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  • Selfridges opens Howl’s Moving Castle pop-up, Calcifer's Kitchen

    Selfridges opens Howl’s Moving Castle pop-up, Calcifer's Kitchen

    Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle is coming to Selfridges in food form as it takes over their Dolly’s Café for a month. 

    It's all part of Loewe's new capture collection inspired by the movie. It's actually the third of Loewe's Studio Ghibli collections (they've already done My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away) but the first to come with a pop-up on

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  • Ruben's Ruebens are bringing their salt beef and pastrami to Shoreditch's Seed Library

    Ruben's Ruebens are bringing their salt beef and pastrami to Shoreditch's Seed Library

    Norman's Cafe popped up there last year and now it's the turn of Brixton smokehouse Ruben's Reubens to take on the residency in Shoreditch's Seed Library. 

    Ruben Dawnay will be in charge of the food in the bar for two months and yes, his pastrami and salt beef will be on the menu. Here's a taste of what to expect:

    • Reuben spring roll - Salt
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  • Harrods have opened a Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama pop-up with a polka dot patisserie counter

    Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama pop-up at Harrods London

    Trying to keep on top of what Harrods is doing food-wise is a tricky task. They do have a tendency to just throw open the doors on a new project without telling anyone. So their latest pop-up was open a week before we got wind of it.

    Following hard upon the heels of their amazingly successful Dior Cafe pop-up over Christmas, they've now launched a new pop-up space with Louis Vuitton. It's

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  • Mama Chen's dumpling and noodle bar pops up at The Gantry in Stratford

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    Having opened just in time for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, Mama Chen's is a new dumpling-based popup at The Gantry in Stratford.

    It began life as a delivery service during lockdown - the Mama Chen in question is founder and chef Michelle Liu's grandmother. Since then it's gone from strength to strength popping up with supperclubs and residencies across town.

    Liu's latest endeavour is a

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  • Fred Sirieix is popping up with a G’Vine Cocktail Café in Soho

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    On TV he's best known for his cupid role on First Dates, but in the run up to Christmas Fred Sirieix is going to be busy serving up cocktails and cakes to Londoners.

    In his role as Ambasssador to the French brand G’Vine gin, he's opening The G’Vine Cocktail Café by Fred Sirieix in the heart of Soho. For almost a week you'll be able to come and try a range of gin cocktails paired with cakes by top bakers Lily Vanilli and

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  • There's a Belvedere (+ Daniel Craig) pop-up bar in Selfridges

    There's a Belvedere pop-up bar in Selfridges

    There's a good chance you've seen Daniel Craig dancing around in the new Belvedere commercial and clearly that's just part of a bigger campaign - part of which has arrived in Selfridges. 

    The bar will be popping up in the men's shoe department, and yes, they'll be primarily offering martinis (which you may need when you see how much those shoes just cost you). In addition to the cocktail,

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  • Harrods has a fabulous new gingerbread Café Dior pop-up

    Harrods has a fabulous new gingerbread Café Dior pop-up

    Grab your handbags, Harrods is bringing the best of fashion and food together, with a gingerbread-themed Café Dior opening on its ground floor for a limited time.

    Yes, the department store that needs no introduction and which certainly doesn’t shy away from extravagance, is taking your gingerbread fantasies to the next level. You can book now for that catch-up with a friend that is more than a

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  • KFC are opening a fried chicken-fueled pub in Hammersmith

    KFC are opening a fried chicken-fueled pub in Hammersmith 

    They've launched clothing and hotel rooms and next up for KFC is a pub. 

    As part of the World Cup, they're launching The Colonel's Arms in Hammersmith a pub that yes, will be serving KFC - sort of. It's actually a KFC delivery pub, so there will be a "ring for KFC

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  • The Bishop at The Berkeley is the Knightsbridge hotel's new winter pub pop-up

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    Updated 8/11/22 with images

    If you've been wondering what form the alfresco space at The Berkeley would take on for winter, let us enlighten you. This year they've moved away from Alpine influences and gone instead for their own British gastropub. The Bishop at The Berkeley will be, they say, a place to "pop in for a shandy and snacks".

    On the menu you'll find:

    • Crispy pork
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  • Notting Hill's The Pelican is popping up in the Cotswolds this winter

    notting hill's the pelican pops up in the cotswolds

    Ever since it opened its doors this summer, Notting Hill pub The Pelican has been packing them in, whether it's locals wanting a piece of that lobster pie or celebrities after a quiet-ish drink.

    Now the chaps behind it - owners James Gummer and Phil Winser – are taking the pub on a jaunt to the countryside. They're popping up at The Bull Inn in Charlbury in the heart of the Cotswolds. It's a

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  • Chinatown's new popup space gets wheelcake vendors Dragon Cat Café as its first residents

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    It's hard taking your first step up the restaurant ladder, doubly so if you're looking to open anywhere in Zone 1. Which is why Chinatown has just launched a pop-up space that's all about giving fledgling food businesses a leg up.

    They've carved out a spot right in the heart of Chinatown on Little Newport Street which will be used to give emerging brands a chance to showcase their wares on a busy West End

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  • Argentinian chef Fernando Trocca is bringing pop-up restaurant Mostrador to Shoreditch

    mostrador pop up restaurant trocca shoreditch london

    He opened the acclaimed Sucre in Soho in 2021 and now one of Latin America’s best known chefs is about to bring a pop-up dining concept to Shoreditch called Mostrador. It follows hot on the heels of Mostrador success stories around the world, starting with a summer-only pop-up a

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  • FKABAM (Black Axe Mangal) teams up with Tabasco for a pizza pop-up

    FKABAM (Black Axe Mangal) teams up with Tabaco for a pizza pop-up

    Here's a pop-up for the diary. Lee Tiernan's FKABAM (Formerly Known As Black Axe Mangal) is teaming up with Tabasco for a special pop-up pizzeria. 

    Taking place at the Islington restaurant, it'll turn into a pizzeria for the night with everything cooked in the huge wood-burning oven. The pizzas for the night include new creations as well as spin-offs of FKABAM favourites. So

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  • Jamie Oliver returns to restaurants with pasta pop-up, Pasta Dreams

    Jamie Oliver returns to restaurants with pasta pop-up, Pasta Dreams

    For the first time since closing down his Jamie's Italian business in 2019, Jamie Oliver is back with a new restaurant - although this one is for collection and delivery only.

    He's just launched Pasta Dreams in Soho. It's not a full restaurant launch though - Pasta Dreams will be a pop-up in the run-up to Christmas and seems to be designed to expand as delivery only across the

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  • Norman's Cafe comes to Seed Library in Shoreditch, matches cod's roe with Frazzles

    Norman's Cafe comes to Seed Library in Shoreditch, matches cod's roe with Frazzles

    The relatively new 100 Shoreditch hotel already has a top drawer bar in the basement in the shape of Ryan Chetiywardana/Mr Lyan's Seed Library. Now they're upping their game by bringing in North London legends Norman's Cafe to take care of the food. 

    As with the original cafe in Tufnell Park that's become a big hit, there's an extremely English caff feel

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