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Britain's hospitality industry held its catering Oscars last night. The Cateys, run by trade magazine Caterer and Hotelkeeper took place at The Grosvenor House Hotel. Simon Rogan made it a double...

Marianne Lumb has worked as a personal chef for years - cooking for a host of celebrities, politicians and business tycoons. Now she's opening her first restaurant in West London this autumn, she...

With the switch for Summer well and truly in the 'on' position, Hot Dinners are putting outdoor eating and drinking options right at the top of our lists. We were thus delighted to hear that The...

There may be all manner of pop-up food shenanigans going on around London this summer, but one starting up this month definitely looks like being one you should put in your diary. CUTS sees the...

We've often envied those working near Kings Cross who can go to the Street Food Market KERB, as we've rarely managed to make it down during the day. However a new opportunity starts this weekend...

[Updated 27/6/13 with more menu details and prices] It had been rumoured for a while that Danny Meyer was bringing New York's most famous burger institution to London - that time is almost upon us...

Sunshine, beer and barbecue on a balmy evening – even on a Tuesday, Hot Dinners wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to get stuck into this most summery of combinations. Which was why we were down at...

A perfect storm of food meeting British politics broke this morning. The Sun published a story about George Osborne's 'fail' at a man-of-the-people tweetpic he'd posted showing him scoffing down a...

With no less than three new burger places opening in London next week, the onus is on existing burger joints to keep people excited about what they're offering. And Tom Byng, founder of Byron,...

Streetfood events have bloomed all of a sudden over the past few weeks. We've been inundated with news of exciting new events including Truckstop - Streetfeast's Summer residency in Canary Wharf,...

Brand new food festival Truck Stop will host over 20 street food vans in East London for six nights throughout the summer, starting on Thursday 4th July. Jonathan Downey, the man behind Gin Stock,...

Canada Day London are teaming up with Shuttlecock-Inc for one day only to create a Canadian-inspired restaurant as part of their 8th annual Taste of Canada campaign. Taking place on the north...

The lucky denizens of East Dulwich have a spanking new place to eat, drink (and take wine home from afterwards). Toasted (the ed refers to East Dulwich) opened a few days ago on Lordship Lane. Formerly...

As Shake Shack London gets ready to open, Hot Dinners sat down with Meyer and Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti to shoot the breeze about burgers, new openings and why they love London so much.. 

The shortlist for this year's Restaurant and Bar Design Awards are in. We've been through the list to pick out the London restaurants and bars deemed easy on the eye.

It may be raining as we write this, but for the first time in years, we spent a day at Taste basking in the London summer sunshine rather than dodging the showers. Although there seemed to be more...

At the Taste of London preview earlier this week, we spotted Duck and Waffle's Dan Doherty setting up his stand beside Sushi Samba and Le Gavroche - it's his first Taste and that night marked a year...

Just as Taste of London was getting ready to kick off, we went to the the launch party last night where the awards were given out for the food festival's best dishes. Chefs and press mingled as we...

Following the great success of Electric Diner in Notting Hill (which we waddled out of a few months ago) Soho House's Nick Jones is now bringing burgers, shakes, cocktails and more to Soho in July. Continuing his...

We reported it a month ago in Coming Soon, but this week we got confirmation that Jason Atherton will be responsible for the restaurant at Ian Schrager's new London Hotel, the London Edition. "The...