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Updated 14/9/25 with official statement Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters spent the weekend tackling a fire at White City, which affected the Michelin-starred restaurant Endo at the...

He had a very successful long-term pop-up at The Inercontinental, but now former MasterChef: The Professionals winner Alex Webb is getting ready to open his own place.  Orion is opening in Wimbledon...

Ever since it opened back in 2019, Pophams in Hackney has been equally well known for its evening pasta restaurant as it has been for its bacon and maple swirls. But, very soon, its time is coming...

You can hardly have escaped the arrival of Bristol sandwich kings Sandwich Sandwich in London with their huge layered sarnies and equally huge queues. Now the family-run business is moving into the...

He's normally seen at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street (aka the Walkie Talkie), but for one month, specifically Black History Month, chef Kerth Gumbs is coming closer to earth with a pop-up at the...

Updated 12/9/25 with images It's been a busy few months for The Public House Group. The company, who are behind The Pelican and The Hero pubs, pulled a double in Notting Hill, opening Canteen and...

It's already one of the hottest restaurants in London, but One Club Row still have a few new tricks up their sleeve. Next up, they're introducing a brand new Saturday brunch menu and lunch.  First off,...

He's only just opened Town, but Stevie Parle is already gearing up to open his second new restaurant of 2025. This one is called Motorino, which is clearly a reference to his previous Dalston...

London already has a secret tiramisu window, now a second Italian food window has opened, this time in South London. La Finestra is the brainchild of Italian-born Stefano who's been in London for 10...

Since becoming Evolv Group, what was D&D has been going through something of a quiet revolution, led by its new CEO Martin Williams (who used to head up the M group of restaurants). Now they're ready...

To lose one headline presenter is a misfortune. To lose both, well, that looks like carelessness. But the good news is that the MasterChef team has wasted no time in deciding who its new hosts will be...

For a restaurant origin story that has a full redemption arc, look no further than upcoming Herne Hill opening 2210 by NattyCanCook. The chef behind it, Nathaniel Mortley has gone from working in...

To corrupt a phrase, necessity is the mother of reinvention, and that's a lesson that London restaurants know well. From Orasay turned Dove in Notting Hill to the wholesale reworking of the...

Across the pond its celebrity fans include Post Malone, Snoop Dogg and Cynthia Erivo. Now the chicken finger fast food giant that is Raising Canes is coming to London. And they've launched their...

It's recently been home to Darby's Next Door, with support from Ruben's Ruebens, but now chef and restaurateur Robin Gill is turning the space next door to his Nine Elms restaurant into an all-day...

If you haven't been downstairs to the food hall at the M&S Pantheon on Oxford Street recently (that's the one between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road) then you might want to rectify that...

Ever since he finished at Launceston Place, we've been wondering where talented chef Ben Murphy was going to turn up next. Now he's revealed his game plan, opening the new 74 Charlotte Street...