The doyenne of fashion design Zandra Rhodes continues to make waves in matters concerning taste with her personally designed ‘Iconic Afternoon Tea’ exclusively wrought for The Mandeville Hotel near Bond Street.

A nice little place with a nice little taste, Rosalind’s Kitchen is just off the main drag in London’s Little Portland Street. It’s a take out cafe using seasonal ingredients sourced from specialist suppliers with meat and poultry from Sheepdrove Organic Farm and all dairy, eggs, root vegetables and flour is organic.

The Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen’s Soho site will offer modern contemporary Indian cuisine using quality ingredients, but at a lower spend per head to reflect its more relaxed and informal surroundings.

One of Belgium’s oldest and best loved restaurants, Chez Léon, famed for its exceptional moules frites and hearty Flemish classics, has chosen London for the setting of their first International branch of its Léon de Bruxelles franchise

A cosy alternative to Michelin’s starched linen, a novel way of meeting new people (and even partners to be), and a means to eat a style of food not available in the mainstream, supper clubs have taken root in the capital over the past three years. Douglas Blyde, one of our correspondents, is the latest home cook to test his abilities on the public…

To celebrate the festive season, The Langham, London is offering a complimentary Afternoon Tea for two in Palm Court for the person who can guess the weight of gingerbread (to the nearest kg) used in the construction of their gingerbread house.

On 28th November Mango Tree, the award-winning Belgravia restaurant, will launch a festive Thai feast that gives traditional English Christmassy food a Thai twist for only £39 a person.

The relaunched Great British Chefs website hosts an impressive and well-executed online recipe collection that’s worth a visit for any ambitious home cook.

After a day of judging with 585 oysters shucked in the two categories of oyster tasted and 13 producers represented in front of 15 epicurean judges, the results are in from the inaugural Boisdale & Wright Brothers Oyster Tasting Championship 2011.