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"Yelp drives the chefs crazy" - we talk to Chef's Jon Favreau

Information: 09 June 2014

Hot Dinners popped along to a screening of Chef this weekend and caught up with writer/director Jon Favreau afterwards who had some interesting things to say about how chefs view critics. As a...

Fire and Feathers piri piri chicken shop opening on Fulham Road

Information: 07 June 2014

Updated 7/6/14 with photo and opening date London has had its fair share of rotisserie chicken joints and with Nando's having such obsessive fans it's a brave person who steps into the fray with a...

Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain among backers bringing La Sala restaurant to Chigwell

Information: 06 June 2014

Footballers are pretty keen on opening restaurants. There's Gary Nevile and Ryan Giggs' Cafe Football in Westfield Stratford (which is a LOT better than you'd expect). Rio Ferdinand owns the...

Homerton's Adam and Eve pub reopens with Cornish Project and Alyn Williams behind new pub menu

Information: 05 June 2014

A good pub, handsomely restored is always a thing of joy, but there are a few more compelling reasons to be interested in the reopening of The Adam & Eve on Homerton High Street. Matt Chatfield of...

Paul A Young launches chocolate and port pairing at Churchills Port House

Information: 04 June 2014

Award winning chocolatier Paul A Young has announced his latest collaboration with Churchill's port. Launched last week, the partnership sees Paul's fine chocolates matched with a series of rare and...

Yard Sale Pizza opens on Hackney's Lower Clapton Road

Information: 04 June 2014

A new pizza restaurant, Yard Sale Pizza, opens on Lower Clapton Road today, offering informal dine in as well as takeaway and delivery to Hackney and the surrounding area. The Yard Sale team are...

The Bar at Bellamy's opens in Mayfair serving cocktails and toasties

Information: 03 June 2014

It was hard for us to focus on the rest of the food offering at new Mayfair cocktail bar The Bar at Bellamy's once we'd seen the immortal words 'Foie Gras toasties'. Now we know that's not for...

Seamus Mullen restaurant and Dandelyan from Mr Lyan confirmed for Mondrian London at Sea Containers

Information: 03 June 2014

Update 10/9/14 - find out more about the Seamus Mullen's Sea Containers restaurant. Exclusive announcement. The rumours had been around for a while but now it's confirmed that another big-name New...

British Airways launches a new on-board burger

Information: 03 June 2014

These days, there's no escaping the all-pervasive burger trend even if you're 35,000 feet above the ground. The latest to unveil their signature burger is British Airways, who have just started...

The Cochonette boules special on the menu this week at Angelus

Information: 02 June 2014

This my friends is The Cochonette - a special going on the set lunch menu at Paddington restaurant Angelus from this Wednesday for a week. It's a tribute to the restaurant's owner Thierry Tomasin's love...

Hartnett, Hix and Drabble head up Fortnum's Supper Club programme

Information: 02 June 2014

Piccadilly food store Fortnum & Mason continues to innovate under the leadership of Ewan Ventners who moved over here from Selfridges in 2012. Their latest wheeze is to run a weekly supperclub every...

Comensal contemporary Mexican to open on Clapham's Abbeville Road

Information: 28 May 2014

Clapham looks to be getting an interesting new restaurant in a few weeks when Comensal, a modern Mexican bar and restaurant opens its doors. The Abbeville Road spot will specialise in contemporary...

Gong at the Shangri-la Shard - London's highest bar

Information: 27 May 2014

It's the highest bar in London. Gong on the 52nd floor of the Shangri-la Shard opened its doors last week, so we popped along for a quick drink at the weekend to check it out. As you might expect...

Auction Against Hunger 2014 - results and gallery

Information: 25 May 2014

All the action from this year's Auction Against Hunger held at Street Feast

Bea Vo of Bea's of Bloomsbury launching Stax Carnaby

Information: 23 May 2014

(Updated 23/5 with opening date and menu) She's best known for the cakes and teas she serves up at Bea's of Bloomsbury, and more recently Bea Vo has been running a successful weekend diner at Maltby...

Ham Yard Hotel opens out Soho with a new restaurant and bar

Information: 22 May 2014

The Ham Yard hotel is the latest hotel coming from the Firmdale group. They're the people behind the Charlotte Street hotel and the Soho Hotel among others and this is their eighth boutique hotel -...

Caterina55 brings Ligurian cooking to Moorgate

Information: 21 May 2014

A new Italian restaurant is coming to Moorgate, specialising in North east Italy's Ligurian cooking.

Tallulah glass slipper cocktail launches the Rivoli Bar's summer menu at The Ritz

Information: 21 May 2014

This sparkly little number is a new drink on the cocktail menu at the Ritz Rivoli Bar. The Tallulah references the moment back in 1951 when American actress Tallulah Bankhead sipped champagne from...

Hoxton on Sea takes over the courtyard at the Hoxton Hotel

Information: 20 May 2014

The annual summertime trend to turn parts of London into scenes from the seaside (see here for news of more at Shad Thames and Covent Garden) continues with news of the latest urban beach to hit...

Psychic Burger launch pig laden burger

Information: 19 May 2014

Psychic Burger's residency at the Old Queen's Head in Islington is launching possibly the piggiest burger we've ever seen on Wednesday. The Pig Salad burger features a pork, black pudding and...

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