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Restaurant critic Fay Maschler to open her first London restaurant

Information: 28 May 2010

Evening Standard restaurant critic Fay Maschler is passing over to the other side - she's just announced the opening of her first restaurant project. Maschler, in partnership with Simon Davis - who...

London Restaurant Festival 2010 reveals key events for this year

Information: 27 May 2010

If we haven't already whet your appetite for the London Restaurant Festival, then let us do better. This morning, the festival organisers revealed a few more key details for this year's festival...

Hibiscus chef Claude Bosi wants to open a new gastropub

Information: 27 May 2010

Home county foodies alert - Hibiscus chef Claude Bosi, whose restaurant recently entered the World's 50 Best Restaurant list, has new plans to open a gastropub somewhere around London. In an...

Michelin Possible: Claude Bosi is aiming for three stars

Information: 26 May 2010

We find out from Hibiscus chef Claude Bosi about the effect of being on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list and aiming for three Michelin stars....

Caprice Holdings open Mount Street Deli in Mayfair

Information: 25 May 2010

If Hot Dinners had a pied-a-terre in Mayfair (we wish) then we’re pretty sure Mount Street Deli would soon be on speed-dial. Opening tomorrow, this venture brings together dishes from some of...

Top chefs gather to celebrate 25 years of Michelin success at Waterside Inn

Information: 19 May 2010

It’s just as well the landing stage outside the Waterside Inn in Bray was up to the cumulative weight of hundreds of chefs. This cracking shot was sent to us, courtesy of Yes Chef! Magazine, showing...

Bocca di Lupo to open new espresso bar, deli and gelateria in Soho

Information: 18 May 2010

Eagle-eyed blogger goodforlunch spotted a familiar looking graphic in the window opposite Bocca di Lupo.’Too far to be Spuntino’ he posited. So Hot Dinners called up BdL to find out what was going...

Riverford roving restaurant hits Islington this summertime

Information: 17 May 2010

If you're too busy, lazy or just too much of a committed Londoner to be tempted into the English countryside over the summer, we've just heard about a farm event set on bringing the taste of the...

Burger news, Goodman expands and Marco gets a pasting

Information: 16 May 2010

A round-up of this week's London foodie news: Let’s start off on a positive note with the Independent’s story that burgers may not be bad for you after all. According to a series of new scientific...

Secret London Restaurant Festival project for Jun Tanaka

Information: 13 May 2010

AA Gill may not have worried about revealing details from this year’s London Restaurant Festival when he blurted out his invitation to take part in a French food debate, but chef Jun Tanaka is much...

Talking to Jun Tanaka

Information: 12 May 2010

Chef Jun Tanaka talks about what goes on behind the swing door in London's best restaurants.

Galvin La Chapelle is Tatler's Best Restaurant 2010

Information: 11 May 2010

There were some interesting results at last night’s Tatler Laurent-Perrier & Taste of London Restaurant Awards 2010. While Best Kitchen for Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley wasn’t a real surprise, perhaps...

Marcus Wareing to open second London restaurant

Information: 11 May 2010

Marcus Wareing has announced plans to open a second restaurant in London next year. In an interview in today's Guardian, Wareing tells the paper he'll be following his former mentor Gordon Ramsay's...

World's most expensive omelette goes on sale in London

Information: 09 May 2010

Should the Tories finally hammer out an agreement with the Lib Dems, they may wish to celebrate in style by ordering the gulls’ egg omelette on the menu for a very limited period at their favourite...

Polpo owner names his new Soho restaurant Spuntino

Information: 05 May 2010

Polpo owner Russell Norman today confirmed that he’ll be opening another Italian restaurant in Soho later this Summer. Spuntino will open up just off Brewer Street at some point over the next couple...

Reaction to the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2010 List

Information: 01 May 2010

Reaction to the publication of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010 List has, in the main, been pretty much what you'd expect. First off, thousands of restaurant collectors and foodie tourists...

Fifteen and River Cafe alumni opening Italian Trullo restaurant in Islington

Information: 30 April 2010

Exciting news for Islington residents as the site of a once well-loved restaurant, Gill Wing Cafe, has an exciting new future as a neighbourhood Italian with two River Cafe and Fifteen alumni behind...

Claude Bosi talks to Hot Dinners about joining the World's 50 Best Restaurants

Information: 27 April 2010

As the chef behind the only new British entry in this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Claude Bosi was in a pretty good mood when Hot Dinners spoke to him this morning. So how are you feeling...

World's Best Restaurant 2010 won by Noma

Information: 26 April 2010

The organisers for this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants awards must be heaving a sigh of relief. First there was the volcano which threatened to keep the best chefs in the world from heading over...

Bid for dinner at Noma and other World Top 50 Restaurants

Information: 26 April 2010

Well I think we can guess some of the restaurants taking part in Action against Hunger’s ebay auction in conjunction with tonight’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. The auction is offering...

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