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Tim Anderson may have won the 2011 series of MasterChef, but fellow finalist Tom Whitaker hasn't been slacking off since he reached the top three. The former advertising exec is about to open in his...

There are going to be a lot of happy people (Hot Dinners included) when Florence Knight finally gets into her new Polpetto premises. But for now we'll have to make do with a Florence pop-up this...

(Updated 4/10 with opening date and menu details) Bobby Chinn has two successful restaurants in Vietnam - Restaurant Bobby Chinn in Saigon and Hanoi - as well as a pretty successful broadcasting...

More film & Ross Hot on the heels of his Eat Film event at the London restaurant festival, Jonathan Ross will be at it again for a special Halloween event. He's working with Soho House and Bombay...

He's already got restaurants at the National Gallery, Kew Gardens and Wallace Collection (among others) and has just opened his latest venture at the Royal Academy. Keeper's House at the Royal...

The prison made famous by Gordon Ramsay's 'Gordon Behind Bars' TV programme is set to launch a three-story training restaurant and meetings venue at Her Majesty's Prison in Brixton in early 2014. The...

Updated 20/10/13 with new dates and menu items If you're in Fitzrovia today, there's a new lunchtime offering in the shape of F.A.T by Freddie, described as "a two month lunch residency of...

North London restaurant (and a Hot Dinners favourite) Piebury Corner on Holloway Road is today picking up the pieces after an attack last night by Napoli football fans. The trouble started in the...

The former Head Chef at Peter Gordon's Kopapa, Selin Kiazim is launching a year long East London residency in Haggerston with 50% off food bills for the first weekend. Taking over some arches by...

(Update 1/10 - with the confirmed name) It's been on our Coming Soon openings and rumours section for a while, but today we got official confirmation that the Salt Yard Group will be opening their...

Burger buzz in London is still building and the very newest patty to hit town is The White Label burger at Chop Shop. This square-shaped burger has previously only been available at Chop Shop...

The US branches of burger mecca Shake Shack have been celebrating Oktoberfest in America for seven years with the yearly Shacktoberfest. Now with the recently-opened Covent garden Branch,...

[Updated 30/9 with launch offer details.] The burger revolution continues as one of the first people onto the scene, Honest Burgers, continue their slow expansion across London. Having set up...

We're rarely happier when starting off a fine meal with a good and strong cocktail (or two) as you may well be able to tell from our Test Drives. So we've been rather pleased to have our inbox...

They probably didn't sleep a wink last night wondering what this morning's announcement would bring, but for a handful of chefs the 2014 Michelin Guide brought glad tidings of additional or new...

So it's that time of the year again - when chefs the length and breadth of Great Britain and Ireland find out whether all their hard work over the past year has paid off and resulted in a star or...

This Autumn looks set to bring a bumper crop of new Indian restaurants to London. Hard on the heels of karam Sethi's Gymkhana comes Zumbura, a 50 seat Clapham restaurant focusing on dishes you'd...

If you reckon yourself as a bit of an early adopter when it comes to restaurants, then an event happening in Islington next week should be right up your street. The two day pop up by collective...

It's definitely awards season again. We've already had the YBFs, the Power 1000 and our personal fave the Scotch Egg Challenge - and now it's the turn of the AA hospitality awards, which were given...

PipsDish has been a big success for a while now, originally tucked away in an old Citroen garage just off Upper Street in Islington. Since leaving there, they've been in Hoxton Square and now...