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At first glance this year's list doesn't seem all that exciting - after all the top three restaurants are exactly the same as last year. But if there is one big winner from this year's World's 50...

Whispers, rumours, lies and April Fools, we've heard them all regarding Ferran Adria's possible plans to open a venture in London. The truth is now out: Ferran and his brother Albert are planning a...

  We welcome the Covent Garden meat emporium from the people behind MEATliquor.

Taking over from Jay Rayner as this year's Head of the UK panel for the World's 50 Best list is Richard Vines - Bloomberg's food critic and all round well-connected London foodie. Hot Dinners sat...

If the name ‘#Ribstock’ didn’t already give the game away, then rib lovers, brace yourselves to hear how the ultimate rib festival celebrating all that is finger-licking, tooth-picking and...

The great and the good of the food world (and Hot Dinners) were in Marylebone last night for the launch of chef Andoni Aduriz's book Mugaritz - the story of his Basque restaurant of the same name...

You know, if it ever, ever stops raining (Thanks Drought Order!) we rather like the sound of the rooftop barbecuing lesson that's going to take place at One New Change next month. On the afternoon...

Forget the mad dash back from France for Beaujolais Nouveau - today a group of brewers and restaurateurs are heading into deepest Kent to take part in the first London Hop Shoot Festival. They're...

With Odeon's new gastro-cinema The Lounge getting a lot of press recently, it's good to see that another London cinema getting into the gourmet scene. The Electric Cinema in Notting Hill is...

Brazilian temaki are handheld sushi rolls wrapped in a crisp nori cone that, from a distance, look like particularly healthy ice-creams.  Originally a Japanese food, they're big in Brazil which has...

London's has some great success with night markets, most recently the Long Table in Dalston and Bermondsey's The StockMKT which is also returning (Bermondsey Square Friday 27th April 5.30-10.30pm). So it's...

The arrival of new Hix-trained chef Marcus Verberne gives Borough's Roast a new lease of life.

With all the hoo-ha surrounding Skye Gyngell's departure from Petersham Nurseries Cafe which she raised - however unintentionally - to Michelin-star status, it was always going to be hard finding...

With the likes of Her Majesty taking tea there you may be forgiven for thinking Fortnum & Mason to be a very rarefied type of place. But we hear there's a new dish on the menu there that has much...

Clearly the answer to our question in this week's newsletter as to whether Soho or Noho was hotter as far as restaurants are concerned seems to have been answered in part by today's hot news that...

The Craft Guild of Chefs may be an industry guild, but it's always interesting to see who other chefs rate in their profession. The guild, which sees over 1500 chefs and restaurant workers vote in...

[Updated 8/5/12 - the pop-up sold out in record time] The restaurant at Claridges has been the focus of much speculation as Gordon Ramsay's tenure is due to end this year. While we're waiting to...

Looks like East London's coffee houses are expanding their market. Workshop Coffee Co (formerly known as St Ali) is the second place we've heard of in as many weeks (Shoreditch's Ozone was the...

If you're around in Brixton at the weekend, you might want to swing by the market for a new stall that's opening up this Saturday. London French Dip will serve up LA-style meat sandwiches in...

Chase Distillery have been making a name for themselves recently, not least for their marmalade vodka.  And soon they're coming to town with a new terrace bar in Harvey Nichols. The idea is to evoke...