Pop ups are ten a penny these days, but rarely is the chef of such pedigree. Tom Sellers has worked with Tom Aikens,
Thomas Keller, Adam Byatt, and more recently, Rene Redzepi at Noma. The pop up,called Foreword, is for two nights on the 28th and 29th of November with the Rebel Dining Club.

We went to try Byron’s new Movember offering, the Gizz-mo burger, to see if welsh rarebit cuts the mustard as a burger topping.

On November 9, central London restaurant Floridita will be pulling out the stops to raise money for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2011 with an extra special charity performance of Cabaret Floridita, its fabulously glamorous live music and burlesque night.

The launch of a new menu is excuse enough to go back to a favourite restaurant, even if you know you will find the regular signature dishes irresistible – as Joanna Biddolph discovered when she nipped back to Tamarind to test its autumn menu.

On the banks of the river Thames sits Cantina, an Italian restaurant specialising in authentically rustic cuisine. This month, Cortina, the famous ski resort, comes to Cantina with tasty results.

Foodepedia loved the last Chateau Boundary wine night, so we recommend wine lovers leg it over to Conran’s classy basement for the upcoming Bordeaux night with Diarmid O’Hara from Corney & Barrow

Wiltons is pleased to be hosting its first cigar dinner on the 16^th of November in their private dining room.

If you’re of the opinion that all chalet wine is barely drinkable plonk served in anonymous carafes, then it’s time to think again. Powder White, one of the UK’s leading ski holiday specialists, is busting that myth offering a better class of house wine to all, unusually including a house rose, and for those looking for something superior to that they work with renowned wine merchants such as Berry Brothers & Rudd – wine supplier to the Royal family – and Le Verre Gourmand to source exemplary stock to offer premium wine lists to oenophile powder hounds.

Ever fancied pushing aside molecular cuisine and eating a la ancienne? The Grand in Eastbourne offers the chance with their 100 years ‘Michelin Guide’ Dinner. A snip at £65 for five courses, matched wines and champagne from chef Keith Mitchell. A real taste of how it was all done yesterday.

William Curley has set up a Chocolate Box in the Front Room at St Martins Lane Hotel. Launched at the beginning of National Chocolate Week, the pop up will be open until the New Year.