One of the founders of Le Bun has opened Carte Blanche in Hackney - a mix of French and American food, with some excellent burgers too. We head down for a look. 

We know that Shake Shack many fans just love hearing about a new burger special and we wanted to be first to let you know about the next one hitting UK Shacks.

On from 12 September, the Crispy Pickle Burger is a double Provolone cheeseburger topped with crispy fried pickles from US pickle supplier Ricks Picks, fresh onion and garlic mayo. It'll set you back £10 if you have it as a double or £6.75 as a single.

That's the good news.

Right around the corner from the meat traders at Smithfield Market is this new plant-based all day spot, serving up smoothies and juices in the morning, salads and soups at lunch and then turning into a fully-fledged burger spot in the evening.

National Burger Day (23 August 2018) is upon us once more and, as you might expect, it's inspired several London restaurants to turn out burger specials for the occasion. Here's what we've spotted going on London menus this week.

The hugely popular Filipino fast food chain is opening its first UK branch in London this Autumn. We look at why that's a big deal.

Their fried chicken is supposedly AMAZING

American food blog Food Beast voted Jollibee's Chicken Joy the third best fried chicken in the US last

We do like an impressive-looking burger and this really fits the bill.

The latest to try their hand at burger-skills is Nordic restaurant Aquavit in St James's Market. This is their Skagen-burger. and here's how they describe it:

A hearty beef patty made from the highest quality short rib and skirt beef, topped with traditional shrimp Skagen; a refreshing combination of Norwegian

Opening up right next door to Franco Manca, the burger chain that brought you the Dead Hippie and introduced Londoners to the delights of the Jagermiester ripple ice-cream is bringing its burgers to South London. 

Earlier this year they hit the news for turning their Newcastle restaurant into a romantic dinner a deux destination. Now McDonald's are transforming their High Street Kensington branch into a reservation-only restaurant.

The whole thing is to launch the roll-out of the

Most of you will have heard of the Double Down - the KFC burger where the buns are replaced by two fried chicken breasts with bacon sandwiched in-between. It's not the healthiest snack ever made.

Now Burger and Lobster are about to unveil their luxe alternative - the Double Drown (we see what they've done there). It's described as "strips of thick cut, smoked pork complimented with

Who says meat eaters have all the fun? London's burger joints are after the vegetarian pound, so if you're in search of more than a soggy mushroom lurking within an even soggier bun, here are some of the best veggie burgers in town.

Burgers plus an extensive vegan menu at the new Haggerston branch of Stokey Bears.

Recently, John Lewis have been making quite a big deal of their Oxford Street rooftop in the summer - and this year their Summer of Sound music-themed rooftop kicked off with Butchies. Now it's time for a new crowd to take over the roof as Nanny Bills moves in from

They've been a staple of the Deptford street food scene for some time, and now Hank's are launching their first permanent site in an arch at Deptford Market Yard, with their Burgers and Beer restaurant.

It's clearly a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin type of place - with the burger offering being:

• The Big Cheese - 6oz aged beef patty, American cheese, Hank’s

From more bleeding burgers to the return of Rita's, we bring you all the news that was fit to print (but we just didn't get around to covering elsewhere this week)...

For years, the off menu burger at Joe Allen has been one of the worst kept secrets on the London restaurant scene. I mean, it may have been off menu but at any given time you'd easily have found half the tables in the restaurant ordering it.

And for four weeks next month the burger will actually appear on the menu as the Covent Garden restaurant celebrates