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New dishes in London's restaurants for Spring

Information: 18 March 2014

A gorgeous gallery of pictures showing what London's chefs have just added to their menus

Q Grill BBQ restaurant coming to Camden from the people behind The Fish & Chip Shop

Information: 18 March 2014

Updated 18/3/13 with soft launch details Having already landed a big hit in Islington with The Fish & Chip Shop, Des McDonald has lined up Camden for his next restaurant - he's launching a new BBQ...

Mikael Jonsson confirms his involvement with Antidote wine bar in Soho

Information: 17 March 2014

Well the cat is now well and firmly out of the bag. Following weeks of hint dropping by foodie folk on Twitter, chef Mikael Jonsson has finally come out and admitted that he's responsible for the...

Marcus Wareing Restaurants to open Tredwell's on Upper St Martin's Lane

Information: 17 March 2014

Update 12/9/14 - get a preview of Tredwell's here. 2014 looks to be a busy old year for Marcus Wareing. In one week's time the chef will reopen his two Michelin-starred restaurant at The Berkeley...

Momo launch their new weekend brunch programme with a Full Moroccan

Information: 13 March 2014

We've had Koya's take on the Full English - serving it up as udon with bacon and egg, now get ready for the Moroccan version of the best kickstart to the day. Momo's Head Chef, Philippe Agnello's...

Mayfields in Hackney prepares a Fish Supper and a Puglian Feast

Information: 13 March 2014

We're big fans of Mayfields in Hackney as we named it our best eating out experience of 2013. So we think their two upcoming events will be well worth a visit. On Saturday April 1st, there's a...

Wine sales website Vente Privée launches in the UK

Information: 13 March 2014

Online wine retail is about to be given a major shake up with France's largest retailer of online wine, Vente Privée announcing its expansion into the UK. The launch of the online sales website LINK...

More details and the menu from Dabbous' Barnyard

Information: 12 March 2014

Update 18/3 - Barnyard is open now. Last night, Hot Dinners popped along to the opening party for Barnyard, the next venture from Ollie Dabbous and Oskar Kinberg. We managed somehow not to try any...

Alain Ducasse to open RIVEA at the Bulgari hotel in London

Information: 11 March 2014

Updated 15/4/14 with booking details and opening date It's been on our Coming Soon rumours radar for a while, but today we finally got through the details for Alain Ducasse's new restaurant opening...

Tim Anderson to run an Eat the Cookbook pop-up at the Well in Clerkenwell

Information: 11 March 2014

MasterChef winner Tim Anderson's Nanban cookbook is on the way later this year - so his next pop-up is all based around that. He's popping up at the Well in Clerkenwell next week - with this menu -...

Michel Roux Jnr severs ties with the BBC

Information: 11 March 2014

We don't often get in press releases that tell us what's not happening, but that's just what hit the Hot Dinners in box this morning. In pops a missive from Michel Roux Jnr to say that he "will not...

Orchestral manoeuvres in the gut - the King's Festival of Food

Information: 11 March 2014

Updated 11/3/14 with news of Gizzi Erskine's involvement If you like the sound of a festival that encourages you to really think about what you're eating, then the King's Festival of Food might be...

Lima Floral to open in Covent Garden

Information: 10 March 2014

Since it opened in mid 2012, the now Michelin-starred Peruvian restaurant Lima from Virgilio Martinez has proven to be a big hit. Now they're expanding with a second restaurant, Lima Floral, coming to...

Heston Blumenthal launching The Perfectionists' Café at Heathrow Terminal 2

Information: 10 March 2014

13/5/14 - Update - we get the full details on what to expect from the Perfectionists' Cafe. We've known a while that Heston was opening a new restaurant at Heathrow's latest terminal. Although we've been...

Caprice Holdings introduce The Chef's Table at the Mount Street Deli

Information: 10 March 2014

We've had chef's tables in the heart of kitchens, by the pass, or separated by a glass wall - now Caprice Holdings has gone one further and taken the Head Chef out of their kitchen and into their...

New and upcoming London restaurants update - week ending 7th March

Information: 08 March 2014

Things certainly aren't slowing down for London's new restaurants as we enter the third month of the year. There have been a further ten openings since our last update only a couple of weeks ago and...

The Future of Meat brunch at Hawksmoor Guildhall

Information: 07 March 2014

Our friends at Toast events have come up with the kind of talk we like - one that concludes with a feast of Hawksmoor goodies. The Future of Meat is the chosen subject and they've brought together...

The Spoke brings food buzz to Holloway Road

Information: 07 March 2014

We're not afraid to admit that even we get surprised by the odd new opening around town. So when we saw that Giles Coren was singing the praises of a new restaurant round his way, we did a little...

Taco Wars 2014 to take place at Hawker House

Information: 07 March 2014

Taco Wars are back and this year the event will take place at Hawker House. Competing this year are the winners of last year's competition - Luardos as well as Breddos Tacos, Santo Remedia,...

Viajante Head Chef Leo to run three month pop-up at One Leicester Street

Information: 06 March 2014

When we heard the news that One Leicester Street's Head Chef Tom Harris was on the move, we did wonder who'd be taking his place. Well the answer is that, temporarily, it'll be ex-Viajante and...

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