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Rib Room unveil their five course rib tasting menu

Information: 03 May 2012

Vegetarians look away now! Knightsbridge upmarket meat restaurant The Rib Room is putting on a menu for early summer which is devoted to its namesake cut. For £85 you can feast on ribs cooked every...

Pret a Diner returns to London with Locatelli's "Italians do it better"

Information: 03 May 2012

Pret a Diner is an international roaming dining event that takes over impressive spaces for gastronomic events. They last came to town in October with the Minotaur Installation in the Old Vic...

Fortnum & Mason launch Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon

Information: 02 May 2012

Fortnum & Mason have just launched the rather elegant Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon so we popped along to take a look. Officially opened earlier this year by Her Majesty, in honour of her diamond...

Nose to Tail fortnight kicks off for London's restaurants

Information: 02 May 2012

Sorry if we're a little behind the times, but we've only just found out about Nose to Tail fortnight which actually started on Monday this week. It's an exercise by London Food Link's Ethical Eats...

Tatler Restaurant Awards 2012 wins for Delaunay, Hawksmoor Guildhall, Dabbous & more

Information: 01 May 2012

It takes a brave (or foolhardy) publication to pitch their annual restaurant awards less than 24 hours after the dust has settled on the World's 50 Best list - but Tatler were sticking much closer...

The Cube dining experience lands on London's South Bank

Information: 01 May 2012

It's all happening in London this summer. On top of the Olympics, Jubilee and Noma pop-up, we're also going to be the next European city to host The Cube. Created by Electrolux and landing in London...

Ben Spalding does one day Ben's Canteen pop up in Battersea

Information: 01 May 2012

Hard on the heels of his first successful Roast Sunday Maltby Street lunch, former Roganic chef Ben Spalding is heading further south to Battersea for another one-night only affair. On the 14th May...

World's 50 Best Restaurants 2012 sees Noma top for a third year and Heston wins the double

Information: 30 April 2012

At first glance this year's list doesn't seem all that exciting - after all the top three restaurants are exactly the same as last year. But if there is one big winner from this year's World's 50...

Ferran Adria plans cocktail and snacks bar for London

Information: 30 April 2012

Whispers, rumours, lies and April Fools, we've heard them all regarding Ferran Adria's possible plans to open a venture in London. The truth is now out: Ferran and his brother Albert are planning a...

World's 50 Best Restaurants UK Chair Richard Vines interview

Information: 30 April 2012

Taking over from Jay Rayner as this year's Head of the UK panel for the World's 50 Best list is Richard Vines - Bloomberg's food critic and all round well-connected London foodie. Hot Dinners sat...

Natural Born Grillers’ unite for #Ribstock 2012

Information: 29 April 2012

If the name ‘#Ribstock’ didn’t already give the game away, then rib lovers, brace yourselves to hear how the ultimate rib festival celebrating all that is finger-licking, tooth-picking and...

Andoni Aduriz launches new Mugaritz book in London

Information: 28 April 2012

The great and the good of the food world (and Hot Dinners) were in Marylebone last night for the launch of chef Andoni Aduriz's book Mugaritz - the story of his Basque restaurant of the same name...

Summer barbecue masterclass on One New Change rooftop

Information: 27 April 2012

You know, if it ever, ever stops raining (Thanks Drought Order!) we rather like the sound of the rooftop barbecuing lesson that's going to take place at One New Change next month. On the afternoon...

London's first Hop Shoot Festival launches with Kent to London dash

Information: 27 April 2012

Forget the mad dash back from France for Beaujolais Nouveau - today a group of brewers and restaurateurs are heading into deepest Kent to take part in the first London Hop Shoot Festival. They're...

The Electric in Notting Hill launches Edible Cinema

Information: 26 April 2012

With Odeon's new gastro-cinema The Lounge getting a lot of press recently, it's good to see that another London cinema getting into the gourmet scene. The Electric Cinema in Notting Hill is...

Sushi cones and more as Yoobi opens London's first temakeria in Soho

Information: 26 April 2012

Brazilian temaki are handheld sushi rolls wrapped in a crisp nori cone that, from a distance, look like particularly healthy ice-creams. Originally a Japanese food, they're big in Brazil which has...

Street Feast night market to open off Brick Lane

Information: 25 April 2012

London's has some great success with night markets, most recently the Long Table in Dalston and Bermondsey's The StockMKT which is also returning (Bermondsey Square Friday 27th April 5.30-10.30pm). So it's...

Fortnum and Mason put Heinz baked beans on the menu

Information: 24 April 2012

With the likes of Her Majesty taking tea there you may be forgiven for thinking Fortnum & Mason to be a very rarefied type of place. But we hear there's a new dish on the menu there that has much...

Draft House to open on Goodge Street in July

Information: 23 April 2012

Clearly the answer to our question in this week's newsletter as to whether Soho or Noho was hotter as far as restaurants are concerned seems to have been answered in part by today's hot news that...

Craft Guild of Chefs announce their 2012 shortlist

Information: 23 April 2012

The Craft Guild of Chefs may be an industry guild, but it's always interesting to see who other chefs rate in their profession. The guild, which sees over 1500 chefs and restaurant workers vote in...

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