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Update 23/4 - We have just learned that Mark Sargeant is to take over the reins of all the food offering in the Great Nothern in a consulting role. So he'll be looking after Plum + Spilt Milk, GNH...

Our third day in New York featured three-star Michelin mastery courtesy of the mighty Le Bernardin and ended with some serious culinary fireworks in Tribeca from hot new restaurant Atera.

We start and end our second day in New York eating in hotels - an ultra luxe breakfast at the Lowell and then dinner at the NoMad. But we also find time to get a burger at Shake Shake in perparation...

Day One of our 2013 New York Trip sees us flying in on the BA1, British Airways' flagship City-JFK flight. Once we're checked in at the Lowell on the upper east side, we check out the newly-opened...

Simon Rogan may be leaving London (for now) but another two Michelin-starred chef is heading this way, albeit for a more appropriately short pop-up. Michael Wignall, will be in town for a three day...

It was perhaps one of the longest pop-ups in London's restaurant history, but two years after opening its doors, Roganic will finally close this June. Chef-proprietor Simon Rogan announced today...

Update - 13/8/13 - we've now got full details about the launch. Back in the day, when Hot Dinners was first starting out, one of the very first news stories we wrote was on a new opening at the end...

Update 12/4/13: Another Hot Dinners Exclusive. Latest additions to the Taste lab are Bubble Food. They'll be showing off Liquid Nitrogen Poached Mousses and even give you the opportunity to make...

If you're like us and view potatoes as a food group all of their own, then you may be interested in a new potato-themed restaurant (and grocer) opening on Exmouth Market tomorrow (April 12). Rather...

London's super-competitive lunch market has a new contender as Milanese restaurant, Panino Giusto opens this April at Royal Exchange. Panino Giusto, which has been serving up paninos in Milan for...

If you fancy trying some international Michelin star cooking but can't be faffed with the Ryanair nightmare to get there, then Harrods' latest food event may well be the thing for you. At the end of...

Updated 10/4/13 with details of masterclasses at Fortnum & Mason To be honest the sound of spelt didn’t really float our boat when we first heard that we’d been invited to an event dedicated to it...

The wave of American chefs heading our way looks set to continue with the news that NYC chef John de Lucie is to open American bistro Red House in Chelsea. Chef John DeLucie is best known for being...

Hot Dinners readers will get an exclusive 50% discount on the food bill for lunch and dinner at Heaton, Butler and Bayne from 10-11 April 2013. Today sees the opening of Heaton, Butler and Bayne, a...

After a successful pop-up earlier this year, popular street food purveyors Kimchi Cult have now set up shop in the Black Heart pub for the long term. They've just started a six month stretch in the...

Ramen may not necessarily be the food you'd think of first for a blowout meal, but an event coming up at Hix Tramshed will require slightly more of your wonga than usual. Every month,...

Ten years after it first opened, Jamie Oliver’s Shoreditch restaurant Fifteen is having a major revamp. The restaurant is in the final stages of a full refurbishment and Jamie has brought in a new...

As one third of the original London dream team the Young Turks, James Lowe, there's a lot riding on his first solo restaurant endeavour. But while young James works out where his first place will...

As if you didn't know it already, London's a real international hub when it comes to events discussing and celebrating food. Hard on the heels of The Lab in April, we can now reveal a second really...

Barely six months after opening, City restaurant Chrysan has shut up shop. The Hakkasan Group issued a statement today about the immediate closure of Chrysan saying they had "ceased trading the...