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London Cocktail Week - our guide to the 2014 drink festival

Information: 06 October 2014

London Cocktail Week 2014 kicks off today (Monday 6 October), and if you’re looking for the best places to make use of your £10 wristband – read on. Here are our top picks for the week ahead…

Michelin starred restaurants in London for 2015

Information: 25 September 2014

The results are in! Here are London's new Michelin stars for 2015.

New York take 2 - we check out New York's new restaurants and bars

Information: 16 September 2014

Yes, you've spotted it. This was our second trip to New York in as many months. On our last trip, which you can read here, we visited some of the city's more established restaurants, but this time around we had our eyes and stomachs set firmly on the new. Turns out September is the perfect time to...

Hot picks: London's key restaurant openings for Autumn 2014

Information: 11 September 2014

Our comprehensive Coming Soon section is updated on a daily basis every time we hear the tiniest hint of a new, interesting restaurant opening in London. Right now there are 50 places we're covering that are due to open by the end of the year. But which of those are the really big ones worth...

8 days, 7 nights, 6 ports and 4 countries - on the high seas with Atul Kochhar and P&O Cruises

Information: 27 August 2014

We've all seen the envy-making instagrams and tweets of glorious produce in foreign food markets and cafe tables perched on some impossibly pretty beach. So the idea of getting to do all of that round the Med, whilst someone else sorts out the travel, sounded pretty good to us. And that's the...

New alfresco spots in London for 2014

Information: 20 July 2014

With summer here and outdoor tables at a premium, we've picked out some new London openings with alfresco dining to help you beat the crowd.

Where we stayed in New York - 2014

Information: 24 June 2014

We round up the places we visited on our 2014 trip to New York

Hot Dinners in New York 2014

Information: 24 June 2014

Our latest trip to the Big Apple focused more on classic estabishments than new openings which turned out to be a lot of fun.

The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2014 - the full list

Information: 28 April 2014

Hot Dinners takes a closer look at the top ten restaurants from the 2014 World's 50 Best Restaurants List to find out what's so great about them.

Weekend bites: Kingham in the Cotswolds

Information: 11 March 2014

Looking for a place to go for the weekend, that isn't far from London and is stuffed full of great places to eat and drink? Kingham in the Cotswolds ticks all the boxes

The best London restaurants for gluten free meals

Information: 11 March 2014

From burgers to fine dining we look at the London places that go above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to welcoming diners on a gluten-free diet.

Celebrity map for London's restaurants

Information: 01 March 2014

Every time we see a mention of a celebrity in a London restaurant we’ll include it here, so you can work where to star spot in town or where to avoid if you’re not keen on dining next door to reality TV stars.

10 healthy dishes for January at London's restaurants

Information: 06 January 2014

If January isn't depressing enough with everyone counting the cost of Christmas, swearing off alcohol and cutting back on calories there's also the horror of tax returns and the general misery of the British weather at this time of year. To make things a little less grim, we've picked out 10...

The best London restaurants for a New Year detox

Information: 01 January 2014

To lend a helping hand with your New Year resolutions, we've rounded up London's restaurants offering healthier fare this January.

2013 in food - our end of the year roundup

Information: 23 December 2013

It was the year of Burgergate and the cronut. When Giles Coren managed to annoy both everyone living outside London and New Yorkers to boot. 2013 saw hundreds of new restaurants opening in London, some of which thrilled, others which really, really didn't. Here's our roundup of the past twelve...

The best reviewed restaurants of 2013

Information: 18 December 2013

Here's our round-up of the best reviewed restaurants of the year, by the UK's top critics.

Best of the year - the Hot Dinners 2013 Awards

Information: 11 December 2013

It's that time of year again - where we survey the food we've eaten, the drinks we've imbibed, the stories we've written and the trends we've watched over the past year. So here's our pick of the things that have really stood out for us in 2013.

London restaurants in listed buildings

Information: 12 November 2013

We've listed 10 of the best London restaurants that are in buildings of architectural or historical merit and beauty.

London Chocolate Week 2013 - our pick of the best events around London

Information: 09 October 2013

Our inbox has been crammed with news of sweet-toothed goings-on around London for National Chocolate Week. Here's our pick of the events we think you'll want to know about.

What to eat at the 2013 London Restaurant Festival

Information: 01 October 2013

It's that time of year again, where some of London's top restaurants join forces to offer events, special menus and more over 18 days of restaurant fun from 3-21 October 2013. We've trawled through this year's list of events and picked out the best to go to.

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