Knightsbridge

• Pastry God Cedric Grolet picks The Berkeley for his first London patisserie

  

  With a reputation that precedes him, world-renowned pastry chef Cedric Grolet is heading to London, opening his first UK patisserie (and the first outside France) at The Berkeley in Knightsbridge. Rumours had been building of a UK base for the chef with all the pastry skills, when he posted a

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• The Aubrey at the Mandarin Oriental is their new izakaya-style restaurant

  

  During the pandemic, one of the restaurants to close was the long-running Bar Boulud, one of two key restaurants at the Mandarin Oriental (the other is Dinner by Heston). 

  But now they've just announced the successor - The Aubrey, which is being billed as "an eccentric Japanese izakaya experience". It's apparently the first Uk restaurant by Maximal Concepts,

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• Trying The Egerton Slurp - a masterclass in martini making at The Egerton House Hotel

  

  As long time readers of Hot Dinners will be aware, there's nothing we like more than an expertly prepared martini. Over the boring days of lockdown, we kept our spirits up with the promise of eventually heading to try the much-vaunted ones at The Egerton House Hotel in Knightsbridge.

  The key driver for us had come from restaurant PR and podcaster ...

• Look for the hot pink NATASHKINOltd cafe popping up at Harvey Nichols

  

  Normally, you'd have to head to Mayfair to enjoy the signature F*ck Off honey cakes from designer Natasha Zinko from her flagship store. But right now, there's another way to try the delights of her NATASHKINOltd - at its pop-up at Harvey Nichols.

  The hot pink booth isn't hard to spot on the Knightsbridge department store's beauty floor. At it you'll be able to try all the NATASHKINOltd dairy and gluten-free treats,

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• Harvey Nichols launches new whisky bar Benjamin’s

  

  If you’ve ever had the sudden urge for a wee dram while clothes shopping (that can’t be just us, surely?), then Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge is about to make your day. Benjamin’s, a luxurious whisky bar has opened on the Lower Ground Floor in the Menswear department, no less (taking over the space that used to be the Wallpaper bar). 

  While Harvey Nichols’ The Fifth Floor has been

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