Catherine Hanly

2 weeks ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

As Head Pie Maker at The Pie Room at Rosewood London, Nokuthula "Nokx" Majozi is one of London's most talented pastry specialists. Outside the kitchen she works closely with Women in Hospitality, organising networking events and workshops aimed at bringing more women to the forefront of the culinary world. She's agreed to share her favourite Battersea & Nine Elms food and drink spots with us.

2 weeks ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

It's all change at East London bar Alfie's, which this summer is being transformed into a little slice of Oaxaca, Little Fires. And rather than just saying it's going to be Mexican-inspired, they've got all the talent to back it up. The collective in charge - Christian Pecoraro, Florian Schulze, and Horacio Sainz - has brought in the team behind one of the world's best bars, Sabina Sabe in Oaxaca to help create the Little Fires cocktail list.

2 weeks ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

A few years ago we brought you the news about an interesting new Mediterranean sandwich bar Rastro, which had just opened up in East London. Now the same team, which included two Allegra alum moving closer to the centre of town by expanding to Leather Lane. Their new cafe, halfway between Farringdon and Clerkenwell, sees them bring their Euro sandwich offering to midtown workers. If you're in the area and haven't made it out to the original, let us enlighten you on the Rastro menu.

2 weeks ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

What's the story about Eel Sushi then? This is the latest opening from the same team who are behind Dorian and Notting Hill's Supermarket of Dreams, where the monthly Tuna Fight Club takes place. They say they're aiming at London's mid-priced sushi market - so that's somewhere between Endo and Itsu.

2 weeks ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

London's old banks have proved to be a rich source of venues for London's restaurant and bar scene in recent years. Now, over on Cavendish Square behind Oxford Circus, a £15 million refurb of a former bank sounds like it'll be quite the looker when it opens as a new restaurant this autumn. Aki London is the first international opening for a Maltese restaurant group, which opened Aki in Valetta five years ago. It's taking over a Grade II listed building at One Cavendish Square.