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Back in the 1990's a young man by the name of Valentine Warner indulged his love of pizza by working as a waiter in his local PizzaExpress restaurant. Fast forward two decades and Valentine is back...

Cinnamon Soho sees chef Vivek Singh bring his brand to Kingly Street in Soho. We popped along to try it out.

Big news for fans of London's street food collective, Eat St: they're heading for a new London residency, but this time it's Chelsea rather than Peckham. Last year various vans set up shop at the...

We particularly like the sound of the British bar snacks that'll be on offer at a new hotel restaurant spot, the Reform Social and Grill in Marylebone. Located in the Mandeville Hotel on Mandeville...

[Update 7/1/13 - with new GM details] More news on Keith McNally's Balthazar this morning. Jeremie Cometto-Lingenheim, currently Operations Director at Wright Bros, has been confirmed as Balthazar's...

Quality sushi restaurant chain Feng Sushi has just announced it'll be opening its eighth restaurant this summer - this time in West Hampstead. The West Hampstead branch will have seats for 34 people...

When sloaney Chelsea favourite, the Admiral Codrington got a makeover and a new Head Chef to boot last year, Hot Dinners was right in there in the first few weeks to check out this new gastropub...

Some of the nation’s finest Chefs gathered last night at Hawksmoor Guildhall for Action Against Hunger’s ‘Too Many Critics’ dinner. Chefs Pierre Koffmann (Koffman’s), Ashley Palmer-Watts (Dinner by...

If you've been wondering what Roganic chef Ben Spalding's been up to since leaving his job as Head Chef there a few weeks ago, then we have the answer. He's teamed up with Burger Monday's Daniel...

He's been in London now for a few weeks and now Australian chef Greg Malouf, who's taken over from Skye Gyngell at Michelin-starred restaurant Petersham Nurseries Cafe, has unveiled some of his...

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...