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- V For vegan lifestyle and food festival hits Brick Lane this August
Shoreditch's Vegan Nights market is set to go next level for August as part of a new vegan lifestyle festival at The Old Truman Brewery. Running for the whole of the month, V For says they're aimed at vegans, vegetarians and the V curious (their term, not ours) with fitness, shopping and food events running throughout the festival.
On the food front, in addition to Vegan Nights' usual traders there are a couple of interesting new folk. Key among those is
... - London Wine Week - our pick of the best events
London Wine Week will endeavour to keep Londoners' glasses filled with great wine. There are masterclasses, tastings and more - and this year you'll find the festival hub in Southwark in Flat Iron Square. - Smoking Goat and Rockadollar sign up for Homerton International Festival Of Beer And Bar Snacks over the Easter weekend
Now here's a festival we can really get behind. If you're wondering about whether to stay in town over the long Easter weekend, then the return of the Homerton International Festival Of Beer and Bar Snacks might swing the decision for you.
It all takes place at The Adam & Eve pub, where they've handed over their kitchen to Smoking Goat Shoreditch and a specially selected 100% vegan pop up who will be working with their own kitchen team Rockadollar. Smoking Goat
... - Claude Bosi, Simon Rogan, Tom Kerridge and Daniel Clifford are hosting Lord's Cricket dinners
Cricket and dining come together at Lord's for the Lord's Dining Club - which has some pretty impressive names lined up. It's been put together by Andrew Fishwick (previously behind The Truscott Arms and Truscott Cellar) and will see them taking over the Lord's historic dining room.
The names involved - who have nine Michelin stars between them - are:
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- Cheese Town is taking over Flat Iron Square for Easter weekend
If you've been considering leaving town for Easter weekend, we may have news that'll make you change your mind. Returning for a third instalment is Cheese Town - the food festival (not to be confused with the dire Giant Cheese Board which broke the internet just before Christmas).
Moving from Brixton to Flat Iron Square in Borough the event features a range of street food traders, all serving up something deeply cheesy. So there's:
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- One night, four restaurants - booking opens for Action Against Hunger's Moveable Feasts
You've got to hand it to Action Against Hunger, the folk at that charity really know how to put an interesting sounding event together. And they usually have some top restaurant partners in whatever they do. So we're not that surprised to hear about their upcoming Moveable Feasts.
If you've ever been on one of the London Restaurant Festival's Gourmet Odysseys, this is along similar lines although you'll be walking between each restaurant - just as well, really.
... - Scotch Egg Challenge 2018 shortlist revealed
Updated 8/2/18 with auction details
Has it really been eight years since the Scotch Egg Challenge first pitted London's chefs against each other in a battle to come up with the best deep-fried egg combo? Apparently so as the eighth bout of this annual contest is about to come round again.
Taking place at The Canonbury pub in Highbury & Islington on 21 February, the challenge will be hosted by author and writer Joe Warwick. The judges
... - The Great British Bab Off will see five restaurants competing for the Best London kebab title
A good kebab can be a great thing - but want to know what's better? Enjoying kebabs by five of London's top restaurants going head-to-head over who makes the best one.
That's the premise behind the Great British Bab Off [or GBBO if you prefer] - a charity event conceived of by Stephen Tozer and Ed Brunet, founders of Soho’s gourmet kebab restaurant Le Bab.
Taking place on
... - Bake for Syria is back in Spitalfields Market
Exciting news for fans of cake - and all for the best possible cause - Bake For Syria is happening again on Saturday November 18th. It's all in aid of Unicef's vital work with Syrian children, and will bring together the country's very finest bakers and bakeries, in the lovely surroundings of Old Spitalfields Market.
The inaugral event earlier this year raised more than £10,000: that's a lot of cake - with all profits going to
... - #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
... - 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,
... - Duck and Waffle is having a midnight feast and you're invited
Head 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
One 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
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
... - Noble Rot is teaming up with Gymkhana for a special dinner and more
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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