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The Quality Chop House Shop is back in action

Information: 01 April 2020

Have you been going low on pork pies and confit potatoes? Well, if you're local to Clerkenwell, the painful wait is over. The Quality Chop House shop closed just as the current lockdown began, as...

There will be no World's 50 Best Restaurants awards this year

Information: 31 March 2020

As there are no actual restaurants open in many places across the world right now, the people behind the World's 50 Best Restaurants have made the fairly sensible decision to delay their next awards...

Cyber Fest - a virtual beer fest - is coming

Information: 27 March 2020

Obviously, there aren't and festivals happening right now - particularly beer festivals. But that isn't stopping beer delivery service Beer 52. They're launching a virtual beer festival, Cyber Fest,...

The Cheese Bar kicks off a mac n cheese delivery service

Information: 27 March 2020

In these trying times, comfort food is really where it's at, and Camden's The Cheese Bar is certainly delivering on that. As well as sending their Cheese Truck all around London on a mission to...

Officina 00 in Old Street starts delivering pasta and Instagram pasta masterclasses

Information: 26 March 2020

After opening last year, Officina 00 has won plenty of praise, not least a rave review by Marina O'Loughlin in The Sunday Times. But if you've been missing your Officina fix since the lockdown,...

Mayfair's Benares creates Benares @ Home for fine dining Indian food, delivered

Information: 26 March 2020

London has its fair share of great Indian fine dining restaurants - but if you've been missing them, one of them is ready to bring that fancy experience to your home. Benares has kicked off Benares @...

Patty & Bun are selling Ari Gold and Smokey Robinson burger kits at HG Walter

Information: 25 March 2020

In a crisis like this we all have to work together, which is just what Patty & Bun and top butcher HG Walter are doing. They've launched The Lockdown DIY Patty Kit to enable you to make Patty & Bun...

Morty & Bob's are running a live cheese toastie masterclass

Information: 25 March 2020

We've already talked about the Bread Ahead series of live tutorials (which are proving to be very popular) and now we hear of another venture that sounds like a must-watch. Missing your favourite...

The country's on lockdown, and food delivery is the answer

Information: 24 March 2020

So, we're on lockdown. We knew it was coming and, last night, Boris finally delivered. What does this mean for London's restaurants and cafes? In the immediate aftermath of the latest government...

The Marksman in Hackney offers delivery and takeaway pies and provisions

Information: 23 March 2020

The latest restaurant to move into the takeaway business has been Hackney's The Marksman. From yesterday, they started out with bacon and sausage baps, with roasts and pies too. And the aim is to...

Legare in Shad Thames is offering cook at home pasta meals

Information: 23 March 2020

Newish pasta spot Legare in Tower Bridge is among the many London businesses pivoting to a new way of doing business in the wake of the Covid crisis. They're now open as a collection and...

All restaurants, cafes and bars in the UK ordered to close (but can still offer takeout)

Information: 20 March 2020

Well, there we have it. After days of uncertainty over the status of the hospitality industry, the Prime Minister came down firmly in today's Covid briefing. All restaurants, bar and cafes are to...

Brat in Shoreditch converts to a farm, grill and wine shop

Information: 20 March 2020

If you've been keeping track of our page that covers how restaurants are changing as a result of Coronavirus, you'll have seen - where possible - a great shift towards takeaway and delivery. Latest to...

Signature Brew are using musicians to deliver a pub in a box to your home

Information: 19 March 2020

Already missing enjoying a beer down your local? As social distancing and pub avoiding kicks in, one London brewery has come up with a solution. Walthamstow's Signature Brew has decided that it'll...

Bread Ahead launch online baking tutorials - and they're free!

Information: 18 March 2020

This is a genius move. If you're stuck at home and thinking maybe now's the time to break out a new skill, then Bread Ahead has come to the rescue. Bread Ahead’s founder and master baker Matthew...

In search of comfort food? How about Wotsit Mac n Cheese, delivered?

Information: 18 March 2020

In these current times, comfort food is needed more than ever, and we think this new offering is almost the very definition of that. Wotsits have just teamed up with Uber Eats to release Wotsit Mac n...

Natoora announce plans to expand their food delivery app to all Londoners

Information: 18 March 2020

Their shops are always the place to pick up the pefect blood orange or tropea onions direct from Calabria, but now Natoora's going digital. Up till now their online delivery app has only been...

The Chancellor offers new government support for restaurants, pubs and the hospitality industry

Information: 17 March 2020

A day on from announcing that everyone should avoid going to pubs, clubs and other hospitality industry (which left the people responsible for those restaurants justifiably angry), the Prime...

Government advice to avoid pubs and "social spaces" could have a dire effect on the hospitality industry

Information: 17 March 2020

Yesterday, the government stepped up its plans for dealing with coronavirus. In his first daily briefing, the Prime Minister said it was now time to avoid non-essential contact and travel and that...

Test Driving Chuku's - the Nigerian tapas restaurant settles down in Tottenham

Information: 16 March 2020

They proved their mettle in a series of pop-ups and now Chuku's have found a permanent home for their Nigerian tapas. We went to Tottenham to check them out.

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