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Foie gras burger wins Taste of London's top prize

Information: 16 June 2011

A foie gras burger with summer truffle created by Pascal Aussignac, head chef at Club Gascon pipped a veritable champions league of chefs to the post for Best in Taste award at Taste of London last...

St John serve up ox heart buns at East London art fair

Information: 16 June 2011

Eschew the dubious delights of your local school summer fair this month, and head instead for East London where the Art Car Boot Fair at the Truman Brewery offers the chance to pick up a bargain bit...

Three London restaurants where dads can eat for free this Father's Day

Information: 16 June 2011

Eating out in this town can be an expensive business, and while we're sure you all love your fathers very much, it doesn't hurt if there's a special deal on Father's Day. These three London...

Bonnie & Wild pop-up Scottish restaurant opens on Islington's Chapel Market

Information: 15 June 2011

It's Braveheart by stealth! A Scottish restaurant is taking over that most English of establishments, M Manze's famous pie and mash shop on Chapel Market in Islington. But sassenachs can breathe...

Hawksmoor Seven Dials hosts battle of the brews

Information: 15 June 2011

If you like burgers and you're rather fond of beer, then you might want to head down to Hawksmoor Seven Dials later this month for a special Brews and Burgers night. Both the Seven Dials and...

Jun Tanaka's Street Kitchen reopens at Broadgate in June

Information: 14 June 2011

Food trucks are huge news in the States, so we couldn't be more pleased to see that Street Kitchen, the trailer set up by Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel for last year's London Restaurant Festival, will...

NYC days 4 & 5: Crosby Street Hotel brunch, Korean fried chicken, New York bars and the BBQ Fest.

Information: 14 June 2011

By the fourth day of our trip, it was rapidly becoming clear that our planned restaurant and bar itinerary was - how shall we put it - ever so slightly ambitious. Turns out we couldn't eat three...

Angela Hartnett cooks one-off dinner at Hix Selfridges

Information: 13 June 2011

If you've got £60 to spare, you might want to get on the blower to Selfridges and book yourself on a pretty special dinner coming up with Angela Hartnett next month. Hartnett will be cooking for one...

NYC day 3 - nouveau Southern cuisine in Brooklyn and more

Information: 11 June 2011

On day 3 of our New York trip we’ve established a pattern, go out, find somewhere lovely to eat, head back to the hotel to recover and then go out and do it all again. Today we spared ourselves a...

NYC day 2 - momofuku duck lunch and foie gras dumplings at Annisa

Information: 10 June 2011

Another day in New York - another heatwave. As temperatures scaled to record levels, we sought the respite (and air-conditioning) of some top NYC places on the second day of our visit. The day got...

NYC day 1 - Big Gay Ice Cream and unyielding heat.

Information: 09 June 2011

Hot Dinners has jetted off to New York for a few days to eat and shop our way through the city that never sleeps. The trip got off to a pretty great start when the lovely people at BA upgraded us to...

Talking to L'Enclume's Simon Rogan about London pop-up Roganic

Information: 07 June 2011

Hot Dinners caught up with L'Enclume chef Simon Rogan to find out his plans for the Marylebone restaurant and to see if this means he’s had enough of country life.

Win dinner for two at RIBA after the Design Bites talk

Information: 05 June 2011

It's all very well putting great food on the plate, but if the place you're eating in looks like a dog's dinner, then there's no question that it detracts from the joy of eating out. Good restaurant...

Weekend edit: South Bank BBQ, alfresco spots, riverside lunch and New Forest getaway

Information: 03 June 2011

Top foodie things worth trying this weekend Forget firing up the barbecue yourself. Head on down to the South Bank where Pitt Cue Co are doing a storming business out of a custom trailer under...

Polpo, St John and Meat Wagon join forces for Soho Food Feast

Information: 02 June 2011

As anyone with a school-age child will be able to tell you, raising funds for a school is all down to the calibre of people you can persuade to sit on the event committee. So we're pretty impressed...

Revamped Tapas Brindisa to launch in Soho with 20% off soft launch

Information: 31 May 2011

With Jose Pizarro busy winning accolades for his newly-opened restaurant in Bermondsey, his previous venture Tierra Brindisa has been getting an overhaul in Soho. Previously a fully-fledged Spanish...

Playboy Club opens in London with a vintage feel

Information: 27 May 2011

Hot Dinners braved the placard-wielding demonstrators to try out The Playboy Club in Mayfair last night. Truth be told, once inside, you'd see more flesh on any episode of The Only Way Is Essex than...

Massive new Jamie's Italian opening at Angel Islington this summer

Information: 27 May 2011

Jamie Oliver’s empire building continues apace with the news today that his Jamie’s Italian chain is to open a massive new restaurant in Islington. The new restaurant will be just a stone’s throw...

Simon Rogan opening Roganic pop-up restaurant in London

Information: 26 May 2011

Update. You can now email your reservation requests to: info@roganic.co.uk and the reservations phone line opens on June 6. The restaurant opens mid-June. Twitter was all of a flutter just before...

Darroze and Mazzei join chef line-up for London Restaurant Festival Pop-Up in the Sky

Information: 26 May 2011

An already impressive line-up of names due to cook at the London Eye for the 2011 London Restaurant Festival has been boosted by the arrival of two new chefs. We hear that Hélène Darroze and...

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