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Angela Hartnett cooks one-off dinner at Hix Selfridges

Information: 13 June 2011

If you've got £60 to spare, you might want to get on the blower to Selfridges and book yourself on a pretty special dinner coming up with Angela Hartnett next month. Hartnett will be cooking for one...

NYC day 3 - nouveau Southern cuisine in Brooklyn and more

Information: 11 June 2011

On day 3 of our New York trip we’ve established a pattern, go out, find somewhere lovely to eat, head back to the hotel to recover and then go out and do it all again. Today we spared ourselves a...

NYC day 2 - momofuku duck lunch and foie gras dumplings at Annisa

Information: 10 June 2011

Another day in New York - another heatwave. As temperatures scaled to record levels, we sought the respite (and air-conditioning) of some top NYC places on the second day of our visit. The day got...

NYC day 1 - Big Gay Ice Cream and unyielding heat.

Information: 09 June 2011

Hot Dinners has jetted off to New York for a few days to eat and shop our way through the city that never sleeps. The trip got off to a pretty great start when the lovely people at BA upgraded us to...

Talking to L'Enclume's Simon Rogan about London pop-up Roganic

Information: 07 June 2011

Hot Dinners caught up with L'Enclume chef Simon Rogan to find out his plans for the Marylebone restaurant and to see if this means he’s had enough of country life.

Win dinner for two at RIBA after the Design Bites talk

Information: 05 June 2011

It's all very well putting great food on the plate, but if the place you're eating in looks like a dog's dinner, then there's no question that it detracts from the joy of eating out. Good restaurant...

Weekend edit: South Bank BBQ, alfresco spots, riverside lunch and New Forest getaway

Information: 03 June 2011

Top foodie things worth trying this weekend Forget firing up the barbecue yourself. Head on down to the South Bank where Pitt Cue Co are doing a storming business out of a custom trailer under...

Polpo, St John and Meat Wagon join forces for Soho Food Feast

Information: 02 June 2011

As anyone with a school-age child will be able to tell you, raising funds for a school is all down to the calibre of people you can persuade to sit on the event committee. So we're pretty impressed...

Revamped Tapas Brindisa to launch in Soho with 20% off soft launch

Information: 31 May 2011

With Jose Pizarro busy winning accolades for his newly-opened restaurant in Bermondsey, his previous venture Tierra Brindisa has been getting an overhaul in Soho. Previously a fully-fledged Spanish...

Playboy Club opens in London with a vintage feel

Information: 27 May 2011

Hot Dinners braved the placard-wielding demonstrators to try out The Playboy Club in Mayfair last night. Truth be told, once inside, you'd see more flesh on any episode of The Only Way Is Essex than...

Massive new Jamie's Italian opening at Angel Islington this summer

Information: 27 May 2011

Jamie Oliver’s empire building continues apace with the news today that his Jamie’s Italian chain is to open a massive new restaurant in Islington. The new restaurant will be just a stone’s throw...

Simon Rogan opening Roganic pop-up restaurant in London

Information: 26 May 2011

Update. You can now email your reservation requests to: info@roganic.co.uk and the reservations phone line opens on June 6. The restaurant opens mid-June. Twitter was all of a flutter just before...

Darroze and Mazzei join chef line-up for London Restaurant Festival Pop-Up in the Sky

Information: 26 May 2011

An already impressive line-up of names due to cook at the London Eye for the 2011 London Restaurant Festival has been boosted by the arrival of two new chefs. We hear that Hélène Darroze and...

Test driving stylish Italian Massimo at The Corinthia Hotel

Information: 25 May 2011

What is Massimo?It’s a new London Italian restaurant run by Massimo Riccoli, who also runs the fish-only Rosetta in Rome. Where is it?Just near Embankment tube – inside the new Corinthia Hotel,...

MasterChef finalist Tom Whitaker cooks this weekend at High Timber

Information: 24 May 2011

MasterChef finalist Tom Whitaker may have lost out on the big trophy, but he's jumped straight back into the kitchen. The advertising exec from Putney has been spending time working at City...

Hawksmoor Guildhall to open on Basinghall Street in October

Information: 23 May 2011

Given the total meltdown London's foodie network went into the last time the chaps behind Hawksmoor opened a new restaurant, we fully expect news that a third Hawsksmoor is on the way will send...

News round-up; Street Food at the Rye, Lassi bars and Kate Moss at Dinner

Information: 22 May 2011

Street food in PeckhamNorth Londoners are going to have put on their trekking boots if they want to be part of one of the buzziest food events in town. The event in question is Street Food @ The Rye...

Heston launches new ice-cream at Waitrose Summer Party

Information: 19 May 2011

All manner of foodies descended on the V&A last night for the Waitrose Summer Party. Hot Dinners spotted Raymond Blanc, Heston Blumenthal and Saturday Kitchen’s wine buff Olly Smith in the crowds as well...

Trying Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House, Marlow

Information: 18 May 2011

What is Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House?Adam Simmonds is the fine dining restaurant at Danesfield House, a luxury hotel situated in a massive 19th century mansion overlooking a bend in the Thames...

Farringdon gets a Peruvian pop-up Limanation in June

Information: 18 May 2011

You've got to love London. How many other cities in the world would you find a Hawaiian sandwich shop and a Peruvian pop-up to entertain the foodie massive? The pop-up in question is Limanation, a...

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