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Holy cow! NY restaurant offers diners chance to buy handbag made from animal they've just eaten

Information: 11 February 2011

Here in London we have nose-to-tail eating courtesy of St John's, but we're a tad behind our friends across the Pond who've taken the concept of using the whole animal that one step further. Marlow...

Jason Atherton and Simon Rogan pair up for Good Food Guide dinner

Information: 11 February 2011

If you were inspired by Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan's TV restaurant tour The Trip, you might want to schedule a trip of your own next month to one of the restaurants featured on the show, L'Enclume. As part...

Raymond Blanc and Bruno Loubet team up for charity dinner at The Zetter

Information: 10 February 2011

They were last seen in a kitchen together for the 10-10-10 lunch during London Restaurant Festival, now Raymond Blanc is returning to the kitchens at Bistrot Bruno Loubet for a special charity lunch...

Bruno Loubet planning to open second London restaurant

Information: 09 February 2011

Hurrah and huzzah! Bruno Loubet, whose Bistrot Bruno Loubet won Best of the Bunch in Hot Dinner's 2010 Awards, is apparently already looking to open a second restaurant. It's barely a year since...

Iron chef Judy Joo takes on Playboy Club London

Information: 08 February 2011

She’s worked with Gordon Ramsay and endured the challenges of Iron Chef, now Judy Joo is taking on the kitchens at the new Playboy Club in London. The club’s member-only restaurant, called The...

Fred and the Magic Touch – Hot Dinners interviews Fred Sirieix

Information: 08 February 2011

Hot Dinners caught up with Fred Sirieix, General Manager of Galvin at Windows to talk about his passion for good service and the all-important Magic Touch.

Bistro du Vin opens in Clerkenwell with Danielle from Service as sommelier

Information: 07 February 2011

We've been a fan of Hotel du Vin since the earliest days of the boutique hotel chain, when Robin Hutson (now at Lime Wood) and Gerard Basset (2010's World's Best Sommelier) opened their first place...

Westbury Hotel lures Marcus Wareing's head chef to open restaurant

Information: 07 February 2011

The competition amongst London hotels to have the hottest chefs working in their restaurants ramped up this month when Heston Blumenthal opened at the Mandarin Oriental. But other establishments...

Gordon Ramsay's charity pop-up this Friday on Brick Lane

Information: 03 February 2011

Take an extra long lunch break tomorrow (Friday 4th February) and head down to Brick Lane where Gordon Ramsay will be volunteering his services at a pop-up curry stall in aid of Red Nose Day 2011. Ramsay,...

London gets first champagne enomatic at Galoupet in Knightsbridge

Information: 02 February 2011

Hot Dinners can still remember how excited we were the first time we got to put the enomatic machine at Selfridges Wonder Bar through its paces (and are in mourning for the disappearance of Bar...

Four Seasons London reopens with a special Italian afternoon tea

Information: 31 January 2011

As we happened to be wandering around Park Lane last Friday, we took the opportunity to take a quick look around London's revamped Four Seasons Hotel before the hordes descended. The hotel, which...

Extra booking dates released for Heston's new restaurant

Information: 31 January 2011

If you're a subscriber to the Hot Dinners newsletter, you'll know that our last missive eulogised the benefits of following us on Twitter or Facebook. Well just over a week after sending that out,...

First look at menus for Dinner by Heston at the Mandarin Oriental

Information: 31 January 2011

So the menu for Dinner by Heston is now up on the restaurant's website giving Hot Dinners a chance to peruse the menu as the restaurant opens its doors to diners this lunchtime. The set lunch, which is a...

Free Prosecco at London gastropubs post-Xmas present swap

Information: 25 January 2011

If you’re despairing of ever receiving your January paycheque then the clever people at First Restaurant Group have come up with an idea for making your money go further this month. They’re putting...

Spitalfields brasserie picks up award for drinking while dining

Information: 25 January 2011

Spitalfields brasserie Le Bouchon Breton was picked as the UK’s best place for a drink whilst out dining in trade title Harpers Wine & Spirit’s 2011 Drinking Out Excellence Awards (that must have...

Searcy's champagne bar at Paddington launches

Information: 23 January 2011

Hot Dinners rarely – if ever - say no to anything involving champagne, so we were pretty happy to be invited to the launch of Searcy’s new champagne bar at Paddington station. Set in the glassed-off section...

New Polpo Cicheti bar to open downstairs at Polpo

Information: 21 January 2011

We’re huge, huge fans of Russell Norman’s Polpo and Polpetto (and let’s face it, who isn’t) so we’re properly excited to hear that they’re expanding Polpo. Anything that helps improve the chances of...

Raymond Blanc Restaurant protégées JJ and James open London Cocktail Club

Information: 21 January 2011

The winners of the most recent series of Raymond Blanc’s reality show The Restaurant have just opened a bar on Goodge Street. JJ and James’s new joint – the London Cocktail club at 61 Goodge Street...

Fancy buying Jamie Oliver or Marcus Wareing's houses?

Information: 19 January 2011

There are many items for sale which the merest whiff of association with a celebrity chef can help shift - books, saucepans, stock cubes, to name just a few. However its seems as though London...

Ramsay gains a star as Britain Guide 2011 celebrates most Michelin stars ever

Information: 18 January 2011

All the speculation in the world couldn't persuade Michelin UK to reveal who'd got a Michelin star this year ahead of today's announcement. So we were all gathered at Michelin House to find out...

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