 2015

With fabulous natural produce and jaw-dropping scenery, a foodie road trip around rural Wales is a feast for all the senses.

Six must-order dishes in London right now

Information: 23 June 2015

Some of these we've had ourselves, some we've seen being raved about on Twitter and Instagram. What there's no doubt about is that these are the dishes currently being talked up on London's restaurant scene.