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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...

Lunch with Simon Parker Bowles

Information: 18 March 2010

The restaurateur behind Green's in Mayfair and the City tells us what he thinks of restaurant reviewers, how London restaurant fashions have changed over the decades and why he’s not impressed with...

Taste of London Festival 2010 restaurants revealed

Information: 16 March 2010

Tickets for the Taste of London festival go on sale today and we can reveal the restaurants who've already signed up for this summer's event: Almeida & Restaurant SauterelleL'AnimaAsia de...

Kristen Stewart defends London’s restaurants

Information: 14 March 2010

Twilight star Kristen Stewart made her debut appearance on America’s Jay Leno show this week and much of the chat was about her recent trip to London. Leno, a known foodie, wondered what Kristen...

Gordon Ramsay on Petrus, Marcus and lazy Parisians

Information: 14 March 2010

Great interview with El Gordo in today's Observer Food Monthly in which Gordon and interviewer Simon Garfield go over a number of knotty issues that have beset Ramsay over the last year or so...

La Dolce Vita Festival - the best of Italy in Islington

Information: 13 March 2010

To Islington this weekend, just a hop skip and a jump away from Hot Dinners HQ to La Dolce Vita Festival of Italian food and wine at the Business Design Centre. Lucky old us had a guided tour around...

Gordon Ramsay on why Claridges lost its Michelin star

Information: 11 March 2010

Gordon Ramsay was in Qatar this week to open a branch of maze at the Pearl-Qatar, the first maze to be opened outside a hotel. The Gulf Times caught up with him to find Ramsay uncharacteristically...

London Restaurant Festival dates announced for 2010

Information: 08 March 2010

The dates for the second London Restaurant Festival have just been announced. This year’s festival will run from 4-18 October 2010. ‘Our passionate commitment to encourage as many restaurants as...

London's burgers and a Clerkenwell pop-up

Information: 05 March 2010

This week Twitter has been groaning with critics and bloggers being very gloomy indeed about the state of London’s burger joints. But lo – there is light on the horizon with news in this week’s Time...

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...

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