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Last July we ran a story about Heston's Christmas pudding, and how it was destined to be the hit of Christmas.  "too early!" you cried, and while yes, it is a little hard to visualise Christmas in...

Caterer Search, the restaurant industry's top trade website, unveiled its 2011 awards at a chef-studded event, The Cateys, held at Grosvenor House Hotel last night. It's a big deal for chefs and...

Hot Dinners talks to the head of Byron, Tom Byng, to find out what makes a good burger.

It's going to be a bit confusing, what with the existing Greenhouse restaurant in Mayfair, but eco-restaurateur Joost Bakker is determined to open a branch of his popular Australian restaurant...

Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole is teaming up with music mogul Jay-Z to open a sports bar and restaurant in central London. Part of the rapper's 40/40 chain, the London venue will work along similar...

Here's Hot Dinners' latest guide to the week ahead. This week, a whole host of new openings hit the city, including an expansion of Bistro du Vin in Soho, Devonshire Arms from the people behind...

Looking for a good restaurant deal?  Then why not try... 50% off food at the Devonshire Arms Nick Gibson, owner of Islington gastropub the Draper's Arms, has a loyal North London following and is...

Denizens of west London have been blessed for a number of summers now with the annual arrival of the Cloudy Bay Shack. Imagine if you will, your local park being taken over for the weekend by a...

If you're in town this weekend for the Gay Pride parade on Saturday 2 July, pop along to Archer Street in Soho where they'll be hosting a party for Pride revellers. The street has just had...

If you're inspired by Marina O'Loughlin's review of street food in the Metro, you might want to put Wednesday 6th July and Sunday 10th July in your diary. For one night only, Richard Turner, Head...

Rather in the manner of 'have your cake and eat it' we rather like the new idea from the bar at Jun Tanaka's Holborn restaurant Pearl which is offering Londoners the chance to both eat and drink...

Here's Hot Dinners' latest guide to the week ahead. This week, Street Kitchen makes a return to Central London, setting up in Finsbury Square today. Street Kitchen Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel's Street...

Looking for a good restaurant deal?  Then why not try... 50% off food at the Searcy Champagne Bar at One New Change The recently opened Champagne Bar at One New Change (the shopping complex opposite...

Here at Hot Dinners we can't imagine going anywhere, let along joining a sodden, tented mass of humanity in the West Country, without knowing where the best places to eat would be. Yes, yes, we're...

When Westfield in White City first opened its doors to the public, its food offering showed how shopping centres didn't always have to be the place where food on the go went to die. And now their...

Johnnie Mountain, the chef behind The English Pig in the Barbican, has just announced plans to open a new restaurant at Millbank in early October. Mountain, who has made appearances on the Great...

Starting today, Hot Dinners' guide to the week ahead. This week, we have two major new restaurants due to open in London, including the much anticipated Roganic. If you haven't already booked a...

[Updated 1 July 2011: They've just extended their stay at Restaurants in Residence by three days from 5-7 July - so if you didn't get tickets the first time around you might be in luck!] One of Hot...

A foie gras burger with summer truffle created by Pascal Aussignac, head chef at Club Gascon pipped a veritable champions league of chefs to the post for Best in Taste award at Taste of London last...

Eschew the dubious delights of your local school summer fair this month, and head instead for East London where the Art Car Boot Fair at the Truman Brewery offers the chance to pick up a bargain bit...