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Test Driving Coqfighter - legendary fried chicken hits Soho

Information: 27 June 2019

They've made quite the name for themselves trading at Boxpark in Shoreditch, but the move to Soho sees these fried chicken folk able to expand their repertoire.

Test Driving Harrods' Dining Hall - where luxury and passion for produce meets in Knightsbridge

Information: 27 June 2019

Harrods has unveiled its glittering, redesigned Dining Hall and it turns out to be quite the food destination.

New London restaurants coming in July 2019

Information: 27 June 2019

Here are the top new restaurants that will be opening in July. This month we have a new opening from the Lyle's team and two big new buildings are unveiled - The Standard Hotel in King's Cross (with...

Flesh and Buns are launching the lunchtime Poke-Don mash-up

Information: 27 June 2019

Flesh and Buns are getting into the poke business - but they're doing it with a twist. Called Poke-Don, they'll be creating a hybrid between a poke dish and a donburi. Poke was made by Japanese...

LIMA restaurateurs are opening Sabroso at Westfield London

Information: 27 June 2019

It's all about the arepa at this new South American dining spot opening up at Westfield London shopping centre

St. JOHN are opening a bakery at Fora in Borough

Information: 26 June 2019

St John are bringing their famous doughnuts and madeleines to the Fora workspace spot in Borough

Lucky and Joy are popping up with their regional Chinese food in Spitalfields for July

Information: 26 June 2019

If you missed Lucky and Joy on any of their recent residencies, then July is a time to make up for that. Led by Pete Kelly and chef Ellen Parr, they'll be back serving up regional Chinese food at La Despensa...

Here's what went down at The World's 50 Best Restaurants ceremony for 2019

Information: 25 June 2019

The world's top chefs and restaurateurs gathered in Singapore today for the reveal of the World's 50 Best Restaurants List 2019. Celebrating its 18th year, the awards were always going to be a...

The strange story of London restaurant Passyunk Avenue's mascot theft

Information: 25 June 2019

So the rest of London might be obsessing over the Tory leadership campaign and the many, MANY Boris and Carrie sitting in a park memes, but here at Hot Dinners we've been completely caught up by the...

The Stratford Brasserie takes over the ground floor of The Stratford

Information: 25 June 2019

The Stratford Brasserie second restaurant to be announced in the fancy The Stratford building. It's an all-day brasserie that should have a very impressive look - coupled with an enviable outside...

Test Driving Circolo Popolare - the Big Mamma team go even bigger in Fitzrovia

Information: 25 June 2019

First came Gloria, now Big Mamma have brought us Circolo Popolare in Fitzrovia. We popped in for a first look - it's mad as ever, but backed up by great food.

Harrods' big food hall revamp continues as The Dining Hall is unveiled

Information: 24 June 2019

We're now in the final stages of Harrods' Food Hall 2.0. Over the course of almost two years, the famed department store has been slowly unveiling a multi-million pound redesign of its food and...

Tamarind restaurant group unfairly dismissed whistleblowing staff over concerns about chicken stock in halal and vegetarian dishes

Information: 24 June 2019

You know that thing, when you can see a storm on the horizon, thundering closer and closer? Well that's probably how the restaurant group Tamarind must be feeling right now. An explosive news story...

Gordon Ramsay is opening Lucky Cat in Mayfair

Information: 24 June 2019

Gordon Ramsay's first new restaurant for years in London will be inspired by 1930s Tokyo drinking dens - it'll take over the spot where Maze was on Grosvenor Square.

Head down to The Oyster Shack at Butler's Wharf Chop House for oysters and Nyetimber

Information: 24 June 2019

We're about to hit the peak season for summer pop-ups in London and, down by the Thames, there's something fishy going on. Butlers Wharf Chop House have done a deal with Nyetimber and Colchester...

Jason Atherton has gone into the theatre bar business with Pavlova's at The Palace Theatre in Victoria

Information: 24 June 2019

Back in the day, you'd be lucky to get a warm glass of Pinot Grigio waiting for you in a theatre bar during the interval. Now it's quite a different story. Over in Westminster, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The...

Helene Darroze at the Connaught is getting a big refurb for its tenth anniversary

Information: 21 June 2019

Already one of London's very few two-Michelin-starred restaurants, Helene Darroze's restaurant at the Connaught is about to get a big new refit. Coming a couple of years after The Connaught's last big...

Natoora Counter launches at its new Notting Hill Store

Information: 21 June 2019

Even if you’ve never consciously bought anything from Natoora, chances are you’ve eaten some of its produce – the company supplies 800 top chefs in London and 400 more in New York and Paris. Known...

Anna Hansen is leaving the Modern Pantry

Information: 20 June 2019

it's one of the best restaurants in Clerkenwell and serves a mean weekend brunch, but now Modern Pantry is losing the chef that's led it for ten years. Chef Anna Hansen, who also launched Providores with...

James Corden and Chris Hemsworth are battling waiters for The Late Show at The Northall

Information: 20 June 2019

You may have been aware of the fact that James Corden is currently in London filming for The Late Show. But if you were lucky enough to have been staying or eating at the Northall restaurant at the...

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