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AA Gill approached for London Restaurant Festival 2010 debate

Information: 25 April 2010

When Hot Dinners attended the press launch of the 2010 London Restaurant Festival, organisers Fay Maschler and Simon Davis were keen to keep details of some of the key events to themselves, so they...

Where to eat out for St George's Day in London

Information: 23 April 2010

Looking for some last-minute inspiration on where to dine out for St George's Day? We asked the five English restaurants given the highest cumulative critic score on Hot Dinners what they...

Tom Aikens to launch two restaurants at Somerset House

Information: 22 April 2010

It certainly is a boom time for London restaurants, and particularly for the big names. We've had Bruno Loubet's recent success and Gordon's generally well received Petrus (even if AA Gill wasn't...

Bompas and Parr open election waffle house in Soho

Information: 21 April 2010

Jellymongers and orchestrators of frankly bizarre food and drink events, Bompas and Parr, are opening up a politically-motivated pop-up in Soho tomorrow. The Parliamentary Waffle House at 66-67...

London's new steak challenge at the Grosvenor

Information: 20 April 2010

There’s good news for carnivores in the capital with two new steak restaurants opening their doors this year. If you can't wait for Hawskmoor to open its second restaurant, on the corner of Shelton...

Pierre Koffman returns to the London restaurant scene

Information: 19 April 2010

Update - as the restaurant is now open - read the reviews of Koffmann's. According to news from Richard Vines at Bloomberg this morning, Pierre Koffman is returning to the kitchen full time with a...

Giorgio Locatelli to open second restaurant in St Pancras

Information: 19 April 2010

Very interesting news reached Hot Dinners today regarding Michelin-starred chef Georgio Locatelli. Apparently Locatelli has signed up to open one of two landmark restaurants in the luxury...

London Restaurant Festival 2010 Launches

Information: 13 April 2010

All of foodie London appeared to be at the Ivy this evening to celebrate the official launch of the London Restaurant Festival 2010. Hot Dinners spied chefs Thomasina Miers, Rowley Leigh, Jun Tanaka as...

Gordon Ramsay offers Masterchef's Dhruv a job

Information: 11 April 2010

A round-up of the week's restaurant news in London Following the men-only Masterchef final, The Telegraph kickstarted a debate into whether men should be in charge of the kitchen, with Christopher...

Gordon Ramsay disses Jamie Oliver's restaurant

Information: 07 April 2010

It's rolling pins at dawn as the spat between Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay escalates. Earlier this week, Oliver was quoted in the Radio Times as saying he didn't approve of chefs 'who swear at...

Westfield attracts Royal China and Jamie Oliver

Information: 06 April 2010

The opening of the new Vue cinema at Westfield Shopping Centre has been such a huge success in attracting large crowds to the centre in the evenings, that it's spurred on a series of well-regarded...

What's Theo Randall planning for 2010 in London?

Information: 05 April 2010

Is Theo Randall thinking of opening somewhere new in London? We ask only because when Hot Dinners caught up with the InterContinental Hotel's chef at the recent La Dolce Vita fair in London, he was...

Jason Atherton has left Maze and Gordon Ramsay

Information: 01 April 2010

Jason Atherton has apparently finally taken the plunge and left Maze, just as his book Maze: The Cookbook is being published. In a short piece in tonight’s Evening Standard, it’s being reported that...

Ferran Adria to open tapas restaurant in London

Information: 01 April 2010

As the dust settles on his announcement earlier this year to shut El Bulli for two years, Ferran Adria this morning announced that he'll be opening a pop-up, tapas-style restaurant in central...

Bar Boulud London names its chef and manager

Information: 01 April 2010

Bar Boulud London – the first London restaurant to be opened by New York celebrity chef Daniel Boulud, has named the chef and front of house who’ll be in charge when it opens at the Mandarin...

Final insult – London’s restaurants better than Paris

Information: 31 March 2010

Hey, we’re not picky – we’ll take plaudits where we can get them, so when Michael Tomasky, columnist for New York Magazine and blogger for the Guardian praised London’s restaurants in a roundabout...

Five minutes with Theo Randall

Information: 28 March 2010

Hot Dinners caught up with chef Theo Randall, at Islington’s La Dolce Vita food show and found out what he’s up to next and where he’s eaten well recently.

Ferran Adria on how El Bulli will operate from 2014

Information: 28 March 2010

The Sunday Times’ Christine Toomey reports in today’s paper of her visit to El Bulli’s Barcelona workshop where Ferran Adria drops a series of hints as to how one might secure a table at El Bulli...

London chef dies, family blames long working hours

Information: 27 March 2010

London restaurant news round-up Restaurant industry hours challengedThe parents of a London chef who died this week of complications following a bout of tonsillitis blamed the long hours he was...

Heston gets £200k comp over Fat Duck closure

Information: 22 March 2010

Heston Blumenthal has received just over £200,000 in compensation following the temporary closure of the Fat Duck for two weeks last year. That’s good news for Heston, but according to the Daily...

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