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Fans of Forzawin should look out for tickets going on sale later today for a Spring brunch project at Tanner & Co in Bermondesy. It's what Forzawin's creator Bash is dubbing "a supercharged one off...

A gorgeous gallery of pictures showing what London's chefs have just added to their menus

We take a look at the latest small plate restaurant in Soho - this time specialising in French cooking.

Updated 18/3/13 with soft launch details  Having already landed a big hit in Islington with The Fish & Chip Shop, Des McDonald has lined up Camden for his next restaurant - he's launching a new BBQ...

Well the cat is now well and firmly out of the bag. Following weeks of hint dropping by foodie folk on Twitter, chef Mikael Jonsson has finally come out and admitted that he's responsible for the...

Update 12/9/14 - get a preview of Tredwell's here. 2014 looks to be a busy old year for Marcus Wareing. In one week's time the chef will reopen his two Michelin-starred restaurant at The Berkeley...

We've had Koya's take on the Full English - serving it up as udon with bacon and egg, now get ready for the Moroccan version of the best kickstart to the day. Momo's Head Chef, Philippe Agnello's...

We're big fans of Mayfields in Hackney as we named it our best eating out experience of 2013. So we think their two upcoming events will be well worth a visit. On Saturday April 1st, there's a...

Online wine retail is about to be given a major shake up with France's largest retailer of online wine, Vente Privée announcing its expansion into the UK. The launch of the online sales website LINK...

Update 18/3 - Barnyard is open now. Last night, Hot Dinners popped along to the opening party for Barnyard, the next venture from Ollie Dabbous and Oskar Kinberg. We managed somehow not to try any...

Updated 15/4/14 with booking details and opening date It's been on our Coming Soon rumours radar for a while, but today we finally got through the details for Alain Ducasse's new restaurant opening...

MasterChef winner Tim Anderson's Nanban cookbook is on the way later this year - so his next pop-up is all based around that. He's popping up at the Well in Clerkenwell next week - with this menu -...

We don't often get in press releases that tell us what's not happening, but that's just what hit the Hot Dinners in box this morning. In pops a missive from Michel Roux Jnr to say that he "will not...

Updated 11/3/14 with news of Gizzi Erskine's involvement If you like the sound of a festival that encourages you to really think about what you're eating, then the King's Festival of Food might be...

Arnaud Stevens steps out with Searcy's to open Sixtyone restaurant in Marble Arch. We went along to take a look.

Since it opened in mid 2012, the now Michelin-starred Peruvian restaurant Lima from Virgilio Martinez has proven to be a big hit. Now they're expanding with a second restaurant, Lima Floral, coming to...

13/5/14 - Update - we get the full details on what to expect from the Perfectionists' Cafe. We've known a while that Heston was opening a new restaurant at Heathrow's latest terminal. Although we've been...

We've had chef's tables in the heart of kitchens, by the pass, or separated by a glass wall - now Caprice Holdings has gone one further and taken the Head Chef out of their kitchen and into their...

Things certainly aren't slowing down for London's new restaurants as we enter the third month of the year. There have been a further ten openings since our last update only a couple of weeks ago and...

Our friends at Toast events have come up with the kind of talk we like - one that concludes with a feast of Hawksmoor goodies. The Future of Meat is the chosen subject and they've brought together...