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Test Driving Hélène Darroze at Home - a three-Michelin starred meal delivered by The Connaught

Information: 02 February 2021

Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, one of London's newest three Michelin-starred restaurants has started delivering. We tried it out to see how it translated to a home setting.

Mao Chow are bringing their vegan noodles to Holloway

Information: 01 February 2021

Mao Chow, the ever-popular all-vegan noodle bar is getting a second location (following their first permanent space in London Fields). This time they're heading north to Holloway, setting up shop in...

St John launch an at-home meal kit - get a Fergus Henderson meal delivered

Information: 29 January 2021

They've already had pies for collection throughout this (and the last) lockdown - and now St John are actually delivering a full three-course, finish-at-home meal. So if you fancy a dinner created by...

Justice League to-go: A DC comics-themed meal-kit is coming

Information: 29 January 2021

We're still waiting for news on the upcoming Batman-themed restaurant Park Row, but while we're waiting on that, the people behind it, Wonderland Restaurants, are getting ready for another DC themed...

Pascor Aegean restaurant comes to Kensington (for delivery)

Information: 29 January 2021

This Aegean restaurant focuses on cuisine from Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Turkey.

Haché are bringing their Gin Wednesdays home (and throwing in the glasses)

Information: 29 January 2021

When everything was open, Hache's Gin Wednesdays - with bottomless gin and tonics - was quite the popular event. But while that's not coming back in the same form quite yet - they are planning to...

BookBar on Blackstock Road will be a bookshop, winebar and meeting space

Information: 29 January 2021

The mid-section of Blackstock Road is becoming quite the food and drink hub. There's Patron (currently delivering lovely French dishes across town), Shop Cuvee selling natural wine and cheese, and...

Test Driving The Nook's Supper Club delivery

Information: 28 January 2021

We're back (sort of) at Islington's The Nook, trying out their delivery-only supper club menu.

Test Driving the Flesh & Buns bao kit at home

Information: 28 January 2021

Been missing Flesh & Buns signature baos? Well an easy new home kit helps you make them in your own kitchen.

Hot Stone is expanding with a second restaurant, in Fitzrovia

Information: 27 January 2021

Exquisite sushi, top-level Kobe beef and ishiyaki cooking is on the way for Fitzrovia residents.

Bottle in Highgate Village is a wine shop worth seeking out

Information: 27 January 2021

Hot Dinners first happened about new wine shop Bottle when we were up in Highgate just days before the current lockdown. The place had opened in November and, when we popped in to get something...

Petersham Nurseries launches new meal kits with a focus on seasonality

Information: 27 January 2021

They've just received a green Michelin star (for "sustainable gastronomy") and now Petersham Nurseries are launching their new at-home dinner boxes, delivering nationwide. As that green star...

Test Driving the Jones & Sons steak night delivery meal kit

Information: 26 January 2021

Modern British restaurant Jones and Sons is delivering a steak night finish-at-home dinner that's a lot more than simply a great meaty main. We gave it a try.

Michelin stars for London 2021 announced: Clare Smyth and Helene Darroze both win three stars

Information: 25 January 2021

The reveal of any year's new Michelin stars is always going to be a contentious event. But tonight's announcement of the new stars in the Great Britain and Ireland 2021 guide was even more of a hot...

Raymond Blanc has a TV show Simply Raymond Blanc to accompany his new book

Information: 25 January 2021

Bored of staring at the same four walls during lockdown? Well, this month ITV have plans to transport us from our homes into the gorgeous gardens and 16th-century buildings of his Le Manoir aux...

Riding House Cafe re-launches as Soul Ride Caribbean food delivery

Information: 25 January 2021

Fitzrovia's Riding House Cafe has returned to the delivery scene for 2021 with something of a difference - launching Soul Ride, a Caribbean-influenced spin-off. It's headed up by Chef Patron Henry...

Home cooks sought by new delivery company GRUBie

Information: 22 January 2021

New food delivery service GRUBie is hoping to provide a service for those of us in lockdown who badly don't want to cook tonight, but who want something more homemade than ordering in pizza or a...

Sumi in Notting Hill is the new restaurant by sushi master Endo Kazutoshi in Notting Hill

Information: 22 January 2021

Here's something that escaped our attention in the run-up to Christmas - Endo Kazutoshi opened a new sushi restaurant. If the name sounds familiar, it's because he's the man behind Endo at Rotunda,...

Filthy Buns is back at The Three Compasses with a new hatch, delivery and burgers

Information: 21 January 2021

If you've had a craving for Filthy Buns burgers in Dalston, then you'll be pleased to know that not only are the burger slingers back and delivering - but they're also serving from a brand new hatch...

Test Driving Indulge - fine dining at home without the fuss

Information: 21 January 2021

With restaurants on lockdown, the city's chefs have turned to new ways to stay creative and make money. We take this fine dining meal kit service for a test.

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