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Alain Ducasse may reckon that ‘London is the most important city in the world for restaurants’, but it seems the people marketing us to tourists don’t agree. The English tourist board today...

News round-up Gordon Ramsay is better known for reducing restaurateurs who don’t come up to scratch in Kitchen Nightmares to floods of tears, but according to fellow chef Albert Roux, it’s as easy...

It was already the hardest restaurant in the world to get a table at, now Ferran Adria has revealed a new exquisite variation to the torture. In a press release put out by El Bulli today, Adria has...

To Marylebone this evening for the launch of the Colony Bar and Grill - the latest venture from Atul Kochhar. It's been a hectic few weeks for Atul - less than a month ago he presided over the...

In the week it lost out in the Twitter poll by Quadrille Food for Best Food Publication to newbie Fire & Knives, the publishers of Waitrose Food Illustrated have just announced a new direction for...

After much shifting and rescheduling, a new date for the reopening of Petrus has been announced. According to a press release just out, it will open its doors for business on for 29th March 2010...

If there’s one website you should bookmark this week (other than our own, dear readers) it’s www.putneypopup.co.uk which will have details on how to book your seat at the mother of all pop-up...

Hot Dinners catches up with chef Bruno Loubet just before the opening of his eponymous restaurant Bistrot Bruno Loubet at the Zetter Hotel in Clerkenwell

[UPDATE: On Midnight the same day this story broke - it seemed we were right to wonder if this really is the end. Ferran has now told El Pais that the New York Times got it all wrong. 'We're not...

You may have enjoyed his cocktails at Hawksmoor or lost an evening or two trying his concoctions at his present home in the bar at Hix Soho, now top mixologist Nick Strangeway is teaming up with the...

According to a survey by the newly-formed Sustainable Restaurant Association almost 70% of British diners think that restaurants aren’t doing enough to tackle social and environmental issues. Clearly it’s...

Manhattan chef Daniel Boulud is in town getting Bar Boulud London ready for its May launch at the Mandarin Oriental and he’s making the most of every minute of his visit. On his first night he was...

There had been rumours circulating for weeks, but today Property Magazine has confirmed that Anthony Demetre and Will Smith, the pair behind the successful Wild Honey and Arbutus restaurants are to launch...

If you have a keen eye for a bargain, get out your diary and make sure you put 3-10 February 2010 in your diary. According to Eat Out magazine, that's when Soho's Red Fort restaurant will be...

Gwyneth Paltrow may be as slim as a reed, but apparently she knows her elderflower cordial from her artisan bread when it comes to eating out in London. In the latest newsletter sent out by her...

Hmmn, perhaps Gordon Ramsay hasn’t quite got the hang of Twitter yet. The chef, who made much of the fact he was taking lessons in Twitterquette before he started – posted two tweets in quick...

Put the Bolly on ice and fetch the Beluga - the recession is over! As Britain hefts itself out of recession, Michelin-starred chef Vineet Bhatia today revealed plans to open a third restaurant in...

Three months ago, chef Ferran Adria hinted at the fact there might be major changes afoot at El Bulli. ‘I have to reinvent myself,’ he told Londoners, of the possibility he might only open for one...

Does Jamie Oliver's St Paul's collaboration with NY chef Adam Perry Lang already have a name? The M&C report - a catering industry news service - is reporting that it's going to be known as Barbecoa and...

Hot Dinners' news round-up By far one of the most entertaining stories of the week was that of Earl Cadogan vs the Oriel.  The Earl managed to elicit the envy of many a reviewer suffering after a bad...