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James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy opening Pidgin restaurant in Hackney

Information: 22 June 2015

Updated 22/6/15 with opening date. Until last Summer, James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy ran a supper club called The Secret Larder. But now they're heading over to Hackney to open a restaurant called...

Pig-based pop-up Oink comes to Shoreditch

Information: 22 June 2015

A new weekend pop-up is heading to Shoreditch, setting up shop for weekends only at Crisis Cafe on Commercial Street. It's going for a communal dining experience. So there will be shareable starter...

The Dairy's Robin Gill set to open new restaurant Paradise Garage in Bethnal Green

Information: 21 June 2015

Hot Dinners exclusive 16/7/15 - Updated with opening info The Dairy chef Robin Gill is a busy chap. Not content with being a driving force behind the much-lauded The Manor which opened in November and...

Best of Taste of London 2015 in pictures

Information: 21 June 2015

The award winning lamb cutlet from The Clove Club Could 2015 be a vintage year for Taste of London. If the signs from opening night were anything to go by, it could well be. Regent's Park was...

BT Tower's revolving restaurant to reopen for 50th birthday celebrations

Information: 19 June 2015

We're not sure that Hot Dinners has been this excited about any news story we've written so far. Because today we bring you the joyous news that for two weeks this summer the BT Tower's revolving...

Ten Bells chef to open rooftop restaurant Brooksby's Walk in Homerton

Information: 19 June 2015

There's a new summertime bar and rooftop restaurant on the way to Homerton, and it has Jarrod Cooke and Chef Giorgio Ravelli - who took over Upstairs at the Ten Bells from the Clove Club - at the...

Poached egg bar opens in Dalston's Beyond Retro

Information: 18 June 2015

We've had cafe's devoted to cereal, porridge, cheese toasties, even polenta - but it looks as though the single ingredient trend of the foreseeable future for London is the humble egg. In addition...

Chinese Laundry brings 80s style Chinese food to Islington

Information: 17 June 2015

There's another restaurant on the way to Islington and this looks like an interesting spin on a traditional Chinese restaurant... It's an all-day family-style Chinese restaurant serving food that...

The folk behind The Grafton are opening The Gipsy Queen in Kentish Town

Information: 17 June 2015

Kentish Town is about to get a new pub. Well actually it's an old pub, given a new look, but an old name. Confused? Let us enlighten you. What was most recently The Bluebell and before that The...

Dabbous to sell signature dishes in Oskar's bar downstairs

Information: 17 June 2015

If you haven't managed to get a table upstairs at Dabbous yet, there's now a chance to grab some of his signature dishes in the bar downstairs. They're now serving up single plates from the main...

Anna Jones kicks off series of Jamie's apprentice dinners at Fifteen

Information: 12 June 2015

These were not just any radishes. These were Jamie Oliver's radishes - all the way from his own farm, delivered straight to his Fifteen restaurant in Hoxton for a one off 'Night in' with acclaimed...

Great British Menu returns for 2015 with Marcus, Typing Room, Murano and Berners Tavern chefs in the running

Information: 12 June 2015

It's always been a great showcase for some of the UKs top restaurants (and a close look at how the chefs work) and soon The Great British Menu is making a return to BBC, starting on BBC2 later in...

Blacklock launch the new pork chop sandwich and more besides

Information: 11 June 2015

A few months in and Blacklock is still doing very well indeed - but they're not resting on their laurels as new dishes have just hit the menu. The first is this wonderful looking pork chop sandwich that's...

US pizza champion Bruno DiFabio to open NY Fold pizzeria on Charing Cross Road

Information: 11 June 2015

"I’m going to turn the pizza world on its ear in London." That's fighting talk, that is. And it comes from New Yorker Bruno DiFabio who is A Big Thing when it comes to pizza stateside. He's a six...

Euston station opens Junction with The Rib Man, Big Apple Hot Dogs and Beany Green

Information: 11 June 2015

It's not just nearby King's Cross that's got a street food bug of late, now Euston's getting in on the action - but with maybe a little less of the "street". They're opening a new section just...

Burger Bear and Prawnography come to the Magic Roundabout at Old Street

Information: 10 June 2015

If you've been in the areas recently, you'll have noticed that the top of the Old Street roundabout is getting a new look. It's going to become a new street food hub mainly centred around two...

DJ Yoda is opening a BBQ restaurant Austen's Smokehouse in Kensal Rise

Information: 10 June 2015

Another day, another new barbecue restaurant announced for London. But Austen's Smokehouse, which is set to grace Kensal Rise with its presence very soon, certainly has a few things going for it...

Broadgate Circle gets an all-day seafood restaurant with Crab Tavern

Information: 10 June 2015

The spate of openings at Broadgate Circle continues with the next restaurant being Crab Tavern. This is being billed as an all-day seafood restaurant and bar with a distinct NYC focus for the menu...

Forzawin launches new menu for the summer season

Information: 10 June 2015

Summer's about to kick off properly (honestly, it is - don't let looking out the window fool you) and we've got a sneak preview of the latest menu from Peckham's Forzawin. All of this is only £35...

Supper Tub brings cocktail, canapes and hot tubs canalside in Hackney

Information: 09 June 2015

We can't begin to tell you how much money we'd need to spend our evening with complete strangers in a hot tub sipping cocktails in our swimming cossies. But, on the offchance that some Hot Dinners...

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