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Test Driving Corbin & King Home Dining - bringing The Wolseley, Zedel and more to your door

Information: 02 July 2020

Unsurprisingly Corbin & King have gone for a different model of food delivery from any other restaurnt group so far - there's is a centralised place to order the 'greatest hits' from places like The...

"Today's Special" auction raises over £225k

Information: 01 July 2020

Update 8 July 2020: The auction raised an amazing £225,000 for Action Against Hunger and Hospitality Action. That's enough both to pay bills for more than 400 vulnerable hospitality families in the...

Mark Hix is back - taking on the food and drink at 1 Lombard Street

Information: 01 July 2020

Early on in the lockdown, Mark Hix announced that all his restaurants were to close. And while we may well still see a Hix-owned restaurant make a return in the future, the chef himself isn't...

Allegra in Stratford has a massive terrace which is where you want to be this summer

Information: 01 July 2020

Over in Stratford, one of the biggest selling points of the new Allegra restaurant at The Stratford was its beautiful seventh floor terrace. But the restaurant, which opened at the end of last...

Tavolino sees ex Bancone chef Louis Korovilas head Thameside

Information: 30 June 2020

Louis Korovilas was head chef of Bancone and has now moved onto his new restaurant Tavolino, on the south bank of the Thames with impressive views of the river. There he'll be bringing an...

Six by Nico sees Scottish chef Nico Simeone heading to London with his six-dish tasting menu - updated

Information: 30 June 2020

Scottish chef Nico Simeone is heading to London with his concept restaurant, hitting up Fitzrovia with a regularly changing tasting menu.

Masala Wala Cafe founder Saima Thompson dies

Information: 30 June 2020

Incredibly sad news from South London last night as the family of Saima Thompson - founder of popular Brockley spot Masala Wala Cafe - revealed she had lost her battle against cancer. "We are beyond...

Newsnight segment sparks discussion over restaurant critic diversity

Information: 30 June 2020

Last night's Newsnight piece about restaurant criticism, discussing whether restaurant critics "should be nicer to restaurants as they gradually reopen and find their feet" has found a lot of...

Anna Haugh launches Anna's Bistro for delivery (and Myrtle is coming back too)

Information: 30 June 2020

Anna Haugh will be reopening the Irish-influenced Myrtle restaurant in Chelsea (read our recent Test Drive here) but that's not all she's planning. She's also launching Anna's Bistro, a new...

Test Driving the Passyunk Avenue Philly cheesesteak delivery kit

Information: 30 June 2020

Passyunk Avenue are famed for their excellent cheesesteak sandwiches. They're now delivering kits all over the UK - so we decided to try one out...

How restaurants across the world (and London) are working with social distancing

Information: 30 June 2020

As London's restaurants reopen after the lockdown, we take a look here and around the world at some of the industry's more creative solutions to the new normal of social distancing.

Rice Error's guest boxes kick off this week with Junya Yamasaki

Information: 29 June 2020

We've already been impressed with Bao's new Rice Error delivery service, and this week it's about to get even better. As part of their international guest chef series, they're launching a limited guest...

The Greenhouse restaurant in Mayfair has closed

Information: 29 June 2020

As recently as this month, the Greenhouse in Mayfair was talking about its reopening - flagging up a competition to win dinner there. But there have been rumblings about the financial status of the...

The Berkeley are now sending cocktails by bike to Knightsbridge residents

Information: 29 June 2020

Look, we were already jealous about folks living in SW1, but now we're even more so. Not only are they in one of London's swankiest postcodes, but now they're also getting an at-home cocktail...

Tandoor Tacos spins out from Tandoor Chop House, landing in the Hoxton Southwark

Information: 29 June 2020

Tandoor Chop House (currently in Covent Garden) is about to get a new spin-off in Southwark called Tandoor Tacos. They are exactly as they sound - a mash-up of Mexican and Indian food, with the Chop...

Here's what's in the Hawksmoor at Home meal delivery box

Information: 29 June 2020

Going on sale from today is the much-anticipated Hawkmoor at Home box. The box, which costs £120 (that includes delivery to anywhere in the UK) serves two people. In it you'll find the Hawksmoor...

Eggbreak have stuffed an entire Full English into a pie

Information: 26 June 2020

There's one thing that we've seen less of since the lockdown began - ever-so-slightly mad food mash-ups. But here's Eggbreak to make up for that, with The Full English in a pie. It's not the first...

The London Pizza Festival Home Edition is all about demos, recipes and deliveries

Information: 26 June 2020

Restaurants, bars and pubs are coming back - but what about the festivals? Looks like they're going to be mainly virtual for the foreseeable, which is forcing a lot of folk to be particularly...

Sam's Riverside is reopening, with a seafood terrace overlooking the river

Information: 25 June 2020

As London's restaurants prepare to spill outside, going alfresco in a big way this summer, new Hammersmith restaurant Sam's Riverside is taking full advantage of its waterside location. Only open...