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Feeling festive yet? If not, Selfridges have just the event to put you in the mood. If you head for their Food Hall on Oxford Street on Thursday 1 December 2011 between 6pm to 8pm you'll find a host of...

We rather like the sound of a new Hoxton pop-up offering Dumplings rather than a full roast on Sundays. Gyoza Otaku will be popping up at the White Horse on Hoxton Street, serving up Japanese pot...

Looking to celebrate Thanksgiving in London this year? Here's our guide to some of the key restaurants serving up pilgrim fare this year. The Savoy Grill has a four course meal priced at £45...

[Updated 6/12/11 - From tomorrow both the Asian Restaurant and Italian Restaurant at Novikov Berkeley will be open] Novikov Berkeley is the first London venture from the Russia's hugely successful...

What do you know about Copita It's a new restaurant set up by the people behind award-winning Barrica (in Fitzrovia). It's going for an authentic Spanish tapas bar style, something similar to Jose...

What can you tell us about Alyn Williams at the Westbury? This is the first solo venture from Williams, the former head chef at Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley and the second new restaurant to open...

Launching in the new BoxPark in Shoreditch, which sees several restaurant operators plying their trade out of converted shipping containers, Bukowski will be offering a simple, no-fuss menu with...

It's certainly been the year for steak, with Goodman and Hawksmoor branching out and Cut making a big debut earlier this year.  Now the Caprice group, the people behind Scott's and the Ivy, join them as...

On the eve of the opening of their latest restaurant, Delaunay, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King have just announced another new venture, this time over on Sloane Square. The pair behind the Wolseley...

January's always such a damp squib of a month. Everyone's off the sauce and determined to make the most of their new gym membership. But it doesn't have to be that way. We hear Raymond Blanc is...

We freely admit to being about as barking mad about burgers as most London foodies. So when we heard that the signature dish at the weekend brunch two-Michelin-starred chef Helene Darroze was...

Update - 16/11 - Granger & co is now open Bill Granger has been a regular at foodie events in London over the last year since he uprooted his family from Sydney to make a new life (and business) in...

Health and safety gone mad? This morning, we spotted a story in trade paper Caterersearch that burger company Byron have stopped selling hamburgers cooked rare. Apparently one local authority has...

We've long been fans of Street Kitchen, the gourmet food truck collaboration between Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka.  The recent stint in the city has been a huge success, so the boys are branching out...

Last year saw Islington star Christoffer Hruskova move to Smithfields, and now another Islington mainstay is joining him. Morgan Meunier, whose fine dining restaurant on Liverpool Road in Islington...

We've previously reported on the occasional Sunday lunches by top chefs being run under the title Cornish Grill at Farringdon restaurant Redhook. And this week we heard that owner Jonathan Downey has...

[Updated 21 November 2011] We now hear that Hawksmoor will be there on opening night serving up bourbon and burgers with Four Roses, Shakey Pete's Ginger Brew, Bloody Bull shots with Hangar One and...

If you're looking for a properly kosher lunch (or just want to expand your culinary horizons) head for Kensal Rise next month where London's first Kosher-British pop up will be opening its doors to...

We're always on the lookout for interesting new openings here at Hot Dinners. So when we spotted that the Head Chef of critics' fave The Wapping Project, Cameron Emirali, was teaming up with the...

The London Evening Standard has taken the pulse of the city and come up with a list of the 1000 most influential people in town. This year's list includes the following 34 foodies (we've helpfully...