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The man behind Assunta Madre brings another of his popular restaurants to town. This time it's a Sicilian restaurant in Notting Hill that has outposts the world over.

The latest roaming pop-up to settle down is Southern American cuisine specialists The Fat Bear, who begin a long-term residency at the Rising Sun next week. You'll have seen them pop-up in Soho...

We are only now recovering from what can only be described as a cake coma following the launch party for Trine Hahnemann’s new book, Scandinavian Baking this week. The event was held at the...

Every year Frieze Masters, the contemporary art event in Regent's Park, lines up some top restaurants to entertain potential art buyers. This year they've got a particularly good trio lined up. Bocca...

Popular gastropub The Paradise in Kensal Green has been hosting a series of supper clubs and events by high profile foodies and chefs, and this month, the irrepressible pastry maestro Eric Lanlard...

We like to think of ourselves as fashion forward here at Hot Dinners. Which is why we're all over the new Jimmy Choo tea launching at the Berkeley next week. The new seasonal makeover for the...

Throughout Summer, the Selfridges rooftop has been a BBQ hotspot with the Q on the Roof pop-up. But with BBQing season drawing to a close (outside, anyway) Selfridges has joined up with Des McDonald (also...

Selfridges continues to forge ahead in terms of its food and drink offering with the news this week that Tonkotsu will be opening a brand new site there this week. Why is this such good news? Well...

The past few years have definitely proven that there is no set path to follow when opening a restaurant. A preferred option now for restaurateurs in waiting is to run a series of events which allows...

A new Danish restaurant is coming to the Westbourne Grove area as Snaps & Rye. Expect a very Danish, contemporary all-day menu. 

We admit it - the thrill of the new high rise bars and restaurants at The Shard means we've neglected other London sky high spots. So it was nice to pop along this week to Paramount at the top of...

Celebrity chef (and Gordon Ramsay alumnus) Judy Joo is opening her own restaurant in Soho, which will be an informal Korean styled restaurant.

This new Islington bar and Kitchen, with a strong specialty in craft beer is opening both sides of Islington, with the Angel outpost open now.

If you're not the kind of person to faff around carving your own pumpkin or making spiderweb cupcakes, then you might want to pop along to Selfridges. They've just taken delivery of a rather fine...

Designer Tom Dixon's been quite the busy bee. Hard on the heels of the Mondrian London opening, which his studio was responsible for, he's also behind a new coffee shop in Harrods. Tom Dixon...

Seems like you're going to be hearing a lot about Portugal if the folk behind Taste Portugal have their way. They've put together a programme of events in London celebrating Portuguese food and...

If you want to go one better than a table with a riverside view and have your meal actually on the Thames, you may be interested in Sunborn London. It's a superyacht hotel moored at Royal Victoria...

An old Soho dive bar on Denmark Street is due to be reopen this Monday 27th as a Thai Barbecue drinking den next month with an exciting crew at the helm. Co-founder Ben Chapman has pulled together a...