We’re a quarter way in to the British Food Fortnight! Hooray! Get in to the groove with a VisitEngland’s round up of the best food festivals around this great country of ours.

You may have his number, you can take his name, but you will never have his heart. On September 28th The Dorchester is playing host to the ageless James Bond, celebrating the release of’Solo’ a brand new Bond penned by international bestselling author William Boyd.

Click click click, it’s London Fashion Week. If all that strutting has you thirsty, head down to the St Martin’s Lane Hotel for the Cointreau Privé pop-up bar and cocktails galore.

Symbolically, September represents not only a seasonal shift but the shuffling in of new trends, new menus and new restaurants. Here’s a selection of the months restaurant news for the times that are a-changing while the season turn turn turns.

Experiential dining: Stefan Nicolaou puts his palette in the hands of others at a secret location and lobby full of puns at Lime & Tonic’s Dine Another Day.

It’s a well curated, imaginatively laid out exhibition with excellent use of audio visual. The sombre lighting and the glass cases however can make you forget that this is actually about food, something which should be joyous and flooded with light and laughter.

Camden’s favorite rockin’ n’ rollin’ restaurant, The Blues Kitchen, will be invading East London’s XOYO on 1st September. Food, fashion and music abound! Details on this one dayer can be found inside.

Unlike conventional meal planning, where you spend hours poring over recipe books, shopping for the required ingredients and then lugging your groceries home, the hardest part of using Gousto’s service is deciding what you fancy to eat. 

Alan Kingsbury buys a ticket to a life-long favourite stamping ground and discovers a very welcome new arrival in the form of an all-Italian wine merchant with some very classy stock.

When it comes to breakfast, if you’re in need of a culinary wake-up call, head to Central London, says Catherine Jones