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KFC have brought out a BBQ perfume

Information: 29 April 2024

In one of those announcements that makes you check the calendar to confirm that it is the end of April rather than the beginning, but it is the case that KFC is releasing a perfume. It's no ordinary...

Ladurée Café Concept comes to Notting Hill

Information: 29 April 2024

Ladurée are best known for their very pretty macaron shops, but their next opening is going to be something a little different - a café in Notting Hill. The new concept is literally called Ladurée...

Birdmilk sees Ukrainian restaurant duo opening a bakery in Notting Hill

Information: 29 April 2024

Notting Hill's well-heeled residents will soon have another lovely new bakery on their doorstep. Birdmilk is the latest in a recent line of businesses that originated in Ukraine but have also opened in...

Doughnation are bringing potato pizza to Covent Garden

Information: 26 April 2024

Maybe hoping they'll get the same kind of queues that Alley Cats do, a brand new pizza spot is opening in Covent Garden. Doughnation will be at 3 Henrietta Street, taking over part of the ground...

El Cenote aims to give Camden folk an authentic Mexican experience with top tacos and margaritas

Information: 26 April 2024

The idea of opening a Mexican margarita and tacos joint somewhere like Camden definitely seems like it makes good business sense. But what makes the arrival of El Cenote interesting is that rather...

The Counter comes to Soho, looking to The Aegean for its influences

Information: 25 April 2024

24/5/24 - updated with the opening date Are we in the midst of a new trend? With Oma just opened in Borough Market, another Turkish/Greek restaurant is incoming. After opening The Counter in Notting Hill...

Bubbledogs is back for a summer-long alfresco pop-up at 45 Park Lane

Information: 25 April 2024

The major revamp of Kitchen Table in 2020 also saw the end of its sibling restaurant Sandia Chang's Bubbledogs. The two-Michelin-starred Kitchen Table dramatically expanded, taking over the space...

Endo Kazutoshi opens Kioku by Endo restaurant and bar at The OWO

Information: 24 April 2024

24/4/24 - updated with opening details The (nearly) last piece of the puzzle that is The OWO is coming into place. The prime spot in the refurbished Old War Office, the rooftop, is being taken up by...

You can now try Gordon Ramsay's Idiot Sandwich in London

Information: 24 April 2024

It's the kind of bullying that wouldn't be countenanced for a moment in today's professional kitchens. But the moment when Gordon Ramsay put two slices of bread either side of Julie Chen's face in a...

Master Bao hit up Westfield Stratford City with their Taiwanese food

Information: 24 April 2024

Having already scored a hit with their restaurant in West London's Westfield, the team at Master Bao are crossing the city to open another restaurant, this time at Westfield Stratford City. They'll be...

A big Albert's Schloss beer hall is coming to The Trocadero

Information: 24 April 2024

It's big in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and now Albert's Schloss is coming to London. Somewhat understatedly billed as a "bier + pleasure palace", it's taking over what used to be the...

Bistrot at Wild Honey takes the bistronomy movement to Pall Mall

Information: 22 April 2024

It might be situated in the heart of the British establishment, opposite the Institute of Directors and across the road from The Athenaeum but chef Anthony Demetre's new bistrot on Pall Mall is a...

StreetSmart raises a whopping £1 million from restaurant diners

Information: 19 April 2024

Chefs, hospitality folk, press and influencers gathered in London on Monday evening to celebrate StreetSmart raising 1 million pounds from their most recent campaign. For the first time in its...

St John drop two new doughnut flavours

Information: 19 April 2024

What a time to be alive! This week St John Bakery have dropped not one but two new doughnut flavours for the delectation of London's bakery addicts. First up is the pistachio doughnut featuring...

The old House of Fraser building on Oxford Street is getting a rooftop restaurant with panoramic views

Information: 19 April 2024

Have you been wondering what the plans are for the old art deco House of Fraser building on Oxford Street? Well, it's getting more than £130m thrown at it in a massive refurb that's planned to bring...

Darling's Eatery and Studio serves up fresh pasta on Hackney's Fish Island

Information: 17 April 2024

Looks like Hackney Wick's Fish Island is doing pretty well for itself at the moment with restaurants. We've already reported on the upcoming Inis opening there and Test Driven new pizzeria Unlock,...

Mildreds plant-based restaurant comes to Victoria

Information: 17 April 2024

They've been opening successful vegan restaurants across London and now Mildreds have their sights set on Victoria for their sixth opening. The plant-based restaurant is taking over what was once a Le...

Galvin at Windows is the latest high-profile London restaurant closure

Information: 16 April 2024

London's run of high-profile restaurant closures continues with the news today that Galvin at Windows is to close. In an announcement on Instagram, owners Chris and Jeff Galvin said that the...

The Med-inspired Circe's Rooftop Bar takes over from Bar Elba in Waterloo

Information: 16 April 2024

Earlier this year, Waterloo rooftop venue Bar Elba closed, but that's not the end for one of the few rooftop spaces in this area. It's being reborn as Circe's. Taking over the rooftop of Mercury...

Ex-D&D CEO Des Gunewardena is launching Engel and Jang at The Royal Exchange

Information: 15 April 2024

15/4/24 - updated with full details He stepped away from D&D in 2022 (he was one of the Ds) and now Des Gunewardena has announced his first solo venture - which is a pretty big one. He's launching not...

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