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Welsh beach forager wins Street Food Awards and coveted Olympic Village spot

Information: 12 September 2011

A Welsh streetfood van in the first year of operation won a coveted trading spot in London's Olympic Village when it came top of the British Street Food Awards 2011 this weekend. Cafe Môr from...

Test driving the Northall at the Corinthia

Information: 11 September 2011

What can you tell us about the The Northall? It's one of two restaurants in the new Corinthia hotel (the other being Massimo), the huge new hotel near Whitehall. It focuses on sustainable British...

Camel ice-cream and exploding cakes at the Experimental Food Society

Information: 09 September 2011

Want to try some camel ice cream? Yes, that's camel, not caramel. Or perhaps you've always fancied taking a bite out of a chocolate Eiffel Tower? Feeling particularly adventurous? How about some...

Cocoa Club dessert plan Harvest Festival pop-up at Dalston's Avo Hotel

Information: 09 September 2011

Forget celebrating Harvest Festival with a random selection of assorted canned fruit. Head over to Dalston instead where East London chocolatiers Niko B Organic Chocolates are going to be hosting a...

Pont de la Tour puts on Paul Bocuse dinner for 20th birthday celebrations

Information: 08 September 2011

Tickets have just gone on sale for an amazing one-night-only dinner that will allow London diners to enjoy the cuisine from Lyon's legendary Paul Bocuse restaurant without having to leave the city. As a...

Michelin-starred chefs take to Old Vic Tunnels for London Restaurant Festival pop-up

Information: 07 September 2011

We're rather partial to a good pop-up restaurant, but details released last night of one planned for the 2011 London Restaurant Festival sound particularly brilliant. The Minotaur will take over the...

Mahiki owners open Markham Inn gastropub in Chelsea

Information: 07 September 2011

Nick House and Piers Adam, who own the much favoured by young royals Mahiki as well as running Guy Ritchie's Mayfair pub The Punchbowl, have opened their first gastropub. The Markham Inn opened very...

Hippodrome Leicester Square reopens in 2012 with casino and Heliot Lounge Bar & Restaurant

Information: 06 September 2011

The Hippodrome Leicester Square has been many things over the years: most recently it's been host to cabaret The Clique, before that it was a Peter Stringfellow nightclub, in the 60s and 70s it was...

Dalston’s Ridley Road Market launches podium pop-up restaurant

Information: 06 September 2011

Honestly, we're rather flummoxed by a press release we've just had in for a pop-up restaurant experience that will be gracing Dalston’s Ridley Road Market for four weeks this September. Ridley's...

Canteen to open all day restaurant in Covent Garden

Information: 05 September 2011

Further proof that Covent Garden is the hottest place to open a restaurant right now comes with today's news that Canteen is opening an all-day restaurant and bar in the heart of Covent Garden. Canteen...

Babbo owners to open Fornata in Soho

Information: 05 September 2011

The owners of Italian restaurant Babbo are to join a mass of new restaurants opening up around Soho. Their new restaurant will have exposed kitchens on two floors and a focus on food for sharing. ...

Poilane to launch Cuisine de Bar restaurant in Chelsea

Information: 04 September 2011

Poilâne, the renowned French Artisan bakery, which already has a shop open on Elisabeth Street is to open its first London restaurant on Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea. The all-day dining restaurant...

10 Cases bistro launches in Covent Garden

Information: 01 September 2011

A new bistro, the 10 Cases, is launching in Covent Garden. We caught up with co-owner Ian Campbell to find out more about the restaurant. How did you get started? The 10 Cases is basically 2 people. Will...

Thomas Keller launches French Laundry pop-up at Harrods

Information: 31 August 2011

A veritable brigade of chefs and other foodie people turned up at Harrods tonight for the launch of Thomas Keller's French Laundry pop-up. Hot Dinners spotted Michel Roux Jnr, Fergus Henderson, Jay...

Ledbury, Wareing, Chez Bruce win awards in 2012 Harden's Guide

Information: 31 August 2011

With one of the lengthiest list of awards around, the Harden's Guide certainly offers an in-depth view of the London restaurant scene. Culled from surveys submitted by over 8,000 people the 2012...

Olive magazine 2011 restaurant awards give top plaudits to Pollen Street, Pitt Cue and more...

Information: 30 August 2011

Annual restaurant awards can be a bit of a dull affair, so we always look forward to olive magazine's Alternative Restaurant Awards which go beyond the usual suspects to root out some really...

Round-up: Bea's Speakeasy, Caprice reopens, Whitechapel feasts and more...

Information: 30 August 2011

Here's a round-up of some events, openings, special menus and more that you'll have to look forward to over September. Le Caprice reopens Having closed during August for refurbishment, the revived...

Harvey Nichols hosts Sharpham Park pop-up

Information: 29 August 2011

With British Food Fortnight kicking off on 17 September, Harvey Nichols are getting into the spirit by hosting a special pop up. Sharpham Park, best known for its organic Spelt farming in Somerset. ...

Test driving the Admiral Codrington in South Kensington

Information: 26 August 2011

What can you tell us about the Admiral Codrington? Once the roaming ground of the determined and thirsty Sloane ranger, the Admiral Codrington has somewhat sobered in its reputation, and clientele...

Meatballs restaurant opens at Farringdon's Quality Chop House

Information: 26 August 2011

Hot Dinners were fans of the marvellously old-fashioned Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road with its frontage proudly declaring 'Progressive Working Class Caterers' and retro British food so we...

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