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Atul Kochhar reopens Benares with a chef-packed party

Information: 22 January 2010

Hot Dinners went to Benares on for the restaurant’s reopening party following three month’s closure and refurbishment after a kitchen fire. Plenty of chefs had come out to join the celebrations, Hot...

Alain Ducasse - London is the most important city for restaurants

Information: 21 January 2010

Speaking to Jasper Gerard in today's Telegraph, Alain Ducasse – whose restaurant at the Dorchester moved up to three Michelin stars last week – has been singing the praises of the London restaurant...

Gordon tweeting, Jamie opening and the mystery cafe

Information: 20 January 2010

Is it a slow news week when one of the biggest stories it that - drumroll - Gordon Ramsay is going to start tweeting? The chef announced the news on Chris Moyles' Radio One show saying: ''I've gone...

The Parlour Canary Wharf reviewed by Hot Dinners

Information: 19 January 2010

Arriving in Canary Wharf on a Thursday night – if you haven’t been for a while – is like landing on a different planet. Here everything is clean, new, made of glass and steel – and of course the...

From Le Caprice to Hix: In the kitchen with chef Kevin Gratton

Information: 16 January 2010

Hot Dinners talks to Kevin Gratton, the main in the kitchen at Soho's newest celeb hangout Hix to find out what working with the best-connected man in London's restaurant industry is really like.

London's new Michelin starred restaurants for 2010

Information: 15 January 2010

For the second year in a row, the Michelin stars for the UK have been leaked online, forcing the company to abandon its own release date. London's 2010 Michelin starred restaurants - see the full...

Four London restaurants given 3 AA rosettes

Information: 14 January 2010

Four London restaurants are celebrating today as they join the ranks of those establishments awarded three rosettes by the AA. They are 1901, Launceston Place, Aubergine and Seven Park Place by...

Eight over Eight reopening delayed over insurance wrangles

Information: 12 January 2010

Today's Evening Standard is reporting that the re-opening of celeb hangout Eight over Eight is being delayed by wrangling over the insurance payout. The King's Road restaurant has been shut since...

Pig cheeks in space - astronauts get Michelin food

Information: 12 January 2010

Lucky old astronauts. Not only do they enjoy a rather fine view of the planet from their orbit, but they’ve just taken delivery of a series of dishes from a German three-Michelin-starred chef...

Borough Market's Wright Bros look for a Soho spot

Information: 08 January 2010

A Hot Dinners exclusive. The growth of West Soho as a serious restaurant destination continues apace with news of another potentially exciting restaurant opening. Hot Dinners has just learned that...

Five hot London restaurants you can get a table at when it snows

Information: 07 January 2010

Here at Hot Dinners we’ve always maintained that one positive thing about snowy, icy weather is that it’s the perfect time to secure a table at normally hard-to-get-into restaurants. That said, we...

Heston Blumenthal voted chef of the decade

Information: 06 January 2010

2009 may have been a bit of a bad year for Heston Blumenthal, what with the Fat Duck being shut for passing on the norovirus to its customers. But 2010 is already looking up for him as he’s has just...

Exclusive: Highbury's hot new supper club

Information: 04 January 2010

Pop-ups may be passé, but there’s still life in the supper club concept. News reaches Hot Dinners of a hot new supper club, The Sitting Room, opening in the shadow of the Emirates Stadium in...

Six London chefs we think are worth watching in 2010

Information: 01 January 2010

The Good Food Guide this week came up with their list of 10 chefs they think will dominate the restaurant scene over the next decade. Four London-based chefs make the grade - Marcus Wareing, Jason...

Gordon Ramsay heads up US search for Masterchef

Information: 22 December 2009

Move over pudding face! Gregg Wallace and John Torode clearly don't have enough pulling power across the pond because the producers of the US version of British show Masterchef have turned to Gordon...

London restaurant's Spaghetti Christmas Tree

Information: 22 December 2009

Clearly some people have never heard of the famous BBC April Fool's Day stunt involving spaghetti harvesting. According to Eat Food magazine, the manager of a Italian restaurant in London came up...

Guy Ritchie brings his boozer to The Big Apple

Information: 18 December 2009

Guy Ritchie may not be flavour of the month with his London neighbours complaining about late night revelrie at his boozer The Punchbowl, but being a landlord clearly agrees with him. According to...

Fork magazine tips Corrigan and Hix in 2009 Awards

Information: 16 December 2009

Christmas has come early for Mark Hix and Richard Corrigan as they scooped two of Fork Magazine’s awards for 2009 today. Hix’s Brewer Street restaurant picked up the gong for Best Restaurant, while...

Bad weather dampens London's restaurant business

Information: 14 December 2009

So it’s official - not only does the crap weather ruin your day (or your winter if you’re unfortunate to live in the Lake District) but it’s also responsible for a downturn in restaurant takings...

Boxwood Cafe and St Alban close their doors

Information: 13 December 2009

For many top London restaurateurs, it's now a case of 'recession, what recession?' as tables at the best restaurants on a Friday night at 8pm prove incredibly elusive to all but the best...

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