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- Spring Street Pizza sees chef pivot from Michelin restaurants to a Borough arch
Being the chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant isn't an easy task, so you can totally understand why they might want to swap the pressures of that job for one that's a bit more fun. That's the new career path of chef Tom Kemble, who won a Michelin star while running the restaurant at Bonhams and has also worked in top-level kitchens like Hedone and Faviken, but is now opening a pizzeria.
Spring Street is the end
... - Casa Fofo's chef Adolfo De Cecco is opening the more casual Bianca's in Stokey
He already has a Michelin star for his first restaurant, Casa Fofo, now chef Adolfo De Cecco is getting ready to open his second pplace, not too far away on Stoke Newington Road.
The new place is called Bianca's, named after his daughter, and it's a little bit more of a casual restaurant and wine bar than Casa Fofo. Like the chef's other restaurant, this will focus on
... - Bar Kroketa pick Liverpool Street for their biggest opening yet
A week ago the Brindisa spin-off Bar Kroketa started teasing its followers on Insta with the promise of a third restaurant. Now they've revealed that they're heading to the City for their next opening. They'll be taking over the old Pizarro space on Broadgate Circle.
According to them, "This site is Bar Kroketa’s most ambitious yet, with a bigger space featuring both indoor seating and a terrace for soaking up the
... - Town is Stevie Parle's new Covent Garden restaurant
It's been planned since late 2023 but now Stevie Parle is getting ready to unveil his new restaurant, Town in Covent Garden.
The chef, who in recent years was best known for his post-lockdown hit Joy, has brought in an impressive team to help with the new venture. Executive Chef Olly Pierrepont was previously Head Chef of Luca and La Trompette while Head Chef Andy Bright was previously at
... - The Los Mochis team head to Mayfair with a brand new restaurant concept
Mayfair residents wondering what's happening over at the old Ruya site on Upper Grosvenor Street, next to Corrigan's, should know that they'll have a new restaurant on their doorstep before the end of the year. Turns out that it's been bought by the Thesleff Group which is behind Los Mochis in Notting Hill, Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge and the Juno and Luna omakase restaurants.
Right now, we don't
... - Barbarella is going to be Big Mamma's sexy new Canary Wharf restaurant
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Almost a year ago we brought you the news that the Big Mamma group (Circolo Popolare, Gloria, Carlotta et al) were setting their sights on Canary Wharf. Now we've got the scoop on exactly what they have planned for their restaurant there.
Barbarella is going to be a retro-inspired self-styled "wild and jungle-themed city pad". It's taken over the old
... - The Fat Badger is the latest Notting Hill restaurant from the Pelican and Canteen team
It's been open on the QT for the last few months but only now has The Fat Badger officially opened for business. If you haven't heard of Notting Hill's worst-kept secret, then let us enlighten you. This is the latest opening from the team behind The Pelican, The Hero and, most recently, Canteen.
It's a pub and restaurant that takes over the floors above Canteen. Until now, you've had to gain access through an
... - Bubala's third plant-based Middle-Eastern restaurant is in King's Cross
11/4/25 - updated with the opening date
It's been nearly three years since it opened in Soho and now Middle-Eastern plant-based restaurant Bubala is getting ready for its next opening, this time in King's Cross.
The team behind it are opening as part of the recently finished Cadence Court to the north of the station. pretty much the final piece in the puzzle
... - Junk branch out with a Puffy cookie and coffee shop in Soho
When burger joint Junk first opened in Soho last year there was a lot of love expressed by fans for its dessert option - cookies from the Parisian bakery Puffy (which is owned by the same restaurant group). Such has been the success of those cookies that they've now decided to open the first London branch of Puffy, next door to Junk.
The cookie shop will serve up seven varieties, ranging from the standard milk and dark
... - Norbert's is going to be a fun rotisserie shop for lucky East Dulwich folk
If you're an East Dulwich local, you may have been wondering what was happening at the old Il Mirto site on Melbourne Grove. We can now reveal that it's going to be a very interesting new neighbourhood restaurant, Norbert's.
What's interesting about a rotisserie place, you might well think? If we tell you that the folk behind it are John Ogier (ex-The Marksman and
... - The team behind Ibai are opening Harley's butcher and rotisserie in Hampstead
With the weather looking, at least temporarily, fine and sunny, barbecue season is again a possibility. So the upcoming opening of extremely promising new butcher Harley's in Hampstead is one to watch. And that's partly because it's from a team who are also behind the excellent Smithfields restaurant Ibai, known for its great steaks.
That team also run meat distributor
... - Burger & Lobster replaces Gordon Ramsay's Street Burger in Kensington
Updated 10/4/25 opening date
On Kensington High Street, one burger chain has closed to be replaced with another - albeit with the added bonus of lobster.
The new owners are Burger and Lobster and this will be their tenth London restaurant. You can expect this branch to serve the usual menu of lobster, lobster rolls and burgers (although we'd say
... - Atomix chef Junghyun Park is opening Kiji Korean BBQ in the heart of Mayfair
Well this IS a story. If you've been roaming through Mayfair recently and wondered what's happening with the building site on the corner of Curzon Street and Bolton Street (where Mirabelle used to be), then we have big news for you. It's going to be the first UK restaurant from acclaimed New York restaurant duo Ellia and Junghyun Park.
The pair are behind Atomix, which right now not only boasts two
... - Kricket's next modern Indian restaurant is in Covent Garden
It's clear that Kricket is on the expansion trail because, hot on the heels of their Canary Wharf and Shoreditch openings, they're already planning their
... - Motcombs Tavern takes over at Pollen Street
The last year has seen a fair bit of upheaval over on Pollen Street. First Jason Atherton announced he was turning his Michelin-starred flagship restaurant into burger bar Mary's. That duly opened, with the promise of a full revamp this spring. The revamp didn't happen but what did happen was that Atherton ended up closing the restaurant altogether and selling it to another restaurant group,
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