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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...

Talking to Daniel Boulud - New York's greatest chef comes to London

Information: 25 April 2010

Hot Dinners meets Manhattan chef Daniel Boulud to find out what Londoners can expect when he opens his first UK restaurant, Bar Boulud London at Knightbridge's Mandarin Oriental Hotel in May

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...

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