Last night it was once again time for the reveal of the Evening Standard's 1000 most influential Londoners - their Progress 1000 list. So while you may well know that Sadiq Khan topped the list, there's also a whole section devoted to food and drink. And we're on that list again too (yay!).
So if you want to know who's shaking things up in the London eating and drinking world - here's who made the cut this year:
- Ruth Rogers - Chef and restaurateur, River Café
- Chris Corbin and Jeremy King - Restaurateurs
- Jamie Oliver - Chef, restaurateur, presenter
- Clerkenwell Boy - Food photo sharer
- Catherine and Gavin Hanly - Online food writers, Hot Dinners (that's us!)
- Zan Kaufman - Street food boss, Bleecker St
- Grace Dent - Food writer
- Jonathan Downey - Street food trailblazer, London Union
- Neil Rankin - Restaurateur, author and barbecue boss
- Des McDonald - Restaurateur
- Richard Caring - Restaurateur
- Isaac McHale - Chef, The Clove Club
- Amelia Freer - Celebrity nutritionist
- Des Gunewardena and David Loewi - Founders, D&D restaurants
- Heston Blumenthal - Chef and general maverick
- Hemsley + Hemsley - Cooks
- Nuno Mendes - Chef and restaurateur
- Angela Hartnett - Chef
- Tom Parker Bowles - Food writer
- Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada - Restaurateurs
- Ross Shonhan - Founder, Bone Daddies
- Alan Yau - Restaurateur
- Richard Johnson - Founder, British street food awards
- Tom Adams - Chef, Pitt Cue Co
- Fay Maschler - Restaurant critic, London Evening Standard
- Carl Clarke - Chef, Chick ’n’ Sours
- Robin and Sarah Gill - Chefs and restaurateurs
- Will Beckett and Huw Gott - Founders, Hawksmoor
- Fergus Henderson - Chef, St. JOHN
- Nigella Lawson - TV cook and author
- Kavi and Shamil Thakrar - Founders, Dishoom
- Rachel Roddy - Food writer
- Deliciously Stella - Food blogger
- William Borrell - Owner, Vestal Vodka
- Rich Woods - Mixologist, Duck & Waffle
- Agostino Perrone - Mixologist, Connaught Bar
- Tony Conigliaro - Cocktail impresario
- Sam Galsworthy and Fairfax Hall - Founders, Sipsmith Gin
- BarChick - Mystery blogger
- Ryan Chetiyawardana - Bartender and owner, White Lyan and Dandelyan
- Gizzi Erskine - TV chef
- Andre Balazs - Owner, Chiltern Firehouse
- Nick Jones - Entrepreneur (Soho House)
- Ewen Ventners - Chief Executive, Fortnum & Mason
- Henry Dimbleby - Co-founder, Leon
- Jason Atherton - Chef
See more from the top 1000 on the Evening Standard website.
