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Super Natural pop-up cafe launches in South Kensington

Information: 23 September 2010

We rather like the sound of the Super Natural pop-up project in South Kensington. Part of London Design Week 2010 it's part installation, part sensory overload and part café aimed at celebrating the...

The London Olympic meal will be a McDonalds, apparently

Information: 19 September 2010

This week's London restaurant news: In which we learnt: the rather depressing news that one in five meals at the London Olympics will be a McDonalds that Notting Hill's Eight over Eight will be...

Sydney's top chefs cook up a storm at The Ledbury

Information: 17 September 2010

It's great writing about food and restaurants in London right now, but after a special lunch at The Ledbury today, hosted by Tourism South Wales, where Sydney chefs Mark Best from Marque and Peter...

Rowley Leigh launches Le Cafe Anglais Oyster Bar

Information: 16 September 2010

Hot Dinners was over in Bayswater last night for the opening of the new Oyster Bar at Rowley Leigh's Le Café Anglais where the place was mobbed with foodies and locals checking out the new layout...

Brick Lane Festival beats poppadom stack world record

Information: 16 September 2010

Now here's something you don't see every day - a 6ft-high tower of poppadoms.The side order stack was created for the launch of this year's Brick Lane Curry Festival, breaking the record for the...

London's street food vendors storm the Street Food Awards

Information: 15 September 2010

Five of London's Street Food sellers (or Mobilers as they apparently prefer to be called) are celebrating as they picked up six of the nine awards on offer at this year's Street Food Awards which...

Heston Blumenthal reveals more details for London restaurant

Information: 15 September 2010

OK - we're officially very, very excited. The first interview with Heston Blumenthal about his upcoming opening at the Mandarin Oriental in London has just gone up at www.cntraveller.com and it's...

Hel Yes! - the Finnish Institute pop-up restaurant opens

Information: 14 September 2010

Jacques Chirac once sneeringly referred to the UK as having the second ‘worst food’ in the world. Taking the top spot on that coveted list? Finland.Aiming to prove that the UK and Finland have more...

Gordon Ramsay is 2011 Zagat London Guide's Most Popular

Information: 14 September 2010

Nina and Tim Zagat, the people behind the influential Zagat Guide, hosted a party this morning at Koffmann's at The Berkeley to announce the winners in this year's guide. The 2011 London Restaurants...

Ottolenghi to open new restaurant in Soho

Information: 09 September 2010

The people behind minimalist deli/restaurant Ottolenghi have just announced plans to open a new restaurant on Warwick Street in Soho which breaks free from their existing format of a restaurant and...

Olive magazine Alternative Restaurant Awards 2010 announced

Information: 08 September 2010

Hot Dinners always looks out for Olive magazine's annual Alternative Restaurant Awards for a fresh look at the restaurants worth celebrating in any year. This year's list features no fewer than 24...

Eight new London gastropubs make the 2011 Michelin guide

Information: 08 September 2010

Eight London gastropubs have entered the 2011 edition of Michelin’s Eating Out in Pubs guide for the first time.Islington drinkers fare particularly well with three of their locals making the grade...

Roux at Parliament Square announces a new Head Chef

Information: 08 September 2010

Ever since the launch Head Chef Daniel Cox left Roux at Parliment Square just two months after it opened, we've been wondering who'll take over Michel Roux's Westminster restaurant.Now Hot Dinners...

Kentish Canteen opens with Vinoteca and Acorn House chefs in the kitchen

Information: 07 September 2010

Residents of Kentish Town rejoice! The opening of new restaurant Kentish Canteen on the Kentish Town Road looks set to kickstart eating out in this area. Owner Wendy Sinclair and her husband have...

Trying out Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel's Street Kitchen

Information: 07 September 2010

One of the key events that has got us excited about the 2010 London Restaurant Festival is the Street Kitchen. This is a project being run by Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel - a gourmet food truck which...

Britain's biggest restaurant to open in Croydon

Information: 07 September 2010

Simply reading about Britain’s biggest restaurant, Cosmo has made Hot Dinners come over all weary. According to an article in today’s Independent, the eaterie, which opens in November in Croydon’s...

Soho and Shoreditch gourmet tours for London Restaurant Festival

Information: 07 September 2010

Demand for the Gourmet Odyssey Tours at this year's London Restaurant Festival has apparently been so high that the organisers have been inspired to add two entirely new tours to the roster. The...

Camden Roundhouse opens Made In Camden bar and dining room

Information: 06 September 2010

The revamped Camden Roundhouse will soon have a restaurant to match its updated surroundings. Made In Camden, a new bar and dining room will open in October 2010. Made In Camden takes the idea of...

Bjorn van der Horst announces Eastside Inn's closure

Information: 04 September 2010

Hot Dinners were sad to hear the news this week that Bjorn van der Horst had announced the closure of his Clerkenwell restaurant, the Eastside Inn. Talking to Caterersearch.com, the chef explained;...

Ben Greeno's Tudor Road supperclub is London's hottest ticket

Information: 04 September 2010

The last time chef Ben Greeno turned up at a supper club, there was something of a mini riot amongst London’s fooderati to nab places at the table, and then a slew of disappointed people who hadn’t...

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