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Southwark's Chinese Food Festival returns with a 14 vendors in a night market setting

Information: 08 August 2018

It sure is festival season, isn’t it? (And we don’t just mean Boomtown, Wilderness et al.) We’d only just gotten over WingFest, before starting to gear up for Espresso Martini Fest, London Brunch...

Lyle's, Sabor, Smokestak and more on the line-up for 2018's Auction Against Hunger

Information: 08 August 2018

Updated 7/8/18 with new date and line-up This is not a drill. Repeat, this is not a drill. Put a 'meeting' in your google calendar, ward off any colleagues with an 'I'm far too busy to talk right...

Stokey Veg Vegan will be Stoke Newington's new veggie-focused restaurant

Information: 08 August 2018

Expect a British/Italian small plates menu from this new vegetarian and vegan restaurant opening up on Stoke Newington High Street

McDonald's turns its High Street Kensington branch into a luxury reservations-only pop-up

Information: 08 August 2018

Earlier this year they hit the news for turning their Newcastle restaurant into a romantic dinner a deux destination. Now McDonald's are transforming their High Street Kensington branch into a...

Top chefs, mixologists and food suppliers are getting ready to gather at PX+ Festival

Information: 07 August 2018

The UK’s hospitality industry is getting together for a big celebration this summer at PX+ festival. So if you have a pal in the biz , make sure you give them a nudge about their plus one, which...

Genesis in Shoreditch will be a vegan restaurant with an organic award by The Soil Association

Information: 06 August 2018

A new two-storey vegan spot in East London with a lengthy drinks menu, lots of international food and an ingredients list that's so organic, it's certified by the Soil Association.

World's most Michelin-starred chef Joel Robuchon dies at 73

Information: 06 August 2018

The world's most Michelin-starred chef Joël Robuchon has died, it was announced today. The 73-year-old chef died in Geneva after a battle with cancer. At the time of his death Robuchon ran 12...

Guest bartenders with guest bottles pop up at the ICA's Rochelle Canteen

Information: 06 August 2018

The next time you find yourself slap-bang in central London and in need of some alcoholic refreshment, get yourself down to the Institute of Contemporary Arts, which is teaming up with some of our...

Giggling Squid are bringing their Thai tapas to Kingston-upon-Thames

Information: 06 August 2018

There'll be space for 120 and a similarly large menu packed with curries, salads, rice, noodles and plenty of little tapas plates for you to sample at Giggling Squid's 28th branch.

Burger and Lobster go all luxe KFC with their Double Drown lobster tail sandwich

Information: 03 August 2018

Most of you will have heard of the Double Down - the KFC burger where the buns are replaced by two fried chicken breasts with bacon sandwiched in-between. It's not the healthiest snack ever made. Now...

Nigerian tapas pops up in Hackney with Chuku's

Information: 03 August 2018

Nigerian food is about to have a well-deserved moment in the spotlight with the arrival of Chuku's, a sibling-run pop-up in Hackney who’ll be dishing up Nigerian tapas for five weeks, before moving to a...

A trio of classics - Murano, Modern Pantry and the Connaught bar all turn 10 this year

Information: 03 August 2018

It’s time for a bit of celebration this year, as not one but two of London’s most legendary restaurants and a classic bar are hitting double digits, with their 10th birthdays - Murano, the Modern...

Maître Choux to open its fourth, biggest store in Chelsea

Information: 02 August 2018

Don’t be distracted by the highly ‘grammable flower tunnel and croquembouche tower - it’s the gorgeous French eclairs, choux and chouquettes you’ll be wanting to focus on at this new branch of...

Licoreria Limantour, Latin America’s best bar, pops up at 34 Mayfair

Information: 02 August 2018

Top Mexican bar Licoreria Limantour is temporarily popping up in Mayfair this August. It'll be taking over 34 Mayfair's artsy Emin Room, turning it into 34 Mexico for five nights. As one of the...

The City's Walter and Monty will now grill into the night with extended opening hours

Information: 01 August 2018

City workers who love a good, meaty lunch will surely by now have encountered Walter and Monty, the street-food-turned-permanent grill experts who live next to the Gherkin. Well, now you'll be able to...

Sinner in Hackney lets you play video games that reward - or punish - you with booze (plus vegan pizzas)

Information: 01 August 2018

Seb Lyall, the brains behind London's naked restaurant and Bletchley Park cocktail bar, is at it again with a whole, 200-cover space to play with on Hackney's Mare Street. First up - an arcade that...

Flesh and Buns new Fitzrovia restaurant will have a Press for Pisco button - updated

Information: 31 July 2018

Covent Garden's Flesh & Buns is opening a second restaurant just north of Oxford Street and this one's going to be huge with more of a Peruvian Nikkei vibe going on as well as the old izakaya...

Screwdriver is Dalston's new Spanish grill where everything is 'a la plancha'

Information: 30 July 2018

What can’t you cook on a grill? Nothing, according to Alexis and Emmanuel Ross, who are taking inspiration from the tapas and pintxos bars of northern Spain for their new venture Screwdriver by...

Gunpowder is coming to One Tower Bridge

Information: 29 July 2018

The team behind Gunpowder, Madame D and Gul & Sepoy bring their latest to Tower Bridge. And there will be a bakery/wine bar too.

Brixton's Cattivo is Canova Hall's new little sister cafe

Information: 27 July 2018

Albion & East, who’re known for their cavernous, shabby-chic halls, scale things back a bit with Cattivo, a new Italian-style cafe with a basement cocktail bar.

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