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Demand for the Gourmet Odyssey Tours at this year's London Restaurant Festival has apparently been so high that the organisers have been inspired to add two entirely new tours to the roster. The...

The revamped Camden Roundhouse will soon have a restaurant to match its updated surroundings. Made In Camden, a new bar and dining room will open in October 2010. Made In Camden takes the idea of...

Hot Dinners were sad to hear the news this week that Bjorn van der Horst had announced the closure of his Clerkenwell restaurant, the Eastside Inn.  Talking to Caterersearch.com, the chef explained;...

The last time chef Ben Greeno turned up at a supper club, there was something of a mini riot amongst London’s fooderati to nab places at the table, and then a slew of disappointed people who hadn’t...

The 20th edition of Harden's Guide is published today and from 85,000 reports they've come up with a list of the good, the bad and the overpriced in London.Favourite: Chez BruceBest for Business:...

A whole host of top chefs were to be found in the City this morning as Action against Hunger held its charity breakfast at Le Coq D’Argent to launch its Fight Hunger/Eat Out campaign. Hot Dinners...

Proud Camden has just announced it's launching a New York-inspired restaurant in the bar/live music space's South Gallery in Camden Market this November. Proud Kitchen opens in Camden on 11...

He's described by Wikipedia as a disciple of Ferran Adria. Now Sergi Arola, the El-Bulli trained chef, and owner of two Michelin stars in his own right for his restaurant Gastro in Madrid, has...

It’s fast becoming known as ‘Currygate’ – the moment at which pop star Lily Allen took on Labour leader candidate David Miliband over his choice of London’s best restaurant. The exchange on Twitter...

Former Maze chef Jason Atherton has confirmed a January opening for his new restaurant Pollen Street Social, which will be just off Hanover Square. In a release issued today Atherton said he's 'been...

Is London ready for another steakhouse? Coming just after another American company Goodman opened its second UK branch in the City to general acclaim, we hear that Los Angeles chef to the stars,...

Top Italian chef Massimo Riccioli is heading for London to open a branch of his renowned restaurant La Rosetta - which has been serving up top-class seafood to the Romans since it first opened in...

Fresh from the excitement brought on by last night’s Great British Bake Off, Hot Dinners is in a dreamy cake state of mind with the news that patisserie chef Claire Clark, formerly of the French...

Nobu Berkeley’s days as London's number one celebrity dinner spot may be numbered now that Hakkasan has announced the opening of its second restaurant in Mayfair, just around the corner in Bruton...

Stop everything – and put 15 October 2010 in your diary. That’s when the booking lines for Heston Blumenthal’s first London restaurant open. The restaurant itself, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, will...

There’s been a lot of speculation (well at least Hot Dinners was wondering) which chefs would be taking part in this year’s London Restaurant Festival’s 10:10:10 event – where 10 London chefs work...

Some journalists may be sick of pop-ups but we're not really bothered what they're called, as long as they keep the London restaurant industry exciting. So we like the sound of a new pop-up...

City oenophiles will have a new watering hole on their hands when Bar Battu opens on Gresham Street in October. Occupying the site that was formerly Molloy’s, this wine bar and bistro will have a...

The foodie equivalent of the once-popular Beaujolais Nouveau run, the race to get the first grouse down from the first shoot on the Glorious Twelfth to restaurant tables here in London has become a...

We’d heard a lot about Min Jiang from other London foodies who’d praised both the views and particularly the restaurant’s famous Peking duck. But we were invited to try out something a little...