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It's certainly been the year for steak, with Goodman and Hawksmoor branching out and Cut making a big debut earlier this year.  Now the Caprice group, the people behind Scott's and the Ivy, join them as...

On the eve of the opening of their latest restaurant, Delaunay, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King have just announced another new venture, this time over on Sloane Square. The pair behind the Wolseley...

January's always such a damp squib of a month. Everyone's off the sauce and determined to make the most of their new gym membership. But it doesn't have to be that way. We hear Raymond Blanc is...

Update - 16/11 - Granger & co is now open Bill Granger has been a regular at foodie events in London over the last year since he uprooted his family from Sydney to make a new life (and business) in...

Health and safety gone mad? This morning, we spotted a story in trade paper Caterersearch that burger company Byron have stopped selling hamburgers cooked rare. Apparently one local authority has...

We've long been fans of Street Kitchen, the gourmet food truck collaboration between Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka.  The recent stint in the city has been a huge success, so the boys are branching out...

Last year saw Islington star Christoffer Hruskova move to Smithfields, and now another Islington mainstay is joining him. Morgan Meunier, whose fine dining restaurant on Liverpool Road in Islington...

We've previously reported on the occasional Sunday lunches by top chefs being run under the title Cornish Grill at Farringdon restaurant Redhook. And this week we heard that owner Jonathan Downey has...

[Updated 21 November 2011] We now hear that Hawksmoor will be there on opening night serving up bourbon and burgers with Four Roses, Shakey Pete's Ginger Brew, Bloody Bull shots with Hangar One and...

If you're looking for a properly kosher lunch (or just want to expand your culinary horizons) head for Kensal Rise next month where London's first Kosher-British pop up will be opening its doors to...

We're always on the lookout for interesting new openings here at Hot Dinners. So when we spotted that the Head Chef of critics' fave The Wapping Project, Cameron Emirali, was teaming up with the...

The London Evening Standard has taken the pulse of the city and come up with a list of the 1000 most influential people in town. This year's list includes the following 34 foodies (we've helpfully...

With a successful cook book under their belts, and a third City location added to their ever-expanding stable, the future's looking pretty bright for childhood friends-turned-restaurant-partners Huw...

They've already built up a legion of fans with Terroirs and Brawn, now Ed Wilson and Oli Barker have announced an opening date for their third restaurant Soif. Their latest natural wine bar and...

Updated 16/1/2012 - Reservations are now open. Call 020 7323 1544 to book. Dabbous will open on 20 January 2012. Noho workers and residents will get a new spot to try in Spring with the news that...

In the run-up to Christmas, anything that helps Hot Dinners save money is always welcome. So we like the idea of the free Milan-style aperativo promotion that South Kensington restaurant The...

He's the man behind the most-wanted burger in London. Hot Dinners chews the fat with the man responsible for the Meatwagon, #Meateasy and now MEATLiquor, Yianni Papoutsis. How was the MEATLiquor...

[Updated 7/11/2011] Union Jacks should be open from 17 November 2011. More details are emerging about what sort of things will be on the menu when Jamie Oliver opens his first Union Jacks in Central St...

The temporary Canteen restaurant in Covent Garden market has just announced the details of three guest chefs who'll be cooking one-off meals there in December. Angela Hartnett will team up with The...

Hot Dinners popped over to Shoreditch last night for the official opening of new restaurant Assemblage. It's the brainchild of entrepreneur Alicia Whitby and chef James Knight-Pacheco (pictured...