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Richard Caring opening Ivy Cafe on Curzon Street

Information: 14 March 2011

Hard on the heels of Jeremy King and Chris Corbin announcing their plans to launch a sibling to The Wolseley, we hear courtesy of Restaurant Gossip on Twitter that Richard Caring of Caprice Holdings...

David Chang takes on Jay Rayner over his Ma Peche review

Information: 14 March 2011

A war of words has broken out this morning between Londoner Jay Rayner and New York chef David Chang over Rayner's review of Chang's newest restaurant Ma Peche in the Guardian this weekend. It seems that...

Iron Chef Franck Pontais opens pop up at Harvey Nichols

Information: 11 March 2011

If you're in the vicinity of Harvey Nichols over the next four weeks, you might want to stop by the Fifth Floor restaurant where Iron Chef 2010 winner Franck Pontais has just launched a pop-up...

Marcus Wareing dishes more details about Gilbert Scott menu

Information: 11 March 2011

A couple of interesting facts pop up in Marcus Wareing's interview this week in the Wall Street Journal. To begin with, he lets more details slip about the kind of food we'll see on the menu at The...

Tickets go on sale for 2011 Taste of London festival

Information: 10 March 2011

Some tickets are already on sale for one of Hot Dinners' favourite foodie events of the year Taste of London (16-19 June in Regent's Park) - you can buy standard and VIP right now - but put 15 March...

Arsenal scores with two bars in Restaurant Design Awards shortlist

Information: 10 March 2011

The shortlist for the 2011 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards has just been announced, which is always an interesting mixture of restaurants and bars you either know well or may not have thought of...

48 London restaurants make UK's Best 100 List

Information: 08 March 2011

The publication of a Top 100 best restaurant list is always of interest to Hot Dinners and today's release from Top Table of their Top 100 diner-rated restaurants in the UK has some interesting...

Nick Strangeway takes on the cocktail list at St Pancras Booking Hall bar

Information: 07 March 2011

He may bear more than a passing resemblance to the 1970s TV character Catweazle, but mixologist Nick Strangeway's tenure at both Hawksmoor and Hix Bar had cocktail lovers swooning with pleasure. Now...

Hot Dinners talks to Odette's Bryn Williams

Information: 02 March 2011

Hot Dinners sits down with Bryn Williams to find out how he squares TV fame with operating a neighbourhood restaurant and why Odettes is both a place for vegetarians and game lovers.

Trishna's new chef launches Not Your Average Curry Night

Information: 01 March 2011

It's not usually advisable to accept an invitation to any event on a Monday night which involves tasting 30 different wines, but when Hot Dinners found out we'd be helping put together the final...

World-famous butcher Dario Cecchini hosts dinner at Fifteen London

Information: 01 March 2011

It seems wrong describing someone as Butcher To The Stars, but that's a good description of Dario Cecchini. Just google him and you'll find out that Elton John once paid him $2500 for a single steak...

Claude Bosi teams up with Sat Bains and Noma's René Redzepi

Information: 01 March 2011

Hibiscus chef Claude Bosi's clearly a popular fellow, teaming up with not one but two Michelin-starred chefs for a couple of unmissable dinners - a sort of cheffy BOGOF if you like - over the next...

How to get a table at Dinner by Heston

Information: 28 February 2011

If you're starting to get a little irritated (or plain jealous) reading all the critics' glowing reviews for Dinner by Heston when you despair of ever getting hold of a table there, we think may...

Château Lafite for a fiver at the Laithwaites Lucky Dip

Information: 24 February 2011

Here's a date to put in the diary if you're partial to particularly good wines. On the 26th March, following the success of last year's event, Laithwaites wine company are holding their second...

Richard Corrigan's St Patrick's Day culinary celebration

Information: 22 February 2011

March is just around the corner, which means all celtic-blooded people in London ought to be in training for the annual festival of the Irish, St Patrick's Day. Now while Hot Dinners has nothing but...

Russell Norman's Spuntino to open on Rupert Street in March

Information: 18 February 2011

The path to the opening of Russell Norman's new venture Spuntino has been anything but smooth. Originally intended to open in the summer of last year, the project stalled to due to lease issues and...

Tom Aikens talks about this year's Great British Menu

Information: 17 February 2011

Hot Dinners popped on over to Somerset House last night for a tasting of Tom Aikens new cheesy recipes for Long Clawson Dairy. The Michelin-starred chef has just published Cooking Creatively With...

First look at Marcus Wareing's St Pancras brasserie and menu

Information: 16 February 2011

Update - read our latest Gilbert Scott preview with details of the final menu. St Pancras has to be our favourite building in London and, like English Heritage, we'd want to come down like a ton of...

José Pizarro to open sherry and tapas bar in Bermondsey

Information: 15 February 2011

Update - José is now open at 104 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3UB. It's not taking reservations, so just turn up and wait for a table. José Pizarro, the man who brought us the brilliant Tapas...

Franco Manca opening at Westfield, Brick Lane and Covent Garden

Information: 14 February 2011

The Observer memorably described their pizzas as 'the best in Britain' and certainly if the drooling reviews of our fellow foodies on Twitter are anything to go by, Franco Manca's pizzas are,...

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