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Ramsay's financial officer resigns from Ramsay Group

Information: 13 December 2009

Gordon Ramsay's woes continue this week with the breaking news that his chief financial officer, Nick Fletcher had quietly resigned more than three months ago. The Sunday Express is reporting today...

Christmas cheer at Wahaca while Selfridges keep rooftop restaurant open

Information: 08 December 2009

It's going to be a very merry Christmas this year for seven homeless youngsters whose raw talent and enthusiasm scooped them jobs with Wahaca who've teamed up with the Prince's Trust. Warms the very...

Camino opening new King's Cross sherry bar

Information: 03 December 2009

The Spanish restaurant Camino is a rare thing indeed in King's Cross - a decent bar and restaurant. Happily doing business for a few years in the Regent's Quarter (opposite the old Scala), Camino is...

5 minutes with Simon Hoggart

Information: 03 December 2009

Hot Dinners finds out from The Spectator's wine correspondent Simon Hoggart, how to order the right wines when going out to eat

Atul Kochhar reveals Benares re-opening date

Information: 02 December 2009

In Marylebone last night for the launch of Simon Hoggart's new book (more of which later), Hot Dinners took a detour by way of posh kitchen store Divertimenti. There we bumped into another book...

Michelin - the best of weeks, the worst of weeks

Information: 30 November 2009

It’s been six of one, half a dozen of the other for the Michelin Guide this week. On the positive side, the guide was given a huge boost when the latest Hong Kong version came out, awarding one of...

From glamour to grit – Russell Norman’s journey to the opening of Polpo

Information: 27 November 2009

Russell Norman’s Polpo was one of the first restaurants in London to open by Twitter. Hot Dinners caught up with Russell to find out one why he wants to bring a bit of the West Village to London’s...

Sargeant's parting from Ramsay and more of the week's news...

Information: 22 November 2009

One of the biggest pieces of restaurant-related news this week was Mark Sargeant resigning from Gordon Ramsay Holdings to work as creative director at The Swan Collection, which runs the Swan at the...

BT job for Gary Rhodes is far from done deal

Information: 20 November 2009

Gary Rhodes has been widely touted as being a frontrunner to take over the iconic revolving restaurant at the top of the BT Tower, but it seems the Evening Standard jumped the gun this week when...

Selfridges woos Hix, Roux Jnr postpones plus new openings

Information: 15 November 2009

It seems to be a particularly busy time for restaurant openings at the moment, and one man is in more demand than anyone. After the extremely successful opening of Hix in Soho, Mark Hix isn't...

Terroirs wins Independent's Best Restaurant award

Information: 14 November 2009

London chefs may have missed out on the Independent newspaper's top award (chef of the year went to Whatley Manor's Martin Burge), but several of the capital's restaurants, bars and food shops...

Why Oliver wants more - Hot Dinners talks to Oliver Peyton

Information: 13 November 2009

Oliver Peyton tells Hot Dinners about the things that drive him mad and why he in turn is driven to change the perception of British food abroad

London's most influential foodies picked by Standard

Information: 10 November 2009

Its position as London's premier newspaper now assured, with the closures of both The London Paper and London Lite, the London Evening Standard this week published its list of the city's 1000 most...

Mandarin Oriental confirms Daniel Boulud restaurant

Information: 05 November 2009

Since early summer, rumours have been circulating that top Manhattan chef Daniel Boulud would be joining Heston Blumenthal in opening a restaurant at London’s Mandarin Oriental hotel. Well this...

Is Bruno Loubet opening at the Zetter hotel or not?

Information: 04 November 2009

Curiouser and curiouser - no sooner does the Zetter Hotel in Clerkenwell roundly deny this week's Times exclusive that Bruno Loubet is to open a restaurant there, than someone close to Bruno throws...

Is Pierre Koffman back in the game full-time?

Information: 03 November 2009

No doubt bolstered by the continued success of the Restaurant on the Roof at Selfridges, which has already been extended till the end of the month, Pierre Koffman could be considering a permanent...

Post Office Tower revolving restaurant to re-open

Information: 01 November 2009

Biggest news of the week without doubt is the Times story that the Post Office Tower restaurant is to re-open. Apparently BT are already on the hunt for a household name to take on the revolving...

Five minutes with Sat Bains

Information: 30 October 2009

Hot Dinners catches up with Nottingham's Sat Bains to find out where he's eaten well this year and why the customer is always right

Talking to Ed Martin about gastropubs

Information: 21 October 2009

Hot Dinners finds out what makes the perfect gastropub from Ed Martin

Exclusive: Trevor Gulliver talks about the new St John Hotel

Information: 20 October 2009

When news slipped out on the internet last week that the St John empire was expanding westwards to Soho with the addition of a new restaurant and 16-room hotel, Twitter was on fire. But the only...

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