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Every year, one of Action Against Hunger's most anticipated events is Too Many Critics, where some of the UK's top restaurant critics and food writers take on cooking duties for a night. This time,...

It's the first restaurant to open for business in one of London's most recognisable buildings. We head halfway up the Shard to take in Rainer Becker's Oblix.

The first solo venture from former Ivy Chef Alan Bird has the West End glitterati flocking to Smithfield for his five-storey restaurant. Hot Dinners joined them to see what the fuss was about.

Soft launch details below Lockhart bills itself as an upscale Southwest American kitchen featuring flavours from States like Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico while using British seasonal ingredients. It's the...

News of yet another new Islington opening reaches us today as we hear that the second De Beauvoir Deli will be opening there soon.The original has proven a hit on Southgate Road and their second...

Soft launch details below. The Royal Quarter cafe is the latest restaurant to come to Victoria, an area of London that's been going through a fair bit of improvement recently. This addition is from...

(31/5 - updated with soft launch details - see below) Time Out loved it, AA Gill really didn't but La Bodega Negra continues to pack them in on Soho's Old Compton Street, regularly popping up in the...

A new Italian restaurant is opening on the corner of Exmouth market, right opposite Canteen (the building where Dollar used to be). Paesan promises to be a rustic Italian restaurant focusing on...

As regular readers will know, Islington is Hot Dinners' home turf, and we've really seen a big shift in the area over the last couple of years, with a number of very interesting restaurants opening...

US restaurateurs Altamarea Group, who are behind NYC's Ai Fiori, are about to make their first stab at the UK market with upcoming Haymarket restaurant Chop Shop, a "butcher-shop inspired"...

Another restaurant is joining the throng at Dean Street this week, as Galeto throws open its doors Galeto is aiming to be a Brazilian "streatery" - which means they're mixing Brazilian street food...

He's only just finished his Disco Bistro residency at the Rising Sun, but Carl Clarke's already gearing up to launch his next venture. He'll be bringing his former pop-up Rock Lobsta to Mayfair club...

The word "gymkhana" might bring back memories of children's horse events to many, but this upcoming London restaurant has a particularly good pedigree behind it. It's from Karam Sethi, the chef...

It's the first restaurant to open for business in one of London's most recognisable buildings. We head halfway up the Shard to take in Rainer Becker's Oblix.

Last week when we chatted to Russell Norman about his next project - the Ape & Bird pub on Shaftesbury Avenue - we also took the opportunity to quiz him about his role in an upcoming BBC TV show The...

In the vein of recent ‘specialisation’ restaurants such as Burger & Lobster, Tramshed and Potato Merchant, a new restaurant celebrating the humble chicken and its eggs will open on July 8th in...

Fancy a free gourmet picnic lunch? Badoit Express is a free event happening in Soho Square on Thursday 13 June. Food is by Thierry Marx, owner of the two Michelin-starred Sur Mesure par Thierry Marx...

Two new Saturday food markets are launching in the capital, one located in trendy Hoxton Market, another in the heart of the square mile at One New Change. Expect to see a fusion of established and...

Home grown British food has undergone a major revival of late; never has our national cuisine been so widely lauded. And that love affair looks set to continue with the opening of GRUB, a...

Carl Clarke, leader of the punk food revolution, has joined forces with three great chefs, in a bid to throw an explosive bash to bid farewell to his triumphant residency with Disco Bistro EC4 above...