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Wishbone brings fried chicken to Brixton Market

Information: 02 July 2012

Brixton Market has rapidly become a foodie destination south of the river with Brixton Village housing some of the best food in the area. Soon, it's about to get even better with a new fried chicken...

Giaconda Dining room undergoing revamp and will re-open seven days a week

Information: 02 July 2012

Opened four years ago, the Giaconda Dining room quickly gained plaudits for Paul Merrony's cooking and front of house service from his wife Tracey. It's one of Jay Rayner's favourite London...

Long Table organisers return with Feast

Information: 29 June 2012

Last year's The Long Table in Dalston saw massive queues of excited foodies snaking down Kingsland High Street in the freezing cold, all for some cracking grub. It was for a brief moment, the...

Pixie Geldof, Wired Mag and Pig BBQ at Dalston's Roof Park

Information: 29 June 2012

Dalston's Roof Park is the venue for an interesting series of events called Nice to Meet You which combine talk, music and food and are run by Art Wednesday. The talk side of things for the first...

My Hot Dinners - Claudia Roden picks her favourite restaurants in London

Information: 29 June 2012

Claudia Roden, worthy recipient of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild of Food Writers, has spent the past five years researching her most recent book - The Food of Spain. "I went...

Flat Iron offers affordable steak in Shoreditch above the Owl & Pussycat pub

Information: 28 June 2012

Restaurant pop-ups in pubs are becoming a clear trend in London at the moment. Recently we've seen Patty & Bun take up shop in the Endurance in Soho while Upstairs at the Ten Bells has had an...

Le Gavroche wins big at TripAdvisor's first Restaurant Awards

Information: 27 June 2012

There's been a fair amount of discussion (a lot of it on Twitter) about how useful or not the restaurant reviews on TripAdvisor actually are - but for the restaurants that came out on top in the...

Two pop-up dining events on Broadway Market

Information: 25 June 2012

Broadway Market looks to be the place to go for interesting pop-up food events over the summer. First up is Tavolone Tapas - they'll be taking over the market's bike shop Lock7 on Friday 29 June...

Soho's Ceviche launches week of events to celebrate Peru's national dish

Information: 25 June 2012

[Update - these events are on all this week] It's been no secret that Peruvian cuisine is touted as this year's Big Thing so it's not a bad time for London to celebrate Peru's national Ceviche day...

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen holds 10th anniversary street party

Information: 25 June 2012

[Updated 25 June 2012] Now that the Jubilee's over, there are still street parties worth going to. Top among them has to be Jamie Oliver's Fifteen and Eat Street Party on 30th June to celebrate his...

Braving the mud at 2012's Taste of London

Information: 22 June 2012

If there's one thing we learned from this year's Taste of London, it's that we should have brought wellies with us. It seemed that only the BA staff with their Union Jack wellies were the ones who...

David Chang says he has no plans to open in London

Information: 22 June 2012

When Hot Dinners bumped into momofuku's David Chang at the launch party for Taste of London this week, there was really only one question we wanted the answer to: when was he opening up in London? Sadly...

Best of Taste of London 2012 winners announced

Information: 21 June 2012

It may be a little grey outside, but that never stops the crowds descending on Taste of London every year. The festival kicks off today and runs until Sunday and last night judges lined up to awards...

Soho House does rotisserie chicken with Chicken Shop in Kentish Town

Information: 20 June 2012

We've known for a while that Soho House was planning to open a new Pizza East in Kentish Town (surely a Pizza North?) but what really caught our interest at the time was the promise of a brand new...

Shortlist for 2012 Restaurant and Bar Design Awards

Information: 20 June 2012

The shortlist for the UK and International Restaurant & Bar Design Awards has just been announced and there are loads of London restaurants and bars among the finalists - we've picked them out in...

Duck & Waffle announced as 24 hour top floor restaurant at Heron Tower

Information: 20 June 2012

The company behind Sushi Samba, which will be opening on the 38th and 39th floors of the Heron Tower in the City in July, has just announced its plans for the top floor spot. Duck & Waffle will be a...

Green Goat food offer a very British street food experience

Information: 20 June 2012

With so much attention being given to the burger and all things BBQ it's a refreshing change to hear about a new street van focusing on seafood and underused cuts of meat. Green Goat Food company is...

Slow Food Week includes canape crawl round East London

Information: 19 June 2012

We're always madly busy here at Hot Dinners, so the idea of Slow Food Week which runs from 18-24 June 2012 certainly appeals. And there are a number of events on around London which you can take...

Wahaca launching pop-up container restaurant on July 4

Information: 19 June 2012

It's all happening on the South Bank at the moment. There's the Electrolux cube, where top chefs are cooking a meal with a view, Pitt Cue co has made a triumphant return and the Lebanese restaurant Yalla...

Beard to Tail restaurant to launch in Shoreditch - we take in a preview

Information: 18 June 2012

The team behind the Shoreditch cocktail institution, Callooh Callay, gave East London a high-spirited preview of their forthcoming restaurant and whisky bar at a pop-up last week. Beard To Tail set...

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