Showing a mixture of calculated bravery, and a shrewd desire to stay on the right side of hip, the judges chose the crispy barbecued foie gras dish by Club Gascon’s Pascal Aussignac out of around forty dishes from London’s top restaurants

Still buying wine in the supermarket?  Impress guests with some wines sourced from somewhere a bit special and at good prices.

Detoxes, retreats, recovery programmes… call them what you like, you can pretty much guarantee that you won’t meet much meat embarking on any endeavour that’s designed to reset and revive you physically and spiritually. Unless it’s Kebab Rehab.

Clerkenwell continues to rise up and the architects and other grown up creatives who now both work and live in the area should keep this new and rather designer-stylish place busy.

Do you look lustfully at a kebab at 3am, wake up next to it sans beer goggles in the morning full of indigestion and regret, and swear to yourself ‘never again’, only to find yourself back in its embrace? Then you need Kebab Rehab.

Sudi Pigott aka @sudifoodie, prolific food journalist for The Independent, Delicious , Newsweek and more is launching a series of food quiz events every Tuesday from 17th June at Bird of Smithfield

It’s the world cup. In Brazil. Which means some of the games are on a little bit late. Well, there’s somewhere in Fulham that promises to play every single game (with the sound on)

Taking the competing nations as inspiration, Bubbledogs have created a limited edition menu of special dogs that represent the teams.

The Abinger, the new cookery school in the heart of the Surrey hills, have a very exciting date for your diary – a date with the, much-lauded chef Adam Byatt, no less.

To celebrate the traditional Chinese’Double Fifth’ Dragon Boat Festival on the 2nd June, award winning restaurant Hutong located in The Shard, will be offering a special menu of five dishes from five different regional Chinese culinary traditions.