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Anything the bonkers food merchants Bompas and Parr get involved in is usually worth a gander - and their latest venture looks to be no exception. The duo have paired up with digital magazine The...

[Updated 23/8/12 with opening date details] James Knappett - former Sous Chef at The Ledbury - is on the verge of opening his own restaurant with wife Sandia Chang, (who's currently sommelier at...

Word of an enterprising movie/food promotion has just come our way. To tie in with the release of zombie thriller series The Walking Dead Season 2 there's a new street food pop up - The Gory...

[Updated with menu details and opening date 7/9/12] His original restaurant in Chiswick has been a big success and now Michael Nadra is moving across town to Primrose Hill. The chef, who's...

Drake and Morgan, the company behind such city bars as The Parlour and The Folly have announced plans to open two more massive bars in the City next year. The first is The Happenstance - an 8000...

[Updated 28/8/12 with finalists] It's going to be one of the hardest-fought contest in London's foodie world - yes, the competition for the 2012 Scotch Egg Challenge is now on. This is the contest's second...

Soho House has been keeping a dirty little secret. The global members club, hotel and restaurant group has recently unveiled 'Dirty Burger, a new venture aimed at serving simple, high quality...

They've already run a number of pop-up projects around London and now the people behind Bonnie Gull (Seafood Shack, Bonnie & Wild and Bonnie-on-sky) are opening their first permanent restaurant. The...

Ben Spalding has been a busy man since he left Roganic, after making a huge splash there last year. He's been appearing at some of the best events in town and his Stripped Back stall at Broadway...

If your idea of a good time consists of pizza, good music and some decent grog then you'll need to head to Hackney next Saturday. Two of London's top pizza teams Homeslice and Burnt Enz have joined...

Keeping the trend in London set firmly towards Latin America - Death by Burrito is going to create quite a storm when it opens up in Shoreditch next month. Billed as a contemporary Mexican grill and...

We've had plenty of speakeasy style restaurants in London and now restaurants are looking back further for their inspiration. The latest is the Factory House, opening in Leadenhall Market, which is...

Earlier this year, the Young Turks had huge success at the Ten Bells, which gave chefs Isaac McHale and James Lowe some of their best raves yet. When their run finished, Isaac and the boys from the...

The original Santa Maria Pizza has been topping London's best pizza lists since it opened over two years ago. The small Ealing restaurant has a large and devoted following, topping many a "best...

Hot dogs really do seem to be the next big trend in London after burgers (all eyes are on the upcoming Bubbledogs) and now another Hot Dog event has thrown its hat into the ring. Superette are...

It's a much maligned method of serving wine (although at Hot Dinners we're quite fond of them) but now Vinoteca's championing the wine box with a BYOEB deal (bring your own empty bottle). Every...

Hard on the heels of Rita's Dining which has taken over their bar to become one of the hottest spots in East London, Birthdays in Dalston has spawned another local restaurant that's already creating...

Looks like there's mileage in the burger craze yet as Icelandic burger joint Hamborgara Bullan opens its first UK place in Marylebone next week. We were first alerted to their imminent arrival by...

It's graduation time soon at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen, where the apprentice chefs are into their last month. And to celebrate there's a special run of dinners planned for the end of August before the...

As more and more Londoners end up eating lunch al desko we're seeing a similar rise in new openings targeting people who want to eat well, but on the hoof. In addition to the whole street food...