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We head under the arches at Hoxton Station to check out this new neighbourhood restaurant and are very impressed.

To the Langham Hotel last night to the annual Tatler Restaurant Awards, which cunningly positions itself for the day after the Worlds 50 Best announcement so loads of chefs are still in town. The...

Hot Dinners caught up with the chefs of the two UK restaurants in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list for 2013 last night, and it's fair to say they were both, very, very happy. Brett Graham, Head...

West London entrepreneurs Charlie Raworth and Emma Hutchinson already run two local businesses in Shepherds Bush - Bush Hall and The Music House for Children. Now they're adding a restaurant to...

There's always a lot of talk in the run-up to the announcement of the World's 50 Best Restaurants list about who will be No 1. And this year, more than a few were predicting a shake up in the...

[29/4/13 Updated with opening date and soft launch details] Canary Wharf continues to attract interesting new openings, with The Pearson Room opening later this month Situated overlooking Canada...

Spring looks like it could finally be here to stay, so what better time to herald the return of one of the capital's favourite rooftop events, Forzawin.Tickets go on general sale today for the event...

Green fingered foodies rejoice; Kew Gardens is to host a course of foraging dinners, as part of their IncrEdibles festival, which runs from 25th May- 3rd November 2013. The IncrEdibles festival was...

It's been closed now for almost four months, but when it reopens, Covent Garden's Christopher's will have a new look menu as well as a fresh new interior. Downstairs in the Martini Bar, there's a...

The small but beautifully formed chain that is Galvin restaurants have decided to host a Summer festival of food across all their London (and Edinburgh) restaurants in May. And a quick glance at the...

HKK, the restaurant which led to The Times critic Giles Coren describing his meal there as "the best Chinese meal I have had anywhere in the world" has launched a spin-off duck menu for lunchtimes. “The...

On our fifth and sixth days in New York, we head over to Brooklyn bridge to check out the huge street food fair Smorgasburg and then to the West Village for some great Asian food at Chez Sardine.

On our fourth day in NYC we head over to Brooklyn to check out the scene there, taking in Paulie Gee's Pizza in Greenpoint, Traif in Williamsburg and more besides.

Update 23/4 - We have just learned that Mark Sargeant is to take over the reins of all the food offering in the Great Nothern in a consulting role. So he'll be looking after Plum + Spilt Milk, GNH...

Our third day in New York featured three-star Michelin mastery courtesy of the mighty Le Bernardin and ended with some serious culinary fireworks in Tribeca from hot new restaurant Atera.

We start and end our second day in New York eating in hotels - an ultra luxe breakfast at the Lowell and then dinner at the NoMad. But we also find time to get a burger at Shake Shake in perparation...

Day One of our 2013 New York Trip sees us flying in on the BA1, British Airways' flagship City-JFK flight. Once we're checked in at the Lowell on the upper east side, we check out the newly-opened...

Simon Rogan may be leaving London (for now) but another two Michelin-starred chef is heading this way, albeit for a more appropriately short pop-up. Michael Wignall, will be in town for a three day...

It was perhaps one of the longest pop-ups in London's restaurant history, but two years after opening its doors, Roganic will finally close this June. Chef-proprietor Simon Rogan announced today...

Update - 13/8/13 - we've now got full details about the launch. Back in the day, when Hot Dinners was first starting out, one of the very first news stories we wrote was on a new opening at the end...