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Michael Wignall's three day pop-up at the Rib Room in Knightsbridge

Information: 16 April 2013

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...

Simon Rogan confirms Roganic's closure

Information: 15 April 2013

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...

LeCOQ rotisserie opening on Islington's St Paul's Road

Information: 15 April 2013

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...

Taste launches The Lab food event at Tobacco Docks

Information: 12 April 2013

Update 12/4/13: Another Hot Dinners Exclusive. Latest additions to the Taste lab are Bubble Food. They'll be showing off Liquid Nitrogen Poached Mousses and even give you the opportunity to make...

Potato Merchant opens spud themed restaurant in Exmouth Market

Information: 11 April 2013

If you're like us and view potatoes as a food group all of their own, then you may be interested in a new potato-themed restaurant (and grocer) opening on Exmouth Market tomorrow (April 12). Rather...

Milan's Panino Giusto opens at Royal Exchange in the City

Information: 11 April 2013

London's super-competitive lunch market has a new contender as Milanese restaurant, Panino Giusto opens this April at Royal Exchange. Panino Giusto, which has been serving up paninos in Milan for...

Harrods to host seven Michelin starred chefs for Identita London

Information: 10 April 2013

If you fancy trying some international Michelin star cooking but can't be faffed with the Ryanair nightmare to get there, then Harrods' latest food event may well be the thing for you. At the end of...

Top chefs lend their support to Bowel Cancer spelt campaign

Information: 10 April 2013

Updated 10/4/13 with details of masterclasses at Fortnum & Mason To be honest the sound of spelt didn’t really float our boat when we first heard that we’d been invited to an event dedicated to it...

Argentine food and wine - Test Driving Zoilo

Information: 10 April 2013

We pull up a seat at the kitchen counter at Argentinean restaurant Zoilo.

NYC chef John De Lucie opening Red House in Chelsea

Information: 09 April 2013

The wave of American chefs heading our way looks set to continue with the news that NYC chef John de Lucie is to open American bistro Red House in Chelsea. Chef John DeLucie is best known for being...

Test Driving Claude's Kitchen - an upstairs hideaway in Fulham

Information: 09 April 2013

Claude's Kitchen is a hidden away restaurant at the top of Amuse Bouche champagne bar in Fulham. We popped in to see what the ex-Petersham chef is cooking.

Heaton, Butler and Bayne opens at Covent Garden

Information: 08 April 2013

Hot Dinners readers will get an exclusive 50% discount on the food bill for lunch and dinner at Heaton, Butler and Bayne from 10-11 April 2013. Today sees the opening of Heaton, Butler and Bayne, a...

Kimchi Cult starts six month residency at The Black Heart in Camden

Information: 08 April 2013

After a successful pop-up earlier this year, popular street food purveyors Kimchi Cult have now set up shop in the Black Heart pub for the long term. They've just started a six month stretch in the...

Bone Daddies 5 course ramen feast with Mark Hix at Tramshed

Information: 08 April 2013

Ramen may not necessarily be the food you'd think of first for a blowout meal, but an event coming up at Hix Tramshed will require slightly more of your wonga than usual. Every month,...

Jamie Oliver relaunches Fifteen with ex St John chef

Information: 04 April 2013

Ten years after it first opened, Jamie Oliver’s Shoreditch restaurant Fifteen is having a major revamp. The restaurant is in the final stages of a full refurbishment and Jamie has brought in a new...

Young Turk James Lowe hosts three day residency at the Rooftop Cafe

Information: 03 April 2013

As one third of the original London dream team the Young Turks, James Lowe, there's a lot riding on his first solo restaurant endeavour. But while young James works out where his first place will...

Claude Bosi's Fulham gastropub - we Test Drive the Malt House

Information: 03 April 2013

Claude Bosi's had big success in Wimbledon with his first pub the Fox and Grapes. We head over to Fulham to find out more about his latest gastrpub...

Toast food festival coming to Shoreditch in June

Information: 03 April 2013

As if you didn't know it already, London's a real international hub when it comes to events discussing and celebrating food. Hard on the heels of The Lab in April, we can now reveal a second really...

Hakkasan group closes Chrysan restaurant

Information: 03 April 2013

Barely six months after opening, City restaurant Chrysan has shut up shop. The Hakkasan Group issued a statement today about the immediate closure of Chrysan saying they had "ceased trading the...

First look: Great Northern Hotel, King’s Cross

Information: 03 April 2013

One of the final parts in the grand regeneration project which has transformed Kings Cross over the past 15 years is about to open. The Grade II listed Great Northern Hotel has had some £40m...

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