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The Gospel According to Mark Hix

Information: 04 March 2010

On the eve of the opening of his new restaurant at Selfridges, Hot Dinners talks to golden boy Mark Hix, currently the darling of the London restaurant scene

Finalists for 2010 Restaurant and Bar Design Awards announced

Information: 02 March 2010

The finalists for this year’s Restaurant and Bar Design Awards have just been announced and London has no less than 27 venues in the shortlist. They are as follows: Independent Restaurant – Tom’s...

Rose Gray co-founder of London's River Cafe dies

Information: 28 February 2010

Rose Gray, the co-founder of River Cafe died today (Sunday 28 February). Rose, who had twice undergone treatment for breast cancer, founded the River Cafe with Ruth Rogers (pictured here to the left...

Cipriani London restaurant loses battle to keep its name

Information: 24 February 2010

The Cipriani London restaurant has lost its battle to keep its name in a court case ruled on today in the Court of Appeal. The restaurant's owner, Giuseppe Cipriani, grandson of the man who founded...

London restaurants fail to make tourist award shortlist

Information: 23 February 2010

Alain Ducasse may reckon that ‘London is the most important city in the world for restaurants’, but it seems the people marketing us to tourists don’t agree. The English tourist board today...

Albert Roux: It's easy reducing Ramsay to tears

Information: 22 February 2010

News round-up Gordon Ramsay is better known for reducing restaurateurs who don’t come up to scratch in Kitchen Nightmares to floods of tears, but according to fellow chef Albert Roux, it’s as easy...

El Bulli will still serve food when it reopens in 2014

Information: 22 February 2010

It was already the hardest restaurant in the world to get a table at, now Ferran Adria has revealed a new exquisite variation to the torture. In a press release put out by El Bulli today, Adria has...

Atul Kochhar launches Colony Bar and Grill

Information: 17 February 2010

To Marylebone this evening for the launch of the Colony Bar and Grill - the latest venture from Atul Kochhar. It's been a hectic few weeks for Atul - less than a month ago he presided over the...

Waitrose Food Illustrated gets a makeover

Information: 16 February 2010

In the week it lost out in the Twitter poll by Quadrille Food for Best Food Publication to newbie Fire & Knives, the publishers of Waitrose Food Illustrated have just announced a new direction for...

Petrus reopening date announced for March

Information: 15 February 2010

After much shifting and rescheduling, a new date for the reopening of Petrus has been announced. According to a press release just out, it will open its doors for business on for 29th March 2010...

Make sure you put this Putney pop-up in your diary

Information: 15 February 2010

If there’s one website you should bookmark this week (other than our own, dear readers) it’s www.putneypopup.co.uk which will have details on how to book your seat at the mother of all pop-up...

Bruno Loubet interviewed - the chef takes a second turn at London

Information: 15 February 2010

Hot Dinners catches up with chef Bruno Loubet just before the opening of his eponymous restaurant Bistrot Bruno Loubet at the Zetter Hotel in Clerkenwell

Has Ferran Adria really closed El Bulli for good?

Information: 14 February 2010

[UPDATE: On Midnight the same day this story broke - it seemed we were right to wonder if this really is the end. Ferran has now told El Pais that the New York Times got it all wrong. 'We're not...

Hix's Nick Strangeway hosts Islington cocktail class

Information: 12 February 2010

You may have enjoyed his cocktails at Hawksmoor or lost an evening or two trying his concoctions at his present home in the bar at Hix Soho, now top mixologist Nick Strangeway is teaming up with the...

London restaurants form new ethical association

Information: 09 February 2010

According to a survey by the newly-formed Sustainable Restaurant Association almost 70% of British diners think that restaurants aren’t doing enough to tackle social and environmental issues. Clearly it’s...

Daniel Boulud eats his way round London's restaurants

Information: 04 February 2010

Manhattan chef Daniel Boulud is in town getting Bar Boulud London ready for its May launch at the Mandarin Oriental and he’s making the most of every minute of his visit. On his first night he was...

Arbutus owners Demetre and Smith bring new launch to Covent Garden

Information: 04 February 2010

There had been rumours circulating for weeks, but today Property Magazine has confirmed that Anthony Demetre and Will Smith, the pair behind the successful Wild Honey and Arbutus restaurants are to launch...

Half price dining as Soho's Red Fort reopens

Information: 04 February 2010

If you have a keen eye for a bargain, get out your diary and make sure you put 3-10 February 2010 in your diary. According to Eat Out magazine, that's when Soho's Red Fort restaurant will be...

Gwyneth Paltrow names her favourite London restaurants

Information: 01 February 2010

Gwyneth Paltrow may be as slim as a reed, but apparently she knows her elderflower cordial from her artisan bread when it comes to eating out in London. In the latest newsletter sent out by her...

Gordon Ramsay's first tweet leaves followers cold

Information: 01 February 2010

Hmmn, perhaps Gordon Ramsay hasn’t quite got the hang of Twitter yet. The chef, who made much of the fact he was taking lessons in Twitterquette before he started – posted two tweets in quick...

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