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We're big fans of Mayfields in Hackney as we named it our best eating out experience of 2013. So we think their two upcoming events will be well worth a visit. On Saturday April 1st, there's a...

Online wine retail is about to be given a major shake up with France's largest retailer of online wine, Vente Privée announcing its expansion into the UK. The launch of the online sales website LINK...

Update 18/3 - Barnyard is open now. Last night, Hot Dinners popped along to the opening party for Barnyard, the next venture from Ollie Dabbous and Oskar Kinberg. We managed somehow not to try any...

Updated 15/4/14 with booking details and opening date It's been on our Coming Soon rumours radar for a while, but today we finally got through the details for Alain Ducasse's new restaurant opening...

MasterChef winner Tim Anderson's Nanban cookbook is on the way later this year - so his next pop-up is all based around that. He's popping up at the Well in Clerkenwell next week - with this menu -...

We don't often get in press releases that tell us what's not happening, but that's just what hit the Hot Dinners in box this morning. In pops a missive from Michel Roux Jnr to say that he "will not...

Updated 11/3/14 with news of Gizzi Erskine's involvement If you like the sound of a festival that encourages you to really think about what you're eating, then the King's Festival of Food might be...

Since it opened in mid 2012, the now Michelin-starred Peruvian restaurant Lima from Virgilio Martinez has proven to be a big hit. Now they're expanding with a second restaurant, Lima Floral, coming to...

13/5/14 - Update - we get the full details on what to expect from the Perfectionists' Cafe. We've known a while that Heston was opening a new restaurant at Heathrow's latest terminal. Although we've been...

We've had chef's tables in the heart of kitchens, by the pass, or separated by a glass wall - now Caprice Holdings has gone one further and taken the Head Chef out of their kitchen and into their...

Things certainly aren't slowing down for London's new restaurants as we enter the third month of the year. There have been a further ten openings since our last update only a couple of weeks ago and...

Our friends at Toast events have come up with the kind of talk we like - one that concludes with a feast of Hawksmoor goodies. The Future of Meat is the chosen subject and they've brought together...

We're not afraid to admit that even we get surprised by the odd new opening around town. So when we saw that Giles Coren was singing the praises of a new restaurant round his way, we did a little...

Taco Wars are back and this year the event will take place at Hawker House. Competing this year are the winners of last year's competition - Luardos as well as Breddos Tacos, Santo Remedia,...

When we heard the news that One Leicester Street's Head Chef Tom Harris was on the move, we did wonder who'd be taking his place. Well the answer is that, temporarily, it'll be ex-Viajante and...

We're huge fans of Bleecker St. Burger, having tried their amazing burgers first at the London Burger Bash and then their Superbowl burger at Hawker House the other weekend. So news that they've...

He thinks Gordon Ramsay's Royal Hospital Road is 'friendly with superb food' but dismisses Dinner by Heston as 'very tedious'. Peter Macaulay may not be a critic you've heard of, but the...

Holborn workers will get an interesting new place to lunch this Spring when dindin kitchen opens up on the Grays Inn Road. The casual spot aims to introduce midtown folk to the joys of Persian...

Sometimes an image says more than words ever can - so we'll just leave this here...   If you need more info... It's the Five Pork Burger. It's described by Hawksmoor as "Tamworth pork patty with...

Timed to coincide with the start of British Pie Week (3-9 March 2014) last night saw chefs from restaurants and pubs across Britain competing at West London gastropub the Princess Victoria for the...