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Critics to cook at London Restaurant Festival's Street Kitchen

Information: 28 September 2010

At Pearl Restaurant last night for an evening hosted by chef Jun Tanaka for Action Against Hunger, we discovered another date to put in your diary over the London Restaurant Festival. We've already...

Polpetto, Russell Norman's latest venture, lives up to the hype

Information: 27 September 2010

After last year's hugely successful launch of Polpo - the immediately popular Venetian bacarro by way of New York - there was almost immediate speculation on what restaurateur Russell Norman would...

Five minutes with Polpetto chef Tom Oldroyd

Information: 27 September 2010

Hot Dinners grabs five minutes with Polpetto chef Tom Oldroyd to find out why his Venetian small dishes are a big hit in Soho.

Jason Atherton announces two night charity pop-up for LRF 2010

Information: 25 September 2010

We're already excited about the upcoming London Restaurant Festival (4-18 October) - what with the supper clubs, festival menus and special events. Now there's one more reason to look forward it -...

Terroirs owners head east to open new Brawn restaurant in Columbia Road

Information: 24 September 2010

More details have been released today about the opening of Brawn, the new restaurants from the owners of Covent Garden's Terroirs. Brawn, which will be located at 49 Columbia Road will be open daily...

Trying out the burger menu at Corrigan's Mayfair

Information: 23 September 2010

When Richard Corrigan tweeted the other week that he'd just launched a new all-burger tasting menu at his Mayfair restaurant Corrigan's, well we felt honour-bound to try it out. So we snagged an...

ActionAid launch Millione Rosé at Shoreditch House

Information: 23 September 2010

An eclectic group of actors, comics and reality TV stars gathered at Shoreditch House last night to launch ActionAid's Millione Rosé - the £7.99 wine of which £1 of each bottle sold will be used to...

Super Natural pop-up cafe launches in South Kensington

Information: 23 September 2010

We rather like the sound of the Super Natural pop-up project in South Kensington. Part of London Design Week 2010 it's part installation, part sensory overload and part café aimed at celebrating the...

The London Olympic meal will be a McDonalds, apparently

Information: 19 September 2010

This week's London restaurant news: In which we learnt: the rather depressing news that one in five meals at the London Olympics will be a McDonalds that Notting Hill's Eight over Eight will be...

Sydney's top chefs cook up a storm at The Ledbury

Information: 17 September 2010

It's great writing about food and restaurants in London right now, but after a special lunch at The Ledbury today, hosted by Tourism South Wales, where Sydney chefs Mark Best from Marque and Peter...

Rowley Leigh launches Le Cafe Anglais Oyster Bar

Information: 16 September 2010

Hot Dinners was over in Bayswater last night for the opening of the new Oyster Bar at Rowley Leigh's Le Café Anglais where the place was mobbed with foodies and locals checking out the new layout...

Brick Lane Festival beats poppadom stack world record

Information: 16 September 2010

Now here's something you don't see every day - a 6ft-high tower of poppadoms.The side order stack was created for the launch of this year's Brick Lane Curry Festival, breaking the record for the...

London's street food vendors storm the Street Food Awards

Information: 15 September 2010

Five of London's Street Food sellers (or Mobilers as they apparently prefer to be called) are celebrating as they picked up six of the nine awards on offer at this year's Street Food Awards which...

Heston Blumenthal reveals more details for London restaurant

Information: 15 September 2010

OK - we're officially very, very excited. The first interview with Heston Blumenthal about his upcoming opening at the Mandarin Oriental in London has just gone up at www.cntraveller.com and it's...

Gordon Ramsay is 2011 Zagat London Guide's Most Popular

Information: 14 September 2010

Nina and Tim Zagat, the people behind the influential Zagat Guide, hosted a party this morning at Koffmann's at The Berkeley to announce the winners in this year's guide. The 2011 London Restaurants...

Hel Yes! - the Finnish Institute pop-up restaurant opens

Information: 14 September 2010

Jacques Chirac once sneeringly referred to the UK as having the second ‘worst food’ in the world. Taking the top spot on that coveted list? Finland.Aiming to prove that the UK and Finland have more...

Ottolenghi to open new restaurant in Soho

Information: 09 September 2010

The people behind minimalist deli/restaurant Ottolenghi have just announced plans to open a new restaurant on Warwick Street in Soho which breaks free from their existing format of a restaurant and...

Eight new London gastropubs make the 2011 Michelin guide

Information: 08 September 2010

Eight London gastropubs have entered the 2011 edition of Michelin’s Eating Out in Pubs guide for the first time.Islington drinkers fare particularly well with three of their locals making the grade...

Roux at Parliament Square announces a new Head Chef

Information: 08 September 2010

Ever since the launch Head Chef Daniel Cox left Roux at Parliment Square just two months after it opened, we've been wondering who'll take over Michel Roux's Westminster restaurant.Now Hot Dinners...

Olive magazine Alternative Restaurant Awards 2010 announced

Information: 08 September 2010

Hot Dinners always looks out for Olive magazine's annual Alternative Restaurant Awards for a fresh look at the restaurants worth celebrating in any year. This year's list features no fewer than 24...

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