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MPs complain about House of Commons chips

Information: 23 January 2012

We absolutely love the story today in the Daily Mail (sorry about that) where they've brought together all the MP's whinges about the food and drink operations in Parliament. Apparently they're all...

Italian restaurant and wine bar Enoteca Super Tuscan opens in Spitalfields

Information: 19 January 2012

Italian restaurant and wine bar Enoteca Super Tuscan soft-launches today in Spitalfields. We caught up with owner Nick Grossi to find out more. You share a name with Grossi wines who are supplying...

Is New York's Danny Meyer taking over from Gordon Ramsay at Claridges?

Information: 19 January 2012

Updated 20/1/12: Looks like our sources could be wrong folks. Asked today on Twitter whether he's taking over at Claridges, Meyer replied: 'No such plans'. Hot Dinners heard the hottest of hot...

Hawksmoor to revamp Spitalfields restaurant with brand new bar

Information: 17 January 2012

Hawksmoor have been seriously busy over the past year opening new restaurants, so it's nice to hear that they're going back to their roots and are revamping their original Spitalfields restaurant...

Alyn Williams does Cornish Grill Sunday lunch at Redhook

Information: 17 January 2012

The Cornish Grill Sunday lunch events at Redhook in Farringdon kick off once more on a particularly strong note this year with Alyn Williams the first chef in their kitchens on Sunday 29 January...

Roganic and Hakkasan win three rosettes each from the AA Guide

Information: 17 January 2012

The latest awards of the season have arrived with the announcement at midnight last night (very dramatic!) from the AA who have revealed seven new winners of three AA rosettes across Britain. These...

Copenhagen's Sticks 'n' Sushi chain opens first London restaurant in Wimbedon

Information: 16 January 2012

There's an interesting new opening coming up in Wimbledon - the first offshoot of popular Copenhagen chain Sticks 'n' Sushi is arriving mid-March. They currently have nine branches in Denmark and...

Richard Corrigan and Galvin Bros to launch restaurants in Harrods

Information: 16 January 2012

Massive news over at Harrods today as the iconic Knightsbridge store scores a huge coup in getting three great chefs to join them. The first new face is Richard Corrigan who will take over the Sea...

Pierre Koffmann to run pop-up restaurant at Twickenham stadium

Information: 16 January 2012

It's a little-known fact that stellar chef Pierre Koffmann is a total rugby nut - so much so, that he says the reason he first came to Britain was not to work but to watch France play England at...

Flagship Le Cordon Bleu school opens in Bloomsbury with its own cafe

Information: 13 January 2012

If further proof were needed that London is the epicentre of the food world (well, we always knew that), it's the opening today of Le Cordon Bleu's flagship school...in central London. That means...

Marriott County Hall opens Gillray's Steakhouse and Bar

Information: 12 January 2012

It's all go by the river this year. Just a day after we announced the details for the latest riverside Gastropub at Cannon St, than we hear about another riverside restaurant, this time an existing...

Seafood and scotch eggs at The Oyster Shed by Cannon Street

Information: 11 January 2012

We're partial to both oysters and scotch eggs, so the menu at the soon-to-open The Oyster Shed in the City is calling to us siren-style. Situated on Angel Lane, just by Cannon St station, this new...

Damon Albarn's beef with the musak at Nobu

Information: 11 January 2012

OK - we love this story by New York's Eater.com concerning two musicians and their reaction to the musak at London's Nobu. Seems that the marvellously named rapper Theophilus London when he was last in...

Meat People open Islington steakhouse on Essex Road

Information: 10 January 2012

For years it served up epic fried breakfasts as Alfredos, then it turned into a branch of the sausage franchise S&M, now the listed cafe at 4-6 Essex Road is sticking to its meaty origins and...

New York's Serge Becker opening La Bodega Negra in London's Soho

Information: 09 January 2012

(Update - the upstairs cafe and taqueria is open now and the downstairs restaurant will open on Friday 16 March) New York restaurateur and nightclub owner Serge Becker has surprised everyone with a...

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...

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