News & reviews

Jamie Oliver's latest restaurant chain, Union Jacks, has been confirmed as launching at Central St Giles this Autumn.  He'll be joining Zizzi, Byron and Peyton & Byrne among others at the new...

Yesterday's announcement about Thomas Keller's Harrod's installation was long-rumoured, but what came as a big shock was the price.  At £250 a head, the pop-up suddenly went way over the budget of...

In Italy, Giovanni Rana is the face of fresh pasta, a chef who made a name for himself with a groundbreaking ad campaign in the 1980s. He has 24 restaurants in Italy including spots in Rome and...

If you think the look of where you eat is just as important as what you eat, you'll be wanting to pop down to Westminster where, over the next few weeks, Pop up at the Palace takes over the Great...

Update: Keller has now confirmed the pop-up which will be at Harrods for ten days from 1 October 2011. The French Laundry at Harrods will offer a £250 nine-course meal for lunch and dinner. There...

Le Caprice is 30 years old and as befits a restaurant entering its middle years, it's going for the catering equivalent of a nip and tuck. The restaurant will close for just over three weeks this...

As anyone who lives or works in Kentish Town will tell you, it's a bit of a wasteland when it comes to decent places to eat out, so Hot Dinners was pleased to spot a promising new opening in the...

What can you tell us about the Devonshire Arms? As an ex-Gordon Ramsay location ‘at the wrong end’ of a leafy Chiswick street, new gastropub The Devonshire Arms may have some cynics to convince. Stocking...

Approaching the grand, imposing entrance to Lancaster House, you don't immediately sense that you're entering a pop-up restaurant, least of all one that is focused on sustainability. However, this...

There's just one more day for entries into British Airways Great Britons competition which offers mere mortals the chance to create dishes that will be served up on BA's flights from economy to...

A viewer who contacted Ofcom to complain about Gordon's Ramsay's effing and blinding on the TV programme Hell's Kitchen USA has had their complaint upheld. The viewer apparently contacted the...

The ticket line for the London Restaurant Festival has opened this morning to all (after a brief period for Amex users only), with a host of events available for booking.  The big one is obviously the...

If you're around Soho this summer, it might be worth popping down to Broadwick Street where Yauatcha has made a few changes. The first thing to talk about is the opening of a new ground floor bar...

If you're a fan of TV cooking competitions, you might be interested in a new London venture which gives contestants (and other homegrown chefs) the chance to run their own pop-up restaurant. Pipe...

One of the more bizarre annual rituals of the food world are the various Christmas in July events put on for folks in the magazine world who work months in advance. So Hot Dinners found ourselves...

We're normally all about the best places to eat in London, but we had to make an exception today for a story about one of the biggest places to eat in London. McDonalds has just released details for...

So you're a modern-day master (or mistress) of the universe (well Canary Wharf) but in order to do your job properly you're looking for something more substantial at lunchtime to keep your blood...

It seems as if barely a day goes by without news of some new pop-up or temporary bar or restaurant opening up in London and this week begins in similar fashion with the news that Kirin beer are...

What's so interesting about Baity Kitchen? Described as a ‘mood food’ deli , Baity Kitchen is quietly turning heads with a simple, middle Eastern based menu in well-heeled South Kensington. Although this casual spot’s...

The Senses of Thailand promotion opened at Selfridges last night in a blaze of colour, exotic ingredients and Singha Mojitos. For the next two weeks the Selfridges Food Hall will be crammed with...