Oxford Street

• You can now buy Dean and DeLuca products exclusively in Selfridges Food Hall

  

  If you were left bereft, or at the very least mildly annoyed, by the news that Dean & DeLuca weren't opening a London store after all, then this should perk you up. They've just done a deal with Selfridges, making the London store the only place in Europe you can buy their products from.

  The new 50-item range is now available at

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• Market Halls have six huge food halls planned for London

  London finally ups its food hall game with six huge food halls planned across London featuring kitchens, communal dining areas, bars and shops

• Evans and Blanc brings Champagne and sharers to House of Fraser

  

  Been up to the third floor of House of Fraser recently? If you have, you might have noticed a new addition in the form of Evans & Blanc, an art deco-themed Champagne bar and restaurant kitted out with plenty of gins, fizz and cocktails, plus seasonal dining.

  Here’s some of the food you can expect:

  • Chicken mac and cheese with smoked cheddar
  • E&B Reuben Sandwich with Russian
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• Farmacy is launching a popup healthy shot bar at Selfridges

  

  If you're embracing the whole healthy January thing you may be interested to know that next week the Notting Hill plant-based restaurant and bar, Farmacy, is launching a pop up shot bar at Selfridges. It forms part of Selfridges 2018 #EatHappy campaign which runs from January to March and is all about promoting healthy, sustainable and enjoyable food.

  You'll find the Farmacy Shot Bar in the department store's Food Hall where they'll be serving up herbal remedies in

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• From a walled garden to a city rooftop - we Test Drive The Ethicurean at John Lewis's Gardening Society

  We head up on the festive rooftop at John Lewis to check out a Bristol-based popup

• Yo! Sushi pops up with Japanese afternoon tea at Selfridges

  

  It's not often we see a high street conveyer belt sushi chain taking on afternoon tea in upmarket department stores, but now Yo! Sushi has plans to do just that.

  They'll be reimagining the traditional cream tea dinner with a lot less cream and a lot more fish - sashimi, seared sushi and tempura nori nachos will all make an appearance, plus salmon caviar draped in edible gold "for that extra Christmas

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• Aubaine has a festive s'mores pop-up at Selfridges for Christmas

  

  We're already in an American frame of mind here at Hot Dinners, what with Thanksgivingcoming up this week. So news that Selfridges is putting on a s'mores pop-up was right up our street.

  This festive sugary venture is the brainchild of the folk behind Aubaine who'll be serving them in ‘Selfridges Kitchen’ on the fourth floor of the Oxford Street

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• Swingers West End is opening in the old BHS store on Oxford Street

  If you do like to be beside the seaside, head down to the newest Swingers, which will be opening up in the former BHS flagship building off Oxford Street to bring you cocktails, crazy golf, and loads of (as of yet unannounced) street food vendors, including one famously Instagrammable dessert seller we’re yet to find out about.

• Bristol’s walled garden restaurant The Ethicurean pops up on the John Lewis’s rooftop

  

  Those who’ve been entranced by the sound of Bristol’s charming walled garden restaurant The Ethicurean, but haven’t made it over yet, will soon be able to try their menu when they pop up on the John Lewis rooftop.

  It’s the latest restaurant to set up in the department store’s rooftop pop-up space, The Gardening Society.

  Although famous for charmingly British food with a

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• Il Tetto sets up as Selfridges' newest rooftop restaurant with a former L'Anima chef

  With a former L'Anima chef, a rigorous Italian menu and Hot Cocktail bar, Selfridges' latest rooftop restaurant has all the winning elements of a great night out on top of London.

• Woody Bear's cheesy boozy rooftop pop-up comes to Oxford Street

  

  Winter. It's cold, dark, and unavoidably depressing. So, what to do? Well, Oxford Street's new winter pop-up Woody Bear has a few suggestions, mainly in the form of melted cheese and booze.

  The new pop-up will be laying on gooey wheels of raclette, croque monsieur and spiked eggnog to warm your cockles and raise your spirits, all taking place on an urban fairground-themed rooftop with amazing views over

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• Your own private supper club in a John Lewis showroom apartment

  

  When battling through Oxford Street, do you invariably find yourself drifting towards the safe, peaceful haven that is John Lewis? This might be one for you - the chance to get your dinner served up to you by a personal chef (aka realise your dream of pretending you're a millionaire with a showroom kitchen.)

  The Residence, John Lewis's latest stunt, is a fully-kitted out apartment that you can rent out, dine

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• Blondies Kitchen gets a permanent spot at Selfridges

  

  Blondies Kitchen have been popping up in the food hall at Selfridges serving up all manner of cookie treats but they've clearly been very popular indeed as they've grabbed themselves a permanent spot. And while you'll still see some of the classics making an appearance (including salted dark chocolate and coconut cookie dough) - it's given them a chance for a lot more specials too. On the list will be these new

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• A pop-up Star Wars cantina is coming to John Lewis

  

  While we still have to wait another FOUR months until The Last Jedi opens, that's not stopping them releasing all manner of Star Wars goodies from the film this Friday (aka Force Friday II). And while, yes, we may well have our eye on a BB-9E or two, it's the news of a pop-up cantina at John Lewis that's got us properly excited. 

  It's opening specifically for the midnight Force Friday event in the Oxford Street store

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• Simon Hulstone's The Elephant is popping up on John Lewis's rooftop

  Everyone loves a spot of rooftop dining, particularly when London gets all sweaty and hectic, even *more* so when the food is provided by Devon’s famous Michelin-starred The Elephant. They’ll be whipping up seasonal ingredients into a special menu for the occasion, served in the tranquil surroundings of the John Lewis Gardening Society.