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Clearly Shoreditch just doesn't have enough coffee houses - as a press release has just landed on Hot Dinners' desk from a new spot opening on Leonard Street. Ozone Coffee Roasters will be open for...

Anyone who watched this week's Great British Menu will know that sea buckthorn is one of those 'challenging' ingredients. So it's particularly interesting to find it on a breakfast menu. The menu in...

Last year's inaugural Soho Food Feast was a standout success, bringing together chefs and restaurants from London's most vibrant food quartier (despite what Aldo Zilli thinks) to raise funds for the...

Noho is fast becoming one of the most exciting place to eat in London. First we had Dabbous which quickly became the hardest place to book a table after wall-to-wall great reviews. Next up we have...

As part of the run-up to this week's 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic  - Saturday 14th April since you ask - Mark Hix is this week launching a special Titanic Centenary menu at his...

Shoreditch was buzzing last night for one of the first nights of the British Airways pop-up dining lounge Flight BA2012 which fuses art, cinema and food. Open until April 17, the gallery, cinema and...

Looks like the trend for American country cooking is set to continue in London with the opening of Lowcountry in Fulham next month. Chefs Michael Kirk and Jennifer Ryan - both US natives - will be...

Vivek Singh's latest opening, Cinnamon Soho, may be getting all the attention at the moment, but his Westminster spot Cinnamon Club also has some tricks up its sleeves this Spring. They've just...

All good things have to come to an end, and that's certainly true of James Lowe and Isaac Mchale's Young Turks fixture at The Ten Bells in Spitalfields. Their extended pop-up is now in its last four...

Aldo Zilli's not a happy bloke. Announcing the closure of his two remaining London restaurants, Zilli Fish and Zilli Cafe, he tells the Evening Standard today that rising rents are turning Soho into...

An incredibly starry line-up of chefs is turning out at the end of the month for a charity do to raise fund for CALM, the charity working to reduce the high suicide rate amongst men under 35. The...

Michelin starred Danish restaurant North Road has just started cooking lessons.  We popped along to try our hand in its kitchen.

(Updated 3 April with more details.) Mark Hix has launched a fair few ventures in the last few years, but one of them has caused more trouble than the others. His project at the Tramshed in...

She was the City's original superwoman - the mother of six who also held down one of the financial world's top paying jobs. Now Nicola Horlick is turning to food and opening a cafe/restaurant in...

So the big news this weekend was the announcement by Roganic's Head Chef Ben Spalding of his departure from the restaurant. Spalding, who left Roganic on Friday tweeted the following day; "To set...

[Updated 12.00pm - Yes, you guessed it - this was our April Fool] Undaunted by critical reaction to his new restaurant in Bermondsey, Gregg Wallace is taking to the streets. Hot Dinners hears that...

A range of top chefs (and world-famous cooks) will be heading to London next month for a special event to celebrate the best of Irish food. Selfridges is putting on the three week Delicious Ireland...

Having enjoyed Anna Hansen's dishes at her recent collaboration with Atul Kochhar at Benares, we're keen to try more of her food and the launch of a series of wine tasting menus at her Clerkenwell...

Looking for a top spot to take a bit of afternoon tea? You could do worse than trying The Athenaeum Hotel on Piccadilly which has just picked up a gong from the Tea Guild for 2012's Best Afternoon...

May the gods that look down on London's diners be praised - one London chef has decided to take pity on those who hate walk-ins only restaurants and start taking reservations. José Pizarro's Pizarro on...