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Want to know where the restaurant in Boiling Point is?

Information: 14 January 2022

What's Boiling Point? Released to rave reviews, Phil Barantini's one-take, low budget film Boiling Point is set in a fictional restaurant in Dalston and follows a single night in the lives of the...

Buns From Home's second bakery is now open in Holland Park

Information: 13 January 2022

One of London's hottest new bakeries has just opened a new store, in Holland Park, making West Londoners' plans to diet in January utterly futile. Buns from Home is the passion project of local...

Shan Shui will serve up roast duck and katsu sandos at Heathrow Airport

Information: 12 January 2022

Already popular in Bicester Shopping Village when bargain hunter shoppers need something to revive them for that discount Gucci haul, Shan Shui is getting ready to open its second restaurant - this...

Goila Butter Chicken will be Carousel's first long-term residency

Information: 12 January 2022

If your game was really good during lockdown you might have been lucky enough to try a delivery from Goila Butter Chicken. Mumbai-based celebrity chef Saransh Goila has - and these are their words -...

Duckgate - how Westerns Laundry's duck neck dish went viral

Information: 11 January 2022

It's the dish that made a North London restaurant go viral this week. When Westerns Laundry put up a shot of their stuffed duck neck on their Instagram page, they presumably never thought the story...

Ottolenghi heads to Chelsea's Pavilion Road for his next deli opening

Information: 10 January 2022

10/1/22 - updated with opening date The foodie hub that is Chelsea's Pavilion Road is soon going to be home to one of Yotam Ottolenghi's biggest neighbourhood delis. The all-day spot will open from...

Yolk brings egg pots and sandwiches to Soho

Information: 10 January 2022

After a first glance at the name, you might expect Yolk to be the latest of London's trend of egg-based restaurants. And while eggs are indeed on the menu, it's actually also about sandwiches or, as...

Gordon Ramsay's looking for future food stars for his TV show

Information: 10 January 2022

The first series of his new TV show hasn't even aired yet, but Gordon Ramsay is already scouting for talent for the second series which is filming this summer. Future Food Stars sees the chef...

Hot Stone relaunches in Fitzrovia as RAI and it's all about omakase

Information: 10 January 2022

Mid-pandemic, Hot Stone launched their second restaurant in Fitzrovia - but now it's getting a relaunch as a completely new restaurant called RAI. Still led by their Executive Chef Padam Raj, It'll be a...

Alkebulan Dining Hall will be a London food hall celebrating African cuisine

Information: 07 January 2022

London hasn't had a brand new food hall since the pandemic started - and much of what we do have has been closed on and off over the past two years. So it's good news on all fronts to hear about a...

Abandon Ship sails from Scotland to Covent Garden

Information: 05 January 2022

Abandon Ship are pretty big in Scotland (there are two Abandon Ship bars there already and the group behind them has 13 in total) and now they're getting ready to launch in Covent Garden. Taking over what...

Stem & Glory brings plant-based food to Broadgate Circle

Information: 04 January 2022

22/9/22 - Updated with the opening date Stem & Glory, the plant-based restaurant in The City, moved pretty far afield for their second restaurant, opening in Cambridge. For their third opening,...

Cicchetti is coming to Knightsbridge

Information: 04 January 2022

San Carlo already have two Cicchettis in London (and a few more restaurants too) and now they're gearing up for a third - this time in Knightsbridge. As with their previous restaurants, it'll all...

Michel Roux Jr joins Dishpatch for his first meal kit offering

Information: 04 January 2022

Restaurant meal kits just went up a whole new level with the news this week from Dishpatch that they'd signed up none other than Michel Roux Jr to their roster. The chef patron of Le Gavroche will be...

Hartnett, Roden, Hutson and Maan head up New Year Honours list

Information: 01 January 2022

Updated 2/1/22 with the addition of Amrit Maan Four people who are definitely starting 2022 on a high are the chef Angela Harnett, hotelier Robin Hutson, cookery writer Claudia Roden and...

The most-read stories on Hot Dinners in 2021

Information: 29 December 2021

As the year winds down, here are the stories that were the most popular reads on Hot Dinners in 2021...

Wolfox cafe and wine bar eyes up the old Savoy Taylors Guild on the Strand

Information: 20 December 2021

It's been home to a tailors since the early 20th century and its distinctive frontage on the Strand is Grade II listed, but next year the historic Savoy Taylors Guild is going to switch from cutting cloth...

All we want for Christmas is Calum Franklin's Christmas pudding pork pie

Information: 19 December 2021

If you're not one of the hordes who've already escaped London for the holidays, you're about to be rewarded for your loyalty. Because there are only two places in the country that you can get one of...

Ugly Dumpling are opening a second restaurant in Fitzrovia

Information: 15 December 2021

After success in Carnaby, Ugly Dumpling are branching out and opening a new restaurant in Fitzrovia (right next door to Lima). If you're unaware of Ugly Dumpling, they are as you might expect, a...

Pastry God Cedric Grolet picks The Berkeley for his first London patisserie

Information: 15 December 2021

With a reputation that precedes him, world-renowned pastry chef Cedric Grolet is heading to London, opening his first UK patisserie (and the first outside France) at The Berkeley in Knightsbridge...

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