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Starter for 10: Critics vs chefs at Vinopolis

Information: 10 October 2009

Hot Dinners rounded up yesterday’s coverage of London Restaurant Festival events at the Starter for Ten Quiz at Vinopolis which pitted critics against chefs. In the quizmaster’s chair was none other...

Quaglino's hosts London Restaurant Festival opening party

Information: 08 October 2009

The first London Restaurant Festival opened in style last night with a glitzy party at London’s revamped Quaglino’s restaurant, hosted by Vanity Fair. Chefs and celebs were in attendance – as were...

Chocoholic dinner at the May Fair hotel opens for booking

Information: 06 October 2009

Hard on the heels of the London Restaurant Festival comes Chocolate Week (hoorah!). So put off that pre-Christmas diet a moment longer, and book yourself in for a divinely decadent chocolate dinner...

Five minutes with Tom Peake, gastropub owner

Information: 03 October 2009

Hot Dinners caught up recently with Renaissance Pubs’ Tom Peake at the reopening of the group’s Abbeville gastropub in Clapham to discover a few cunning tricks to think of if you’re considering...

Aqua opening, influential restaurateurs and more news...

Information: 02 October 2009

Brushing aside worries about the recession, three Soho restaurants launched last week: Aqua, Polpo and Hix. Polpo, a Venetian Bacaro, has had promising early reviews and seems primed to become a...

The Ambitious Man – Hot Dinners talks to Marcus Wareing

Information: 29 September 2009

Hot Dinners catches up with Marcus Wareing to discuss awards, ambition and that spat with Gordon Ramsay.

Marcus Wareing scoops AA Top Chef Award

Information: 29 September 2009

Marcus Wareing has capped off a spectacular year by winning the Chef's Chef of the Year Award at this year's 2010 AA Hospitality Awards. The AA award, 'the icing on the cake' as Wareing told Hot...

The Ivy takes a London Eye capsule at the London Restaurant Festival

Information: 28 September 2009

Celeb haunt and general impossible-to-get-a-reservation-if-you're-not-Simon-Cowell restaurant, The Ivy, has just announced it's going to take on a capsule on the London Eye over the London...

Another River Cafe restaurant is planned for London

Information: 25 September 2009

The biggest recent restaurant news is that Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray of the River Cafe, one of the places most often cited by critics as their favourite place to eat in London, are seriously...

Five minutes with Richard Corrigan

Information: 24 September 2009

Hot Dinners catches five minutes with Richard Corrigan to find out how he's survived the last 12 months, opening two key new restaurants in the middle of a recession.

Chewing the fat with Fay Maschler

Information: 15 September 2009

Fay Maschler became the restaurant critic for the London Evening Standard in 1972 when she won a three month contract in a writing competition. She has since reviewed thousands of restaurants and is...

Eating with London's top chefs on the London Eye

Information: 15 September 2009

The London Restaurant Festival has announced the full line-up of chefs cooking on capsules on the London Eye over the course of the London Restaurant festival. They are as follows: 8 October:...

Heston's Oysters come back to haunt him and more news...

Information: 13 September 2009

Several months ago, the initial reports of a norovirus being the root cause of mass illness at the Fat Duck some months ago were just a taste of the full thing, with a full report to follow. And, as...

Interview with Bjorn van der Horst of the Eastside Inn

Information: 11 September 2009

Hot Dinners talks to the Eastside Inn's Bjorn van der Horst.

London Restaurant Festival press launch report

Information: 09 September 2009

Although Mayor Boris had to send his apologies, the press launch for the London Restaurant Festival had an impressive turn-out this morning with no less than 25 of the city’s best chefs turning up...

Awards galore and the weekly news round-up

Information: 06 September 2009

It's been a week of notable awards with the Harden's 2010 restaurant awards and Olive Magazine's Alternative Restaurant Awards both being announced. Now you can get in on the action. The nomination...

Olive magazine launch their Alternative Restaurant Awards

Information: 04 September 2009

We're tired of the same old, same old restaurant awards - so three cheers for foodie title Olive magazine which has come up with an Alternative Restaurant Awards 2009 with categories that go beyond...

Which of London's Italian restaurants does a top Pizza chef rate?

Information: 02 September 2009

Where does one of the UK's top pizza chefs choose to eat Italian in London? hot-dinners.com headed for Holborn last week where we did a test-run of Pizza Express's low-call Leggera pizzas (yes, we...

Angela Hartnett's Murano tops Harden's 2010 Guide

Information: 01 September 2009

2009 looks to be an annus mirabilis for Angela Hartnett, as her Mayfair restaurant Murano gets voted Best Newcomer by restaurant-goers in the 2010 edition of Harden's London Restaurants which is...

Top Rome chef Heinz Beck heads for London's Lanesborough

Information: 31 August 2009

A couple of interesting upcoming restaurant openings hit the hot-dinners.com radar in the past few days – most notable of which is the news that thrice-Michelin-starred chef Heinz Beck is heading to...

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