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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...

René Redzepi to launch London pop-up "A Taste Of Noma at Claridge’s"

Information: 23 April 2012

[Updated 8/5/12 - the pop-up sold out in record time] The restaurant at Claridges has been the focus of much speculation as Gordon Ramsay's tenure is due to end this year. While we're waiting to...

Workshop Clerkenwell opens for evening meals and bar snacks

Information: 20 April 2012

Looks like East London's coffee houses are expanding their market. Workshop Coffee Co (formerly known as St Ali) is the second place we've heard of in as many weeks (Shoreditch's Ozone was the...

London French Dip stall launches at Brixton Market

Information: 20 April 2012

If you're around in Brixton at the weekend, you might want to swing by the market for a new stall that's opening up this Saturday. London French Dip will serve up LA-style meat sandwiches in...

Chase Distillery to launch new terrace bar at Harvey Nichols

Information: 19 April 2012

Chase Distillery have been making a name for themselves recently, not least for their marmalade vodka. And soon they're coming to town with a new terrace bar in Harvey Nichols. The idea is to evoke...

Valentine Warner launches new pizzas at PizzaExpress

Information: 18 April 2012

Back in the 1990's a young man by the name of Valentine Warner indulged his love of pizza by working as a waiter in his local PizzaExpress restaurant. Fast forward two decades and Valentine is back...

Eat St goes west with new residency at Chelsea's Imperial Arms

Information: 17 April 2012

Big news for fans of London's street food collective, Eat St: they're heading for a new London residency, but this time it's Chelsea rather than Peckham. Last year various vans set up shop at the...

Reform Social and Grill opens in Marylebone with British bar snacks

Information: 17 April 2012

We particularly like the sound of the British bar snacks that'll be on offer at a new hotel restaurant spot, the Reform Social and Grill in Marylebone. Located in the Mandeville Hotel on Mandeville...

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