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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...

Wright Bros' Jeremie Cometto-Lingenheim will be GM at Balthazar London

Information: 17 April 2012

[Update 7/1/13 - with new GM details] More news on Keith McNally's Balthazar this morning. Jeremie Cometto-Lingenheim, currently Operations Director at Wright Bros, has been confirmed as Balthazar's...

Feng Sushi to open restaurant in West Hampstead in June

Information: 16 April 2012

Quality sushi restaurant chain Feng Sushi has just announced it'll be opening its eighth restaurant this summer - this time in West Hampstead. The West Hampstead branch will have seats for 34 people...

Critics cook for chefs in Action Against Hunger’s 2012 "Too Many Critics" dinner

Information: 16 April 2012

Some of the nation’s finest Chefs gathered last night at Hawksmoor Guildhall for Action Against Hunger’s ‘Too Many Critics’ dinner. Chefs Pierre Koffmann (Koffman’s), Ashley Palmer-Watts (Dinner by...

Ex-Roganic chef Ben Spalding to run Roast Sunday pop-ups

Information: 16 April 2012

If you've been wondering what Roganic chef Ben Spalding's been up to since leaving his job as Head Chef there a few weeks ago, then we have the answer. He's teamed up with Burger Monday's Daniel...

Greg Malouf launches his debut menu at Petersham Nurseries Cafe

Information: 13 April 2012

He's been in London now for a few weeks and now Australian chef Greg Malouf, who's taken over from Skye Gyngell at Michelin-starred restaurant Petersham Nurseries Cafe, has unveiled some of his...

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