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Celebrate the start of London 2012 tomorrow morning at Sketch in Mayfair with a free breakfast and a bit of a ding-dong. Martin Creed, the artist responsible for the current incarnation of the...

His eponymous Cornish restaurant in Rock has two Michelin stars and Nathan Outlaw has his sights set on London. He'll be opening a London branch of his more casual eaterie Seafood Grill at the...

There's a longstanding relationship between architect firms and restaurants here in London. The Dock Kitchen is below Tom Dixon's shop, Rochelle Canteen numbers architects in its studios and The...

As if a certain sporting event isn't enough to draw the crowds to Stratford this week, shoppers at Westfield Stratford will find Masterchef winner Tim Anderson cooking up dishes for them too. Anderson's...

Every now and again, while strolling through London, you'll come across people playing ping-pong outside. The tables seem to be littered throughout the city and have often led to the bizarre sight...

Hard on the heels of next week's Pigsaw, the Endurance pub in Soho will play host to another pop-up, albeit a slightly-longer one. The experimental food design studio Blanch and Shock will be taking...

One of the most prestigious cookery competitions in the world, the Bocuse d'Or takes place every two years. The UK is sending two teams over to compete in the 2013 competition. We bumped into Ready...

Update - alas the event has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. It's been open less than a year, but Mayfair's Novikov is clearly getting into the London spirit with its decision to host a...

Harrods has been having something of a revolution with its restaurants this year. We've already seen the Galvins opening Galvin Demoiselle earlier this year, along with both Pan Chai and the Mango...

Got a hell of a scoop for you today - with news on the opening date (and special preview deal) for Russell Norman's new Clerkenwell place. Luke Bishop, the Group General Manager confirmed to us...

We've already had the likes of the Opera Tavern serving a secret off-menu burger which could only be ordered with the phrase "I've got the horn".  Now Bermondsey's Antico has got in on the act. The...

There's nothing like the prospect of a good feed to offset the horrors of a Monday. And next week you'll be able to do just that if you head for the Endurance pub in Soho where a top London market...

Fifteen years after they opened in Exmouth Market, Sam and Sam Clark are still doing storming business with their Moorish-inspired food at Moro. They've already been named twice - by Claudia Roden...

Jamie Oliver's a very busy man. Not content with having the biggest selling non-fiction book in the UK ever (30 Minute Meals, soon to be followed by its even speedier sequel - 15 Minute Meals), he's...

[Special offer: Hot Dinners readers will get 50% off food at Heliot for the first week of opening from Friday 13th July. To book go to heliotrestaurant.com and quote Hot Dinners when making your...

The dining scene in East London is never short of activity or surprises and this is particularly true when speaking of the most recent crop of new concepts. In the run up to the Games, this area has...

The 2012 London Restaurant Festival kicks off on 1 October and from the early information coming from the organisers - it looks as though this year's festival could be more, well, interesting than...

Bit of a coup for Benares as they nab the 2012 Masterchef winner Shelina Permalloo for their guest chef season. Shelina Permalloo will join Atul Kochhar on 6th August. The pair have apparently...

Burgers. We've reached saturation point in London, right? Not quite yet, it seems. As hot dogs and fried chicken threaten to wrest the zeitgeist upper hand away from the burger in 2012, Soho is...

City workers should look out for two familiar faces today as Raymond Blanc and Thomasina Miers turn street food traders to serve up some teatime burritos. The event marks Blanc's appointment as...