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While Thomas Keller has been wowing them with his French Laundry pop-up at Harrods, Hot Dinners popped across town last night to a slightly more affordable affair. Originally starting off as a joke...

His Gidleigh Park restaurant has four AA rosettes and two Michelin stars, and now chef Michael Caines is bringing that magic to London in the form of a pop-up restaurant at the Oxo Tower. The Fairy...

Hot Dinners popped over to Mayfair last night for the launch of a massive food and wine event, The Big Wine Festival, at Benares. The festival's ambassador, TV's wine buff Olly Smith was happy to...

What can you tell us about Joe's? Smack bang in the middle of the ritzy Brompton Cross area, there's every chance you might walk by Joe's without noticing it at first glance. A breezy bar takes up...

Following on from the very British affair that is the Gilbert Scott, Marcus Wareing is changing the direction of his flagship restaurant at the Berkeley. The two star Michelin restaurant has...

It's clearly awards season with the AA Awards being announced last night, Michelin next week and now Time Out reveals its own winners. They've been drip feeding us the shortlist for a number of...

Chefs, restaurateurs and hoteliers were out in force at London's Park Lane Hilton last night for the AA Hospitality Awards where London and the South East did pretty well thank you very much. Probably...

It's all go at Harrods. Not only are they about to welcome uber-chef Thomas Keller for his French Laundry pop-up, but they've just opened up a brand-new meatfest experience in the foodhall. The...

Details for the soft opening dates for Hawksmoor Guildhall have just been tweeted by co-owner Will Beckett today. It's 50% off all food, so well worth trying to get a table for it. The soft opening...

(Updated) The Rookery, a new dining and drinking spot, is opening soon in Clapham Common. We caught up with Mark Angell, who's behind the project, to find out his plans. "It's a small venture, with...

News reaches Hot Dinners today of two rather interesting appointments in the restaurant world. The first is finding out who the Head Chef will be in the Asian Room at upcoming Mayfair spot Novikov...

In honour of British Food Fortnight (17 Sept - 2 Oct 2011), the Fifth Floor Bar at Harvey Nicks is serving up a marvellous-sounding cocktail and food pairing menu throughout September. You can try: a...

In addition to all the official events happening over the fortnight that is this year's London Restaurant Festival, Hot Dinners was given an exclusive early look at  some of the more interesting fringe...

If your idea of a perfect Sunday lunch starts with someone else making it for you, then you'll probably like the idea behind The Cornish Grill, a new lunchclub lauching at Redhook in Farringdon this...

If you weren't lucky enough to get a table at the upcoming French Laundry pop-up at Harrods next month, another chance to book has just turned up. Every night of the ten-night pop-up, a table for...

What is Cut? This is the first London restaurant for American celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck - the man behind Spago and the chef who's the official caterer for the Academy Awards. On paper it's a...

Can't wait till November to try out Bill Granger's new restaurant? Then the London restaurant festival will give you an opportunity to meet the man as he presents his fave foodie movie as part of...

Update - find out more about the menu here. Polpo's Russell Norman and Richard Beatty have, after much speculation, finally announced their fifth restaurant in just over two years.  Steering away from the...

We're rather excited to learn this morning about a beautiful new dining room which is set to open in London next month. The Balcon, which will be on Pall Mall, sounds absolutely fabulous. Designed...

Opening on October 31 2011, the new Hawksmoor Guildhall in the City has a few surprises up its sleeve. Although the original Hawksmoor in Shoreditch skirted the edges of the City, the new restaurant at...