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Cloudy Bay takes over the terrace at Harvey Nichols

Information: 19 May 2014

The Terrace on Harvey Nichols 5th floor often gets a very welcome makeover in the summer and the next one is imminent. This time it's courtesy of New Zealand wine Cloudy Bay - which is taking the...

The Palomar restaurant to open on Rupert Street with Jerusalem's top chefs behind it

Information: 19 May 2014

19/5 - updated with soft launch info. The chefs from Jerusalem's coolest restaurant Machneyuda are heading to London to help open their first UK restaurant. The Palomar, which will open this Spring...

Dirty Burger and Chicken Shop both to launch in Whitechapel

Information: 16 May 2014

16/5/14 - updated with soft launch details. Soho House's two very popular ventures continue to reach out to all sides of London. We've already seen Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger in the north...

Seven Year Steak Sandwich goes on the menu at Hawksmoor

Information: 16 May 2014

This divine looking sarnie is the new Seven Year Steak Sandwich which will go on the menu at Hawksmoor Guildhall, Air Street and Seven Dials next week. Named after the amount of years Hawksmoor have...

Hardy's wine and cheese Chardonnay pop-up with Alex James

Information: 16 May 2014

Here at Hot Dinners we're rather partial to a nice glass of Chardonnay so this two day wine and cheese pop-up with Hardy's and Alex James sounds like it might be worth heading down to. The 1853...

Hereford + York Yorkshire pudding pop-up at Harvey Nichols

Information: 16 May 2014

The hottest day of the year so far may seem like an odd time to be launching a Yorkshire pudding pop-up, but c'mon do you really need winter back to enjoy a good Yorkshire? Launched yesterday at...

First look at dishes for Meatopia 2014

Information: 14 May 2014

It would be fair to say that we're very much looking forward to 2014's Meatopia in September (details here). So to put you in the mood - here are a few pics to whet your appetite. They're a preview of...

Deep-fried Mars Bars and more at Dram & Smoke's Scottish pop up in Vauxhall

Information: 14 May 2014

Yes this picture of venison haunch with a light pearl barley salad and bramble dressing does look rather fabulous doesn't it? But for us, that's not the selling point of new summer pop-up Dram &...

Mandarin Oriental to launch new tea room and champagne bar, the Rosebery

Information: 13 May 2014

Updated 13/5/14 with opening date and image It already has two of London's top restaurants, Bar Boulud and Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and now the Mandarin Oriental is about to add a new tea room to...

Selfridges launch On The Roof summer rooftop restaurant with Q Grill

Information: 13 May 2014

Well the London rooftop scene just got a LOT more interesting. We can exclusively reveal that from this summer, Selfridges will run a series of annual residencies on its rooftop. Up on the roof...

Argentine butcher and wine shop Abasto opens in Connaught Village from the people behind Zoilo

Information: 12 May 2014

Diego Jacquet has had great success with the Malevo Group with Casa Malevo and particularly Zoilo being very well received Argentine restaurants. Now he's expanding further, as Abasto, an Argentine...

The Blues Kitchen comes to Shoreditch

Information: 12 May 2014

A popular blues and BBQ joint in Camden has gone south to Shoreditch - opening fully this week. It'll be offering Texan BBQ, live music seven nights a week and is also promising "one of the biggest...

Heston Blumenthal's The Perfectionists' Cafe at Heathrow's T2 - Ashley Palmer-Watts dishes the details

Information: 12 May 2014

A Hot Dinners Exclusive. Let's be honest, Heston Blumenthal could open an edible envelope and there'd be a host of foodies there to document it - so when word got out that he was opening a...

Shad Thames and Covent Garden get a little beach style for the summer

Information: 09 May 2014

As London creeps towards a more summer clime, two parts of the city are gearing up to greet it beach-style. Down by Tower Bridge, the Pont de le Tour have redone their outside space, launching it as a...

My Hot Dinners - Adam Tihany picks his favourite London restaurants

Information: 09 May 2014

Adam Tihany's work has, for decades, influenced the global luxury market. In this new book Tihany: Iconic hotel and restaurant interiors he offers readers an in-depth tour of his most spectacular...

1235 Donuts is moving from Columbia Road to the Lockhart

Information: 08 May 2014

Just when we were thinking of making a trip to Columbia Road to try out Lockhart chef Brad McDonald's doorstop business 1235 Donuts, we hear they're moving the business West. For a while Brad and...

Ox heart and deviled kidneys - Eating with the Chefs on the St John family meal

Information: 08 May 2014

If you've ever wondered what the chefs and waiters in your favourite restaurant had for their lunch, then a new book out by Phaidon has the answer. Eating with the Chefs by Per-Anders Jörgensen goes...

Shack Corn Dog hits Shake Shack London for the first time

Information: 08 May 2014

This, my friends, is the Shack Corn Dog, coming to a Shake Shack near you (OK - so the only one near you in Covent Garden). On for a brief period only, between 23 May and 1 June it's a beef hot dog...

London Wine Sessions 2014 features Sager + Wilde, Lyle's, Mayfields and more

Information: 07 May 2014

If you love food and you love good wine (who doesn't?), then get your Google Calendars up because we have a red hot event you'll want to diarise. The second Wine Sessions is taking place in Hackney...

Chiltern Firehouse is Tatler's Restaurant of the Year 2014

Information: 06 May 2014

While Hot Dinners were ignoring vertigo and pressing our noses up against the window in the Shangri-La Shard doing the traditional "where's my house?" motions, across town there was another...

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