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Babbo owners to open Fornata in Soho

Information: 05 September 2011

The owners of Italian restaurant Babbo are to join a mass of new restaurants opening up around Soho. Their new restaurant will have exposed kitchens on two floors and a focus on food for sharing....

Poilane to launch Cuisine de Bar restaurant in Chelsea

Information: 04 September 2011

Poilâne, the renowned French Artisan bakery, which already has a shop open on Elisabeth Street is to open its first London restaurant on Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea. The all-day dining restaurant...

10 Cases bistro launches in Covent Garden

Information: 01 September 2011

A new bistro, the 10 Cases, is launching in Covent Garden. We caught up with co-owner Ian Campbell to find out more about the restaurant. How did you get started? The 10 Cases is basically 2 people. Will...

Thomas Keller launches French Laundry pop-up at Harrods

Information: 31 August 2011

A veritable brigade of chefs and other foodie people turned up at Harrods tonight for the launch of Thomas Keller's French Laundry pop-up. Hot Dinners spotted Michel Roux Jnr, Fergus Henderson, Jay...

Ledbury, Wareing, Chez Bruce win awards in 2012 Harden's Guide

Information: 31 August 2011

With one of the lengthiest list of awards around, the Harden's Guide certainly offers an in-depth view of the London restaurant scene. Culled from surveys submitted by over 8,000 people the 2012...

Olive magazine 2011 restaurant awards give top plaudits to Pollen Street, Pitt Cue and more...

Information: 30 August 2011

Annual restaurant awards can be a bit of a dull affair, so we always look forward to olive magazine's Alternative Restaurant Awards which go beyond the usual suspects to root out some really...

Round-up: Bea's Speakeasy, Caprice reopens, Whitechapel feasts and more...

Information: 30 August 2011

Here's a round-up of some events, openings, special menus and more that you'll have to look forward to over September. Le Caprice reopens Having closed during August for refurbishment, the revived...

Harvey Nichols hosts Sharpham Park pop-up

Information: 29 August 2011

With British Food Fortnight kicking off on 17 September, Harvey Nichols are getting into the spirit by hosting a special pop up. Sharpham Park, best known for its organic Spelt farming in Somerset....

Meatballs restaurant opens at Farringdon's Quality Chop House

Information: 26 August 2011

Hot Dinners were fans of the marvellously old-fashioned Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road with its frontage proudly declaring 'Progressive Working Class Caterers' and retro British food so we...

Knightsbridge Rib Room re-opens with £19 set menu

Information: 25 August 2011

Fifty years on from the day it first opened, the Rib Room at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge is getting ready to reopen with one hell of a facelift. Designer Martin Brudnizki -...

Icreamists open gay ice-cream pop-up in Covent Garden

Information: 24 August 2011

If you can’t afford the airfare to NY to try out the rather fabulous wares of The Big Gay Ice-cream Truck (as Hot Dinners did earlier this summer) then an alternative is at hand. The Ice-creamists, who...

Frank's Cafe hosts Rivington Grill pop-up

Information: 22 August 2011

As the Young Turks pop-up takes place this week, Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar in Peckham is already preparing for its next event. The Rivington Grill, Simon Wadham's Shoreditch and Greenwich...

Owners of Terroirs & Brawn to open Soif in Battersea

Information: 22 August 2011

As revealed by Bloomberg's Richard Vines on Twitter today, the folks behind uber-popular Terroirs (off the Strand) and Brawn (Columbia Road) are to open their third branch, this time venturing south...

Talking to Jun Tanaka about Street Kitchen in the City, Battersea and more...

Information: 22 August 2011

Jun Tanaka is famed from appearances on Satruday Kitchen and as Head Chef of Pearl restaurant in Holborn. But it's the success of the Street Kitchen initiative with Mark Jankel that has recently...

Is Russell Norman already planning another restaurant?

Information: 19 August 2011

Possibly one of the most prolific restaurateurs in London at the moment, Russell Norman (the man behind Polpo, Polpetto, Spuntino and Da Polpo) is already thinking about what's next. In an interview with...

Wareing, Locatelli, Hermé, Darroze and more to appear at Quintessentially Epicure

Information: 18 August 2011

Looking for a higher class of foodie event? Then Quintessentially Epicure could be for you. Taking place in London's famed Hurlingham Club, the event runs over two days on the 9th-10th September and...

Top UK chefs to take over Fortnum & Mason for the London Restaurant Festival

Information: 17 August 2011

One of the highlights of last year's London Restaurant Festival was 10-10-10, when chefs from outside London paired with London's best all over town. It was an ideal opportunity for those who fear...

James Ramsden throws London's first supperclub for children

Information: 16 August 2011

The very idea of taking children to restaurants is enough to make some people froth at the mouth. Trouble is, how do you teach kids to try new things and behave well in restaurants if you don't...

Young Turks take over Frank's Cafe for their next event

Information: 14 August 2011

Having been a storming success in Canary Wharf, the Young Turks (James Lowe and Isaac McHale) have announced their next event. They'll be taking over the Peckham pop-up Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar (on...

New Goodman steakhouse confirmed for Canary Wharf

Information: 12 August 2011

Meat lovers in Canary Wharf have reason to be of good cheer. Following on from the hugely successful Goodman City opening, the steakhouse is confirmed to be heading even further east to Canary...

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