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  • Fortnum's and Baileys are back at Skate at Somerset House with fondue, mulled cider, shopping and more

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    Another modern heralding of Christmas in the capital (along with the arrival of Christmas sandwiches) is the opening of various skating rinks around town, but the big one has always been Skate at Somerset House. Now in its 20th year, the rink is being sponsored, once again, by Fortnums.

    What that means is there's a whole host of lovely food

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  • Top chefs head up the Mayfair Literary Festival

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    The upcoming Mayfair Literary Festival has a couple of events that London's foodies might want to get on their radar.

    28 October

    The Fumoir at Claridge’s is the setting for a talk called “Tales from Couture” from legendary fashion illustrator and Claridge’s artist in residence David Downton.

    1 November

    Tales from the kitchen sees chef and food writer Ravinder Bhogal heading a panel of some

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  • Dominique Ansel's 2019 Pie Night brings in London's top chefs

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    If you manage to secure tickets to this year's Pie Night at Dominique Ansel Bakery, then you'll feel pretty damned smug. This year, Ansel is changing things up for his all-you-can-eat pie fest, bringing in some of London's top chefs to help out.

    In the mix are The Ledbury's Brett Graham, Sabor's Nieves Barragán, Ottolenghi's Helen Goh, The Greenhouse's Alex Dilling, and royal wedding baker Violet Cakes's Claire Ptak. In

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  • Join The Jugged Hare for the Murphia Games dinner

    Join The Jugged Hare for the Murphia Awards dinnerJoin The Jugged Hare’s infamous gourmet dinner series this game season, The Murphia Games, as they enjoy the finest culinary creations from Ireland’s most celebrated chefs.

  • Try Britain's best street food at the British Street Food Awards finals at Hawker House

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    The annual British Street Food Awards is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, with the finals of the competition taking place once again at Street Feast’s Hawker House, on September 13th and 14th.

    There will be 16 finalists from all over the UK cooking at Hawker House over the two days, with each having come through regional heats over the past few months for their place in the final. Each of the traders will put forward two

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  • Calum Franklin, Gizzi Erskine and more to cook at Goatober London 2019

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    Having launched in New York back in 2011, Goatober is now an annual fixture in major cities around the world, including London, where it was introduced in 2016 by James Whetlor of Cabrito Goat Meat. Celebrating all things goat, this year’s line up of events in London is sounding excellent.

    To kick things off, there’s a launch event on 1 October at Brigade Bar + Kitchen with Calum Franklin, Gizzi Erskine, Karan Gokani (Hoppers), and Pete Denhart (Head

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  • Dominique Ansel's Summer Marche is a three day fruit tart festival

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    If you're looking for a fun way to bump up your five a day intake, may we suggest a trip to the Dominique Ansel Bakery this weekend? For three days only they're holding a Summer Marché.

    The idea is to celebrate the best seasonal fruits from around the world. So they're filling their pastry section with 10 rather lovely sounding fruit tarts. They're using blueberries from Hertfordshire, British Jubilee Strawberries grown exclusively at only

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  • Meatopia is back for 2019 with another great chef line-up (and lots of meat)

    Meatopia is back for 2019 with another great chef line-up (and lots of meat)Once again, London is getting ready for another great-sounding Meatopia festival over in Tobacco Dock. Every year (this will be its seventh), a great selection of top chefs get together to create some truly excellent dishes - all created specifically for the festival. You won't see any of these dishes elsewhere. Oh, and a lot of meat is involved. 

  • Taste of London reveals exclusive dishes for 2019 plus the chance to join the judge's panel

    Taste of London reveals its 2019 line-up

    Updated 4/6/19 with full list of restaurants and dishes

    If your idea of heaven is spending hours roaming Taste of London with a free pass to eat all the food in sight, then we have good news for you. For this year's festival, they're offering one lucky London foodie the chance to do just that, becoming one of the Best in Taste Awards tasters.

    The winner of the competition will get a chance to

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  • Wiltons is bringing the Nyetimber routemaster up to Jermyn Street

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    Jermyn Street isn't the first, second or even third place you'd think of in London as being somewhere to get a great meal deal but, for two days next week, it will be.

    One of London's oldest restaurants is launching its new English sparkling wine collection. And so they've teamed up with Nyetimber to bring The Nyetimber Routemaster up to London, parking it right outside Wiltons on Jermyn Street.

    Inside you'll be able to book a session to have

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  • Jump the MCC waiting list by dining with top chefs at the Lord's Dining Club

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    It currently takes upwards of 29 years to reach the top of the membership waiting list at Lord's. But if you don't have that sort of staying power, you can enjoy the benefits of eating in the cricket club's Grade II* listed Pavilion as part of the Lord's Dining Club.

    While the club may be all about tradition, the chefs they've chosen to partner with this year are all about innovation. So there's Tommy Banks from The Black Swan in Oldstead, Michael Caines from

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  • Let it all hang out with a naked brunch 100 foot up beside the O2

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    For the past few years, London In The Sky has been thrilling/terrifying diners by hosting a restaurant 100ft up in the air. And they're back for 2019 with a range of fun things planned, including letting it all hang out for charity.

    Yes, that's right. If you've been thinking that the one thing you'd like more than dangling up in the sky for a great meal is dangling your bits out in the breeze whilst having a great meal, then this is 100% your thing.

    From now

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  • Clare Smyth is teaming up with Anne-Sophie Pic for an International Women's Day dinner

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    International Women's Day is coming up and we can't think of a better way to celebrate - if your budget allows - than by sitting down to dinner by two world class female chefs.

    The Four Seasons  London at Trinity Square is hosting a one off event featuring their own chef Anne-Sophie Pic cooking alongside Clare Smyth.

    Each chef will each showcase a selection of their own signature dishes as part of the five course dinner which will be paired with wine

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  • Bistrotheque hosts first Magic Brunch with Som Saa, Gunpowder, Foxlow and Three Sheets

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    When it comes to good causes, then Magic Breakfast is right up there. If you haven't heard of the charity before, then the premise is simple (albeit pretty depressing that the need for it exists). They raise money to provide healthy breakfasts to children who arrive at school too hungry to learn.

    Over the years they've run a series of fun charity breakfast events, but this year they're stepping things up with the launch of the first ever Magic Brunch. This

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  • Hawksmoor's Dream Team Dinner brings out the big guns for 2019

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    You've got to hand it to Hawksmoor - when they say they're bringing a top brigade together for their annual Dream Team Dinner they've really nailed it this year.

    The five course feast in aid of Action Against Hunger has just announced its line-up for 2019 and it sounds unmissable.

    Kicking off the evening they'll have Kyseri and OKLAVA’s Head Chef Selin Kiazim, winner and star of BBC 2 series, The Great British Menu, creating a selection of canapés. Following her

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