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Second only to burgers in London's foodie circles, the competition to be the next great pizza provider continues with the arrival of Pizza Pilgrims in Soho. Two brothers Thom and James say they're...

Hot Dinners popped down to Mayfair this week for the launch of the Chef Season during which a number of top chefs will join forces with Atul Kochhar to come up with a new fusion bar menu for Atul's...

There's a fascinating piece in Sydney newspaper The Age, published this weekend, in which Petersham Nurseries head chef Skye Gyngell gives her then-PR team a headache by calling the Michelin star...

Michelin starred Indian restaurant Quilon in Westmister, which has been shut for a major reburbishment, is due to reopen at the end of March. Hot Dinners got a few scraps of info on the impending re-opening...

Atul Kochhar's recently been teaming up with Richard Corrigan in his restaurant and now Corrigan is returning the favour and joining others in to take part in a celebrity chef mash-up at Kochhar's...

UPDATE - we went to Meatmarket, check out pics and more. Meat Liquor has been one of the biggest hits of the past few months with rave reviews, queues around the block and quite possibly the best...

Question: what's more exciting than a meal out with our favourite Young Turks chefs at the Ten Bells? Answer; that'll be dinner with the Young Turks and the new Ledbury head chef James Knappett...

Jamie Oliver's empire expansion continues apace with the news this morning that he's opening a one-off cafe at Gatwick alongside a Jamie’s Italian and a standalone Union Jacks Bar. The cafe, which...

You've got to hand it to Fortnum & Mason; the Piccadilly store has scored a tremendous coup in getting the Queen to make a rare public appearance with her granddaughter-in-law, the Duchess of...

They've had success only just up the road with the Chiswell Street Dining Rooms and now the Martin Brothers are opening their 10th London pub nearby - the Jugged Hare. The restored grade II building is a...

[Updated 13/02/12- Ceviche will open on 12 March at 17 Frith St in Soho] One of the biggest trends for next year promises to be Peruvian food - so there's a lot of people looking forward to...

Earlier this week, Hot Dinners popped along to the launch of the London International flagship Le Cordon Bleu School, taking up its grand new residence in Bloomsbury Square. Visitors were treated to a...

After losing its head chef Tristan Welch who's moved to spend more time with his family in Sweden, Launceston Place has a new face in the kitchen, Timothy Allen. Allen has spent the past seven years...

We're suckers for good bar snacks or any kind of free food in fact, so we welcome the news that Pizza East Portobello is launching an aperitivo period. Following in the Milanese fashion of offering...

They're just the length of Usain Bolt's warm-up track away from the Olympic Stadium and now Formans restaurant on Fish Island have started taking bookings for the Olympics period. The restaurant...

Russian restaurant Mari Vanna is almost about to throw open the doors in Knightsbridge. This Russian restaurant already has popular outposts in Moscow, St Petersburg and New York and becomes the...

[Updated 9 February 2012] We're loving the sound of an upcoming opening over in Broadway Market in March. Market Café will apparently "recreate the spirit of the classic Italian “formica” café of...

[Updated 9/3/12 with the menu details] Six of the world's best female chefs are going to be cooking together in London for a series of exclusive dinners this March. The idea sounds great, even if...

It's a bit of a coup for Iqbal Wahhab’s Roast over in Borough Market as they get their hands on ex-Caprice Holdings chef Marcus Verberne. Marcus has worked alongside Mark Hix for over a decade at...

Their first venture was a pop-up Sunday Roast supperclub at F Cooke & Sons on Broadway Market and they followed that with a Burger pop-up in the same venue. Now Superette Sundays are branching out...