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Updated 14/4/21 with more chefs Even just a few short weeks ago, we could hardly believe we'd be bringing you news of summer festivals that you could actually book. But now that the government has...

  A big new alfresco space is coming to Hackney, brought to you by the people behind Peckham Levels and Pop Brixton. Hackney Bridge (once known as Clarnico Quay) has had a big makeover and will...

A promising new pop-up is landing at Dalston's Newcomer Wines for a spring alfresco menu. SSAW Collective (Spring Summer Autumn Winter) is a community of growers and makers focused on ethical and...

Restaurants are finally open again (outside) and Corinthia London has a brand new menu and look for its courtyard restaurant with food by chef André Garrett. We went down there for our first...

Looking to give your summer BBQs a bit of a boost? We took a browse through the online store from Berenjak to try a few of their kits out.

News reaches us of another big fast-food chain making inroads in London - and the first branch is opening this week.  Pelicana is pretty big elsewhere, with over 3000 branches selling their Korean...

There's one returning innovation that has come about because of various lockdowns that we're very pleased to see back - the drive-thru. We've already seen a MEATliquor drive-thru just a few weeks...

It's fair to say it's been a while since we reported on a new opening at Canary Wharf, so it's a positive sign that today the folks behind Pergola Paddington, The Prince and Lost in Brixton have...

Kicking off today, Shake Shack have a new special on the menu that should be worth checking out. This time it's a collaboration with Neil Rankin who's bringing his vegan burger know-how to Shake...

With alfresco spaces in London being a premium right now, you can count on us to bring you news of any new places opening. And the new roof venue at The Standard hotel in King's Cross sounds (and...

They've been delivery-only up until now, but Keff are gearing up to bring pita toasties and Middle-Eastern dips to Camden. They'll be setting up shop in their first real-life location in Camden...

With alfresco being once again a big thing in 2021, KERB are expanding their street food markets to a couple of new areas.  First up is KERB X National Theatre. where they'll be parking five food...

They mastered the cheese conveyor belt, a cheese bar and a cheese truck. Next up for The Cheese Bar folk is is cheese on water in the shape of The Cheese Barge. They're mooring a specially designed...

We always like to think of ourselves here at Hot Dinners as influential, but we never expected to have the ear of the royal family. Although how else do you explain the fact that eight days after we...

From Bancone's rigatoni with black truffle to sparkling fresh seafood from Scotland via The Harbour Cafe and a Thai feast from AngloThai - we give a whole bunch of new meal kits and deliveries a go.

  Peckham is getting another very promising-sounding pizza restaurant this spring. We've already had news of Mike's pizza and now there's 081 Pizzeria that will be opening across the way from that in...

Before lockdown D&D's City restaurant 14 Hills was doing a storming business. Now, with the announcement of a new rooftop terrace, they're hoping to reopen with a similarly strong following. The 14th-floor...

  7/4/21 - Updated with the launch date With hits like Chick N Sours and Chik'n in place - chef and restaurateur Carl Clarke is launching his next venture - and this time it's all about pot noodles.  After a...

Last year, we reported that chef and restaurateur Skye Gyngell was due to open another version of her Spring restaurant in the shape of a shop in Shoreditch. While that didn't come to fruition in...

  Gordon Ramsay enters the meal kit business with a kit that lets you pull together his signature beef wellington. We gave it a try.