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[Updated 30/10/12 with menu details] This November marks the 35th anniversary since legendary chef Pierre Koffmann opened his La Tante Claire restaurant in London. To celebrate, Pierre's asked ten...

While we've had a lot of queries from readers asking about when Buddha Bar is reopening in London, it's fair to say that the place didn't fare that well with the critics last time around. "The...

If you like the idea of trying something that's so pop-up it's a single one-off dinner, make a date for this event happening in London next month. On 3 November, a roaming travelling show known as...

The awards season keeps rolling on, as the Time Out London restaurant awards for 2012 are revealed. The big winners are Corbin & King's Delaunay as Best Restaurant - it was also awarded five stars by...

Carl Clarke, the talented chef behind the God save the Clam and Rock Lobsta pop-up experiences has exclusively revealed to Hot Dinners a 6 month residency at The Rising Sun pub in St. Paul's due to...

The Observer Food Monthly Awards is hands-down our favourite night of the year - a crazy evening where chefs, critics, bloggers, producers, butchers and wine folk all rub shoulders (and consume far...

Ramen has been one of many trends to hit London this year and the latest play to offer it up to Londoners is Bone Daddies in Soho. Australian chef Ross Shonhan, former Head Chef of Zuma London and...

[Updated 17/10/12 with Farringdon launch date] Burger and Lobster has been a massive success since it opened in Mayfair last December and recently rumours had been growing that a new venue was in...

UPDATE - we took an early look at Patty & Bun. Burger entrepreneur Joe Grossman, founder of the roving pop up 'Patty and Bun', has just announced plans to open a 30 cover restaurant off Wigmore...

We've had the opening of the John Salt (previously known as Keston Lodge) on Upper Street in our diaries for quite a while now. And it's on our radar not just because it's our neck of the woods, but...

The North Circular and Santa Monica Boulevard have a lot in common. They're both streets. Well, that's it really but for four hours today a side street off the distinctly unlovely carriageway that...

Hot Dinners sits down with Eric Chavot to hear his plans for his return to the London restaurant scene with Brasserie Chavot at The Westbury

The London Restaurant Festival has come to a close for another year, which means it's time to give out the prizes to the best in show. The winners gathered at the revamped Vinopolis by Borough...

Jesse Dunford Wood's had great success with the Mall Tavern in Notting Hill (which we loved on a visit last year) and the recently revamped Stag in Hampstead. Now he's turning his attentions to a...

We love a good nosh-up in aid of a good cause, so we had to get behind the idea of DiscoBistro. It's a one-off event - marking the launch of Dinmill.com, a new social dining enterprise - where 30...

George Hammer, the man behind Aveda, L'Occitane and the Sanctuary, and Tony Zoccola of the East Dulwich Deli have joined forces to launch the GrEat British, and all-day restaurant opening on North...

As if Korean-style wasn't already a huge thing with Psy's Gangnam Style topping the charts, it's also fast becoming a big thing in the London foodie world. TV chef Gizzi Erskine cooked up a storm at...

Fresh from nabbing 61 out of 100 places in this year's National Restaurant Awards earlier this week, London's also played a blinder when it comes to the international bar scene. At the World's 50...

Food writers and chefs flocked to Portland Place last night for the launch of Phaidon's beautiful Faviken book, hosted by the Ambassador of Sweden at her residence. Hot Dinners spotted Observer Food...

October is upon us. The weather is set to ‘grey’, you can’t leave the house without a brolly, and it’s still dark when you have to drag yourself out of bed in the morning. All in all, there’s not...