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Bake Off: The Professionals winners launch afternoon tea at The Landmark inspired by show

Information: 08 September 2023

Fresh from toasting their triumph in this year's final of Bake Off: The Professionals, the pastry team from The Landmark London hotel in Marylebone are getting ready to showcase their winning bakes to...

Taco Taco to open in Shoreditch with footballer Hakim Ziyech as co-owner

Information: 08 September 2023

Updated 8/9/23 with opening date If the name Hakim Ziyech makes you sit up, then you are probably a football fan (or at least a Chelsea supporter). We’re here to tell you that he’s launching a taco...

Kayu Bakehouse is coming to London

Information: 08 September 2023

8/9/23 - updated with more details about the London launch Following a bakery that's come to London via Hong Kong, now here's another which has come via Dubai, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. Kayu Bakehouse...

Mystic Burek gets a permanent home in Sydenham

Information: 07 September 2023

Springing to life over the lockdown, Spasia Dinkovski's Mystic Burek (once Mystic Börek but now using the Balkan spelling), quickly became a massive hit. Spasia served up North Macedonian-style böreks -...

BÓHA London mixes Irish and British influences on the King's Road

Information: 06 September 2023

A very different kind of British/Irish restaurant has just opened its door in Chelsea that's aiming straight for the luxury end of the London dining scene. BÓHA London has taken over the old Chelsea Lodge...

Bistro Freddie from Crispin is coming to Shoreditch

Information: 05 September 2023

Updated 4/9/23 with opening date The people behind Crispin (Spitalfields) and Bar Crispin (Soho) have their third opening lined up - Bistro Freddie. It's taking over the space that used to be Oklava...

Velvet Pines festive dining experience will serve up cocktails and cabaret

Information: 05 September 2023

It may currently be shorts and t-shirts weather here in London but there are plenty of businesses who are already making plans for the festive period. Cue immersive entertainment group Swamp Motel...

The French Market hit up Finsbury Park for their next bakery

Information: 05 September 2023

23/8/23 - updated with the opening date The team behind Tufnell Park's Authentique Epicerie & Bar and Bakery and the French Market in Whetstone are spreading their wings. The next stop on their...

Quality Chop House puts mince on toast back on the set menu - for two weeks

Information: 04 September 2023

Quality Chop's mince on dripping toast provoked not so much a storm as a mild weather system when US food site Eater described the dish as a 'quintessential British comfort classic'. Cue a few weeks of...

French Brasserie 65a lands in Spitalfields

Information: 01 September 2023

A new brasserie is coming to Spitalfields in the shape of 65a. It comes from Irish-born entrepreneur, Patrick Frawley, who's launching the restaurant after 30 years in hospitality. He's joined by Executive...

Club Mexicana head to South London picking Brixton for their vegan tacos

Information: 01 September 2023

Given the huge popularity of their other restaurants, it's a pretty safe bet that Club Mexicana's first south London restaurant will be a big hit when it opens in Brixton this autumn. You'll find...

London Stock makes the move from Wandsworth to Mayfair

Information: 01 September 2023

London Stock is a restaurant that has made a name for itself in Wandsworth and now they're doing something very unexpected - moving right into the heart of Mayfair. They're taking over the space of...

Jackson Boxer is behind the latest Selfridges Corner Restaurant residency

Information: 31 August 2023

We're still waiting to hear if Jackson Boxer is going to be opening his Lumette restaurant that he previewed last year, but in the meantime, the chef behind Orasay and Brunswick House is popping up...

Harrods Dining Hall gets a big revamp with four big new chefs joining

Information: 31 August 2023

Harrods is on something of a roll at the moment with their food and drink offering. From hugely popular pop-ups through to the rooftop launch of Bjorn Frantzen earlier this year, there always seems to...

Footballer José Fonte is opening Mexican restaurant Zócalo in Soho

Information: 30 August 2023

Having played for two London clubs over the course of his career - Crystal Palace and West Ham - we'll presume that footballer José Fonte is pretty well acquainted with the London restaurant scene...

Sukoshi Sushi brings a sushi bar to Seven Dials Market

Information: 30 August 2023

Seven Dials Market already has quite a few restaurants and stalls to choose from but now it's about to get something brand new - a sushi bar. Sukoshi Sushi is setting up shop on the Cucumber Alley section...

This year's Too Many Chefs has a stellar pub line-up at The Drapers Arms

Information: 25 August 2023

How many chefs are too many? None when they’re coming together for a cause as worthy as Action Against Hunger. And there’s a very strong chef line-up already confirmed for this year’s pub version of...

Ken's in Exmouth Market is the next wine bar from the people behind Dan's

Information: 25 August 2023

The people behind Dan's wine bar in Dalston are getting ready to open something new in Exmouth Market. This time, rather handily in keeping with the current Barbie zeitgeist, the new place happens...

Little Cellars in Camberwell is the new wine bar from the Peckham Cellars team

Information: 24 August 2023

24/8/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details. Michelin-rated Peckham wine bar, Peckham Cellars, is expanding. The team behind it - Helen Hall, Luke West-Whylie and Ben McVeigh - have set...

It's Bagels is going to serve up NYC-style bagels in Primrose Hill

Information: 24 August 2023

24/8/23 - updated with the opening date Last summer we brought you news of a special menu operating at Caravan's roastery in Islington. It was a collaboration between New York fashion photographer Dan...

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