Event

  • #CookforSyria returns for a second year

    #CookforSyria returns for a second year

    A veritable who’s who of London’s restaurants are about to get a touch more Syrian when #CookforSyria returns for a second year.

    Each restaurant will add a dish with a Syrian twist to their menu for the month-long initiative, with £2 from the sale of each going to UNICEF’s Children of Syria appeal.

    A seriously HUGE number of restaurants are involved (and we’ll list them all below) but some of the standouts include a

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  • The Severn Sisters feast is a female food and drink team-up in Borough Market

    The Severn Sisters feast is a female food and drink team-up in Borough Market

    An event for the calendar is coming up - the Severn Sisters Feast which sees 11 women from the world of food and drink team up. The night is a platform for established and emerging female talent in the industry, and to raise money for Action Against Hunger.

    Set up by Romy Gill, the event features: Zoe Adjonyoh, Rosie Birkett, Xanthe Clay, Natasha Corrett, Elly Curshen, Maria Elia,

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  • Duck and Waffle is having a midnight feast and you're invited

    pdrduckHead up to the 40th floor private dining room for a late night dinner with an epic view

  • Sushi and champagne with Charles Heidsieck's Maverick Encounters

    sushiknivesOne champagne house is tapping into the market for unique encounters. We went along to check it out.

  • Carnaby Street Eat festival will be first time to try Darjeeling Express food

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    If you like being the first to try any new restaurant, you should make a date for the Carnaby Street Eat food festival this summer. The one day event has all manner of great food offerings planned, but it'll also be the first opportunity for Londoners to try dishes by Asma Khan’s Darjeeling Express, whose first permanent restaurant will open shortly afterwards in Carnaby’s Kingly Court, as well as the soon-to-open Ugly Dumpling.

    On the day itself there'll be picnic

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  • Noble Rot is teaming up with Gymkhana for a special dinner and more

    Noble Rot is teaming up with Gymkhana for a special dinner

    Noble Rot and Gymkhana – two of our favourite restaurants - have just announced a special one-off collaborative wine dinner to be held on Monday 27 February.Hosted by award-winning sommelier Sunaina Sethi and Noble Rot founder Dan Keeling, the dinner marks the launch of a month-long collaboration between the Bloomsbury wine bar and Michelin-starred Indian restaurant.

    Hosted downstairs at Gymkhana, guests will be led

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  • Chefs and judges announced for the 2017 Scotch Egg Challenge

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    Updated 19/1/17 with shortlist

    After six years, the Scotch Egg Challenge is now one of the key dates in the London food calendar. This year's event will take place at The Canonbury in Islington on 8 February.

    Confirmed judges for the event itself include Fay Maschler from the Evening Standard, Ben Chapman of Smoking Goat and Kiln and Bob Granleese of the Guardian, while the evening will be compered by Joe

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  • London's best restaurants and bars for a January detox

    detox 600Good bye, mince pies. Hello 2017 and a healthier, brighter-eyed you, brimming with well meaning New Year’s resolutions. Whether you’re doing Veganuary, Dry January or just generally want to clean up your act, here’s where to do it in London.

  • See, try and taste everything chocolate related at 2016's The Chocolate Show in London

    choc week 700The Chocolate Show is the largest event of its kind in the UK - find out what to look forward to at this year's event.

  • Lyle's reveal their line-up for 2016's Game dinners

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    If you've wanted to attend either of Lyle's previous two game events but weren't fast enough off the mark, then this year might be the year you finally get to go. Hot Dinners have the scoop on the 2016 line-up for this top chef event and it looks pretty unmissable.

    The gist of it is that Lyle's chef James Lowe invites really interesting chefs from all over the world to come and cook over two days in October. But the dinners are the

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  • See the line-up of chefs taking part in Hawksmoor's Action Against Hunger Dinner 2016

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    There aren't many guarantees in life, but if there's one thing that's certain it's that the line-up at Hawksmoor's annual Action Against Hunger's dinner will be top-notch. And the 2016 group of chefs taking part for the 2016 charity dinner certainly doesn't disappoint.

    Guest chefs this year will work alongside Group Executive Chef Richard H Turner, each taking on particular course. So there'll be The Dairy's Robin Gill on canapés, Tomer Amedi from The Barbary

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  • Sardine kicks off Gallic dinners with a bouillabaisse night

    Sardine kicks off Gallic dinners with a bouillabaisse night

    It's already been lavished with glowing reviews - now there's even more reason to visit Alex Jackson's lovely Hoxton restaurant Sardine: on the last Monday of every month they'll be laying on a proper Gallic feast.

    Each event will feature a particular French recipe or special occasion, starting on Monday 26th September with a classic Bouillabaisse night. Alex and team have adapted a recipe from the doyenne of

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  • The best foodie events at London Cocktail Week 2016

    cocktailweekLondon Cocktail Week returns for 2016 – here’s our pick of the best dining and cocktail events.

  • London's Design Biennale opens with three food and drink installations

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    The first London Design Biennale opens today at Somerset House featuring over 30 countries from six continents presenting new works exploring the theme Utopia by Design. The good news is that some of the art is good enough - indeed it's designed - to eat.

    1. Buy Syrian sweets

    For the French installation, Memories of Syria are collected and shared through le bruit des bonbons — The Astounding Eyes of Syria in a bid to preserve, stir up and

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  • First look at this year's Magic Dinner menu

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    If you consider yourself a serious London foodie then we can't think of a better way for you to blow £100 than tickets to Magic Breakfast's Magic Dinner. This is the second event hosted by the brilliant charity and they've got the hottest line-up imaginable.

    The deal is that there are 100 tickets, priced at £100 each for a six course dinner cooked by seven of London’s most exciting chefs. The whole thing takes place at Hoi Polloi at Ace Hotel, with the evening's

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