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Star Wars and foie gras burgers: chains up their game

Information: 06 January 2012

London may be all about street truck burgers and independents like Lucky Chip and MEATLiquor, but it seems as though the larger burger chains also want to get in on the action. Just this week we've...

Bermondsey's Zucca is Decanter's Restaurant of the Year

Information: 06 January 2012

Wine magazine Decanter has just had its annual restaurant awards and given Bermondsey spot Zucca its top accolade. Zucca picked up the Decanter/Laurent-Perrier Restaurant of the Year award because,...

Harden's pick Le Gavroche as London's best all-round restaurant

Information: 05 January 2012

Harden's have just released their UK restaurant 'survey' today - they're not calling it a guide anymore - which features a list of the five London restaurants their contributors reckon to be the...

Odeon Whiteleys takes Rowley Leigh on as chef for The Lounge

Information: 04 January 2012

Updated 4/1/12 with menu details. After opening Le Cafe Anglais at Whiteleys back in 2007 and following it up with the launch of its Oyster Bar in 2010, where could Rowley Leigh go next to extend...

Atul Kochhar spices it up at Corrigan's Mayfair

Information: 03 January 2012

January is traditionally a month for restaurants to come up with cut-price menus and special discounts, so we're pleased to see that Richard Corrigan is trying something new on London's diners. For...

Barbecue in Soho - talking to Pitt Cue Co's Tom Adams

Information: 03 January 2012

Photos by thomasbowles.com When the Pitt Cue Co. Trailer opened on the South Bank under the Hungerford Bridge last summer, it was to almost instant (and widespread) acclaim. The trailer immediately...

Pitt Cue Co to open Soho restaurant in mid January

Information: 03 January 2012

Last summer, London's shack/trailer food scene really took off - but there was one trailer that ruled them all. The Pitt Cue Co. trailer under the Hungerford Bridge had huge queues from day one and...

New Year round-up of London's restaurant news

Information: 02 January 2012

Welcome back! If you've been out of town for most of Christmas and New Year, you might be wondering what - if anything - you've missed while you've been away. Well here's what happened: The best of...

Modern Pantry's Anna Hansen an MBE in New Year Honours

Information: 31 December 2011

The Modern Pantry's Anna Hansen heads up the handful of food-related people recognised in this year's New Year Honours list. Hansen, who was born in Canada and brought up in New Zealand and now runs...

Boundary reopens on Twelfth Night with Epiphany dinner

Information: 30 December 2011

January's always such a miserable month, so we applaud anyone who tries to make the best of it. Our gold star for effort today goes to Shoreditch restaurant Boundary who are holding a special...

Mayfair restaurant The Greenhouse appoints Arnaud Bignon as chef

Information: 21 December 2011

It's musical chairs over at Mayfair restaurant The Greenhouse with the news today that their chef of six years, Antonin Bonnet, is leaving in early 2012. In his place, Arnaud Bignon has been...

Ledbury rioters charged: 14-year-old pleads guilty

Information: 20 December 2011

It was one of the defining stories of this year's London riots - kitchen staff at the World's Best Restaurant ™ The Ledbury fighting off rioters who'd stormed the restaurant to mug diners as they...

L'Etranger to expand next door with Meursault lounge bar and dining room

Information: 16 December 2011

L'Etranger restaurant in Kensington is to expand next door with a new lounge bar and dining room, called Meursault. The new place, which takes its name from a Burgundy wine (and also the lead...

Christmas at Downton DVD launches with Edwardian canapes

Information: 16 December 2011

'Tis the season for parties, and we loved the idea behind the one last night to publicise the imminent release of Christmas at Downton on DVD. The PR folks got Hus Vedat, Executive Chef at...

Foodie treats at Circus 11 Christmas market in Shoreditch

Information: 15 December 2011

To add to our growing list of Christmas markets around London with a decided food bent, we've just heard about Circus 11 which launched yesterday in Shoreditch and will run until 18 December. It's...

Dstrkt restaurant and club opens on Piccadilly's Rupert Street

Information: 14 December 2011

There’s stealth openings and then there’s uber-stealth openings. This week a massive new development opens just off Piccadilly with almost no advance word. Dstrkt is a £25 million restaurant, bar...

St John restaurant teams up with Secret Cinema to launch Secret Restaurant

Information: 14 December 2011

Oh now this is interesting. The Secret Cinema has been around for a while in London, popping up in different venues, with the film (and venue) you're about to see only being revealed on the night...

London's street food markets plan Christmas festivities

Information: 13 December 2011

This weekend looks to be the perfect one for street food lovers. Not only is Friday the last day of Dalston's insanely successful The Long Table, but over in Kings Cross Eat St are planning a rather...

Mark Hix opens Hix Belgravia with a new Mark's Bar

Information: 12 December 2011

28/1/12 - Updated with menu info. Rumours of a new Mark Hix restaurant have been in the mix for a while (and been on our Coming Soon page for a couple of months) but today official word has come...

Bidding about to open for The Mince Pie Project

Information: 08 December 2011

If you're looking for a mince pie with a difference this Christmas - and no, we don't mean Heston's pine-tree scented ones - then head on over to The Mince Pie project right now. This brilliant...

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