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Aqua's next is Italian restaurant and cafe Luci in Covent Garden

Information: 09 August 2023

9/8/23 - Updated with the opening date They opened Shiro in Broadgate only late last year, but the Aqua Restaurant Group already have another restaurant lined up called Luci. They've taken over a space in The...

London's food world reacts to Kupros Dairy founder Anthony Heard's death

Information: 08 August 2023

London's food world is reeling from the news of the sudden death of Anthony Heard, the founder of groundbreaking London cheesemakers Kupros Dairy. The news was announced at the weekend by his family who...

The Table brings its second restaurant to Battersea

Information: 08 August 2023

9/8/23 - updated with the opening date The Table has been open in Southwark for 17 years and now they've finally decided it's time to open a second restaurant, The Table Battersea. Best known for...

Test Driving The Portrait Restaurant - Richard Corrigan's rooftop blockbuster

Information: 08 August 2023

Boasting great views over central London, the arrival of Richard Corrigan to run this rooftop restaurant at the National Portrait Gallery proves to be a real draw.

Jason Atherton is opening a second Mayfair restaurant, on Bruton Place

Information: 07 August 2023

Jason Atherton is a very busy man at the moment, and is really establishing himself in Mayfair right now. Not only is he getting ready to open a restaurant on Savile Row very soon, but he's also...

England's Grace brings a mix of Australian and European food to St John's Wood

Information: 07 August 2023

The people behind Terra Moderna in Belsize Park are coming to St John's Wood with a new Antipodean-inspired modern European restaurant. England's Grace is going to be focusing on Australian-style brunch...

Taca Tacos finds a new home on Peckham's Rye Lane

Information: 04 August 2023

More tacos are coming to Peckham as Taca Tacos gets ready to open its second site in the area. You may have seen them in Peckham's Brick Brewery (as well as Deptford's Market Yard) but this has them...

Test Driving Dovetale - chef Tom Sellers goes big in Mayfair

Information: 03 August 2023

Tom Sellers' second restaurant opening of 2023 sees him opening a grand restaurant in Mayfair's hippest new hotel. We head down to see what the Michelin-starred chef has cooked up.

The Watermans Arms is reopening in Barnes with a dream team behind it

Information: 03 August 2023

Every once in a while we hear about an opening with a dream team that really makes us sit up and pay attention. That's definitely the case with The Watermans Arms in Barnes which is reopening next...

Chuo's sushi monorail has arrived in Shoreditch

Information: 02 August 2023

What to do when mere conveyor belts are no longer a sufficiently exciting food delivery system? As once declared on The Simpsons "Well sir, there's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide...

Eight Hundred Flavours will serve up dumplings and BBQ skewers in Chinatown

Information: 02 August 2023

It's all change for the Barshu group who have been tinkering around with what restaurant to put in their Little Newport Street spot for a while. Having started life as Baiwei and then Dot Line...

Kebab Queen relaunches with new chef Pamir Zeydan

Information: 02 August 2023

Changes are afoot at Kebab Queen, the hidden counter restaurant underneath Maison Bab in Covent Garden. If you're unfamiliar with the place, it's counter dining with a difference - in that the...

Big Mamma are having a clearout sale - and you're invited

Information: 02 August 2023

If you've ever dined at one of London's Big Mamma restaurants and thought you fancied replicating that OTT Sicilian tableware aesthetic in your own home, well now's your chance. The restaurant group...

Geode restaurant to open for ‘vibe-dining’ in Knightsbridge

Information: 01 August 2023

When you’ve worked at Mayfair’s Novikov it’s fair to say that you've probably dealt with plenty of folk for whom budgeting is an alien concept. That’s the background of duo Salvatore Broccu and...

Test Driving Counter 71 - creative East London fine dining

Information: 01 August 2023

Tucked away on a side street off Old Street roundabout, an old boozer has been given a new lease of life in this chef's table restaurant with its own subterranean cocktail bar.

Prince William serves up from a burger van in Maltby Street Market

Information: 31 July 2023

If the revolution ever happened and Prince William found himself in need of a job, maybe he could consider the hospitality industry? Just months ago the heir to the throne enjoyed taking phone...

Chef Thomas Straker unleashes a social storm over his kitchen line-up

Information: 31 July 2023

Update: This morning Straker posted an Insta story apologising for his initial response, adding: "I am absolutely committed to ensuring diversity in my restaurants, unfortunately we aren't achieving this in...

The Breakfast Club and Greggs open up at Gatwick Airport

Information: 31 July 2023

If you've flown out of Gatwick this summer you may have noticed a few new spots to eat and drink in the airport. We thought it might be handy for us to round up all the new openings for you. The...

Morley's, The Standard and Heinz team up for a King's Cross chicken shop with added caviar

Information: 31 July 2023

The fried chicken behemoth that is Morley's (which just opened its 100th store) is trying something a little bit different - a team-up with The Standard hotel and Heinz. They're launching a...

London Fields pub The Prince Arthur scores a hot new head chef

Information: 28 July 2023

With all the comings and goings in the London food world, we took note when The Prince Arthur in London Fields announced the arrival of its new head chef. Joe Couldridge arrives at the pub with a...

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