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My Million Pound Menu's BBQ Dreamz take to the rooftop at John Lewis on Oxford Street

Information: 16 April 2019

Despite the recent chill, London's summer plans are well underway and the latest spot to reveal their colours for the season are John Lewis. They're bringing in My Million Pound Menu winners BBQ...

Pergola Paddington Returns for 2019 with a Smash Patty from Patty and Bun

Information: 16 April 2019

Pergola Paddington has just announced its return for 2019 and it looks like west Londoners are in for another good summer of food and drink. Kicking off on 2nd May, the two-level venue will have a...

Test Driving Pied a Terre - classic Michelin-star dining keeping it fresh in Fitzrovia

Information: 16 April 2019

For almost three decades this French restaurant has been looking after folk on Charlotte Street. We went to see why Pied a Terre has stood the test of time.

Gordon Ramsay's Lucky Cat is at the centre of a social media and cultural appropriation storm

Information: 15 April 2019

Have you seen rather a lot of mentions about Gordon Ramsay in the news and on various social channels over the past few days? If you're wondering what exactly is going on, let us enlighten you... Gordon...

Shaun Presland, top Aussie sushi chef is opening Pacific in London's Soho

Information: 15 April 2019

It's been common knowledge for a while that Australian chef Shaun Presland had his sights set on opening a restaurant here in London, called Pacific. If you're wondering why this is big news, well...

Yaki Yaki are serving up taiyaki, matcha soft serves and a croiyaki in Covent Garden

Information: 15 April 2019

Covent Garden has a new dessert spot that you should expect to see popping up on your Insta feed from now on. Yaki Yaki is all about the Japanese waffle cones taiyaki and opened a week ago just off St...

Elizabeth Haigh launches a two month residency at Mortimer House

Information: 15 April 2019

If you’ve been wondering where Elizabeth Haigh, the chef that won a Michelin Star at Pidgin, was going to pop up next, then you’ll be glad to hear she has a new central London residency starting in...

Covent Garden is the home for Fishworks' latest fishmonger and seafood restaurant

Information: 12 April 2019

This will be FishWorks’ third site - this time in Covent Garden - offering fresh fish to take home and a whole host of dishes to eat in at the restaurant.

Mao Chow finds a permanent Hackney place for its vegan Chinese food

Information: 12 April 2019

This 12 seat noodle bar in Hackney will be serving up meat free Chinese classics

Ollie Dabbous is popping up at the Chelsea Barracks for the Chelsea Flower Show

Information: 11 April 2019

If you haven't had a chance to get to HIDE yet, there will soon be another chance to try chef Ollie Dabbous' food in London - he's popping up at Chelsea Barracks, just as there happens to be a...

Smoking Goat wins the 2019 Young's Scotch Egg Challenge

Information: 11 April 2019

Many, many eggs were judged - but only a few could be winners. Here's what happened at the 2019 Scotch Egg Challenge.

Emilia in Bonhams is the next restaurant from the Quality Chop House people

Information: 11 April 2019

Emilia sees the Quality Chop House team take over the restaurant at Bonhams Auction House. It's inspired by the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.

The Prince's summer line-up features Jefferies - a new chicken concept from Patty and Bun

Information: 11 April 2019

Over in West London, The Prince is gearing up for its summer season and they're going BIG. Not content with managing to install a retractable electric roof over London's biggest pub garden making it...

H&M pick Regent Street for their second It's Pleat cafe opening

Information: 10 April 2019

If you fancied the idea of trying out H&M's new Swedish cafe, but couldn't quite gather the energy to get out to Westfield White City to try it out when it first opened, then the good news is...

Italian Alley in Camden Market offers everything from pasta to pizza along the canal

Information: 10 April 2019

It's all change at Camden Market this year. We already knew about the huge new Hawley Wharf development that's planned for this summer and now there's a new section of the market, to be called...

The Soak in Victoria is a bar and restaurant that likes a bit of fermenting

Information: 09 April 2019

The Soak is a new bar and restaurant in Victoria that is all about fermenting, soaking, steeping and brining - whether it's for cocktails or food.

Test Driving Barullo - a City spot where the paella has the power to transport you

Information: 09 April 2019

Rambla's Victor Garvey is back in the City with his latest Spanish restaurant, Barullo - and this time there's added paella. We head down to try it out.

The Wolseley team are opening Soutine in St John's Wood

Information: 09 April 2019

This is the next restaurant from the team behind The Wolseley, Bellanger, The Delaunay and more. This time it'll be an all-day restaurant serving French food with Russian influences.

The Sea, The Sea in Chelsea is fishmonger by day, seafood and Champagne bar by night

Information: 09 April 2019

This latest addition to Chelsea's Pavilion Road sees the co-founder of Bonnie Gull opening a fishmonger and deli which transforms into a seafood bar in the evening. And he's bringing along a few...

The Grand Duchess at Paddington is London Shell Co's permanently moored restaurant

Information: 09 April 2019

This sister restaurant to the London Shell Co.'s crusing restaurant will be a permanently moored barge by Paddington serving up seafood and sparkling wine.

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