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Gourmet Odyssey Tours for the London Restaurant Festival go on sale

Information: 20 July 2010

Tickets go on sale today for this year's London Restaurant Festival Gourmet Odyssey tours. There are four tours to choose from on Saturday 9 October 2010, and for your £135 you get a glass of Mumm...

Heston Blumenthal's Waitrose range gets our thumbs-up

Information: 15 July 2010

Hot Dinners was full of the festive spirit (and food) last night when we attended the Christmas launch for Waitrose in Fitzroy Square. While it was rather surreal checking out the latest gifts and...

Polpetto - Russell Norman reveals plans for third restaurant

Information: 15 July 2010

There was an air of confusion on Twitter yesterday when news broke of the opening of another offering from Polpo owner Russell Norman. We'd been aware for a while that Polpo would be opening a...

Christopher's Bar and Grill getting makeover from new owner

Information: 14 July 2010

Iconic London restaurant Christopher’s Bar and Grill looks set to get a bit of an image overhaul following its sale to Ambar Paul, son of the Indian industrialist and British peer Swraj Paul. In...

Free sherry at London's best Spanish restaurants

Information: 13 July 2010

The weather might be slightly off the boil at the moment, but you can pretend you’re in sunnier climes this week (and get a free drink to boot) by taking part in the Tio Pepe tapas trail. Many of...

London the worst city to eat out in Europe allegedly

Information: 13 July 2010

Ye Gods – how is it possible that in summer 2010, a survey by TripAdvisor could choose London as being the worst place to eat out in Europe? And if that wasn't insulting enough, brace yourself to...

Hawksmoor to launch Hot Dog at new Covent Garden branch

Information: 12 July 2010

A few more tantalising details have emerged today about the new Hawksmoor restaurant opening in Seven Dials this Autumn.In addition to all the usual meaty goodness you’d expect from a Hawksmoor...

Soho's new Foodlover's market launches on Rupert Street

Information: 10 July 2010

Hot Dinners was up in Soho bright and early this morning to see foodmarket impresario Henrietta Green preside over the launch of the new Foodlovers market on Rupert Street (just north of Shaftesbury...

Cantina Laredo and the £7 guacamole

Information: 09 July 2010

There’s been a lot of chat on Twitter about the launch of Cantina Laredo in London – mainly speculation about this upmarket Mexican restaurant chain’s pricey guacamole. Hot Dinners accepted an...

Ramsay's nightmares continue while Heston's year gets even better...

Information: 06 July 2010

Alas, there's been more bad news for Gordon Ramsay over the past week. First off there was the announcement regarding the latest chef to leave his empire. James Durrant, the Executive Chef of Maze...

Roux at Parliament Square - traditional, but good

Information: 05 July 2010

Michel Roux Jnr’s new place just opposite the House of Commons has polarised the critics. The first wave decried it for being too old-fashioned, too staid while the latter reviews mainly heralded it...

Can Jamie Oliver make The Ivy's director a TV star?

Information: 05 July 2010

He's already a well-known face to any regular at the Ivy restaurant, now Caprice Holdings Director Fernando Peire is trying his hand at television. Peire's the star of a new pilot show, being made...

Jamie Oliver tops list of food world's movers and shakers

Information: 01 July 2010

The government may be dissing his work with school dinners, but his peers still think Jamie Oliver is doing the right thing. The chef has just been voted the UK's most powerful and influential...

Watching the world row by at the Bingham

Information: 30 June 2010

Earlier this year, in the announcement of the Michelin awards for 2010, there was a surprise new entry in the form of newcomers for London which had slipped under most people's radar. The Bingham, a...

Gordon Ramsay restaurant review is the inspiration behind new horror film

Information: 30 June 2010

He may have had to close one of his gastropubs this week, but Gordon Ramsay should take heart that he's still a source of inspiration in America. Only it's not to the catering industry, but the film...

Silvena Rowe to open restaurant in the May Fair Hotel

Information: 29 June 2010

It’s been rumoured for a while that TV chef Silvena Rowe would be launching a restaurant at the celebrity haunt, May Fair Hotel. Now we hear from industry title Caterer Search that the restaurant...

Koffmann and Galvin pick up awards from Craft Guild of Chefs

Information: 28 June 2010

Just weeks ahead of the opening of his new restaurant at the Berkeley Hotel, Pierre Koffmann has just picked up a lifetime achievement award from the Craft Guild of Chefs. Koffmann was given the...

Gordon Ramsay puts his Chiswick gastropub up for sale

Information: 28 June 2010

One of the big stories today was the decision by Gordon Ramsay to close his pub in Chiswick, The Devonshire. However, a quick Google on the subject reveals this may looks like a story almost 18...

Restaurant Design, Gwyneth's River Cafe day and food bloggers

Information: 26 June 2010

The most beautiful restaurant in London? The 2010 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards were announced this week and London restaurants picked up five gongs - pretty good considering there were nearly 400...

Nuno Mendes Interview - chatting with the chef behind Viajante

Information: 24 June 2010

He's the man behind supercool foodie venue The Loft Project and the chef who took over two years to get his next restaurant, Viajante, just how he wanted it. Hot Dinners meets Nuno Mendes.

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