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London's top chefs to cook for Redhook's Cornish Grill lunchclub

Information: 20 September 2011

If your idea of a perfect Sunday lunch starts with someone else making it for you, then you'll probably like the idea behind The Cornish Grill, a new lunchclub lauching at Redhook in Farringdon this...

Bid for a table for two at the French Laundry pop-up at Harrods

Information: 20 September 2011

If you weren't lucky enough to get a table at the upcoming French Laundry pop-up at Harrods next month, another chance to book has just turned up. Every night of the ten-night pop-up, a table for...

Bill Granger heads up London Restaurant Festival's Eat Film

Information: 19 September 2011

Can't wait till November to try out Bill Granger's new restaurant? Then the London restaurant festival will give you an opportunity to meet the man as he presents his fave foodie movie as part of...

Polpo's Russell Norman to open Jewish deli Mishkin's in Covent Garden

Information: 16 September 2011

Update - find out more about the menu here. Polpo's Russell Norman and Richard Beatty have, after much speculation, finally announced their fifth restaurant in just over two years. Steering away from the...

The Balcon Parisian brasserie to open on Pall Mall

Information: 16 September 2011

We're rather excited to learn this morning about a beautiful new dining room which is set to open in London next month. The Balcon, which will be on Pall Mall, sounds absolutely fabulous. Designed...

Hawksmoor Guildhall opens on October 31 with Beef Tasting Menu

Information: 15 September 2011

Opening on October 31 2011, the new Hawksmoor Guildhall in the City has a few surprises up its sleeve. Although the original Hawksmoor in Shoreditch skirted the edges of the City, the new restaurant at...

Heston, Ledbury and Wolseley top Zagat 2012 awards

Information: 14 September 2011

Zagat launched their 2012 restaurant guide for London at Wolfgang Puck's CUT at the Dorchester Collection this morning, amongst a throng of top London chefs and restaurateurs. Tim and Nina Zagat...

Restaurant and Cafe guide: where to eat and drink at Westfield Stratford

Information: 14 September 2011

It's the biggest retail therapy opening in London this year, but what does the shopping city on the Olympic Park's doorstep in Stratford have to offer Londoners in the way of decent places to eat?...

RIBA's Design Bites tours kick off with Arsenal's Emirates, Dock Kitchen and Inamo

Information: 13 September 2011

Whether you're a die-hard Gooner or not, the chance to see inside the posh members-only bit of Emirates Stadium and have canapes overlooking the pitch sounds like fun. The opportunity is part of a...

Polpetto launches new menu and starts taking evening reservations

Information: 12 September 2011

We've loved Polpetto since it first opened but the tiny restaurant above the French House isn't the easiest place to get a table. Up until now, bookings have only been taken for lunch with dinner...

Details on José Pizarro's new restaurant Pizarro in Bermondsey

Information: 12 September 2011

[Updated 29 November 2011] Pizarro will open on Monday 5 December 2011. José Pizarro's tiny tapas place in Bermondsey, José, already has a huge following but if there's one thing that irks, it's not...

Welsh beach forager wins Street Food Awards and coveted Olympic Village spot

Information: 12 September 2011

A Welsh streetfood van in the first year of operation won a coveted trading spot in London's Olympic Village when it came top of the British Street Food Awards 2011 this weekend. Cafe Môr from...

Camel ice-cream and exploding cakes at the Experimental Food Society

Information: 09 September 2011

Want to try some camel ice cream? Yes, that's camel, not caramel. Or perhaps you've always fancied taking a bite out of a chocolate Eiffel Tower? Feeling particularly adventurous? How about some...

Cocoa Club dessert plan Harvest Festival pop-up at Dalston's Avo Hotel

Information: 09 September 2011

Forget celebrating Harvest Festival with a random selection of assorted canned fruit. Head over to Dalston instead where East London chocolatiers Niko B Organic Chocolates are going to be hosting a...

Pont de la Tour puts on Paul Bocuse dinner for 20th birthday celebrations

Information: 08 September 2011

Tickets have just gone on sale for an amazing one-night-only dinner that will allow London diners to enjoy the cuisine from Lyon's legendary Paul Bocuse restaurant without having to leave the city. As a...

Michelin-starred chefs take to Old Vic Tunnels for London Restaurant Festival pop-up

Information: 07 September 2011

We're rather partial to a good pop-up restaurant, but details released last night of one planned for the 2011 London Restaurant Festival sound particularly brilliant. The Minotaur will take over the...

Mahiki owners open Markham Inn gastropub in Chelsea

Information: 07 September 2011

Nick House and Piers Adam, who own the much favoured by young royals Mahiki as well as running Guy Ritchie's Mayfair pub The Punchbowl, have opened their first gastropub. The Markham Inn opened very...

Hippodrome Leicester Square reopens in 2012 with casino and Heliot Lounge Bar & Restaurant

Information: 06 September 2011

The Hippodrome Leicester Square has been many things over the years: most recently it's been host to cabaret The Clique, before that it was a Peter Stringfellow nightclub, in the 60s and 70s it was...

Dalston’s Ridley Road Market launches podium pop-up restaurant

Information: 06 September 2011

Honestly, we're rather flummoxed by a press release we've just had in for a pop-up restaurant experience that will be gracing Dalston’s Ridley Road Market for four weeks this September. Ridley's...

Canteen to open all day restaurant in Covent Garden

Information: 05 September 2011

Further proof that Covent Garden is the hottest place to open a restaurant right now comes with today's news that Canteen is opening an all-day restaurant and bar in the heart of Covent Garden. Canteen...

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