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Here's something to look for if you're in Soho and in need of a different kind of lunch. Korean restaurant Bo Drake is launching three new bento boxes - all at under £10.  The KFC Bento (£9.95) is a...

Here's a new way of getting people to preview your new restaurant before it opens. Two new restaurants are teaming up with the people behind Feast for a special two part residency at the new Market Yard...

Debretts, the guide to etiquette and folk of social standing has today released its list of the 500 most influential people in Britain today. They describe it as "a portrait of power, influence and...

21/1/16 - updated with menu details and opening date An airport is never the best place to find some decent food, but things are getting better. Recently we had Heston opening at Heathrow and now...

If you're looking for a dose of healthy food in Covent Garden, a new restaurant might be right up your street. Next door to Barrafina, Farmstand opens next week. Coming from American Steven Novick, it...

Seems like there's life in the market for more chicken ventures in London. We hear that a new company, Absurd Bird, is opening two new restaurants in London this year. The company is kicking off its...

Updated 20/1/16 with full info There's no sign of London's most prolific restaurateur slowing down as Jason Atherton gets ready for his next opening. That's Sosharu on Clerkenwell Road, taking over...

Farringdon's Hat & Tun is getting a new residency as street food trader Capish are heading inside for two weeks in February. You'll be able to try their meatballs in much warmer surroundings...

It may be cold enough to freeze the proverbial balls of a brass monkey out there, but if you are looking for some alfresco action this winter, then head to Soho. Sipsmith gins are going to be...

Following hard on the heels of the Scotch Egg Challenge comes another bar snack competition - this year's Great Sausage Roll Off. The annual event is now in its fourth year and take place at The Red...

Franceso Mazzei's new home on Savile Row is an instant hit - serving up some cracking Italian food

Anthony Demetre's been VERY busy of late. He's added a new bar to Arbutus, is behind a new high-rise restaurant at Old Street and now he's coming to the Barbican with a view to improve your dining...

  If there's one thing we pride ourselves on at Hot Dinners, it's having our fingers firmly on the pulse of London's food and drink scene. So much so that we're hosting an event at Selfridges...

18/1/16 - updated with opening dates Russell Norman's Polpo empire is expanding ever further. Not content with opening far south in Brighton, they're going to launch in two Harvey Nichols stores -...

As you may be aware, we have a lot of love for Chick n Sours, giving it our Best Dish of 2015 - that Szechuan Aubergine dish is AMAZING and everyone should try it. And now there's something new...

Yes, this week sees the start of the run up to Easter (it's VERY early this year, on March 27). And that, as ever, sees Cadbury's going on a Creme Egg offensive (much of which will be to win back...

Updated 2/2/16 with opening date and soft launch info Ever since Bistrot Bruno Loubet moved out, we've been wondering what was coming next at The Zetter hotel and it's something of a departure...

Here's something that will help warm you on an cold winter's day. If you're in the Exmouth Market area, then pop by the Pizza Pilgrims Pizza Soup stall outside their restaurant. Yes it's essentially a...

Burger purveyors Honest Burgers are continuing their gradual takeover of London with their latest opening - this time in Covent Garden. They'll have the usual array of burgers and rosemary fries,...

There's a new 20s "immersive" restaurant and bar heading London Bridge-wards that will be paying a fair bit of homage to the BBC's period criminal show Peaky Blinders. Everyone's promised "new...