Charity Action Against Hunger is a proponent of the best approach to food poverty- turning the gluttony we Westerners are serendipitously afforded into aid for those who can’t even sate their appetites, let alone feast. So, if the good effects are proportional to the amount we eat, a five-course banquet is guaranteed to make a pretty substantial difference.

Brassiere Joel is a French restaurant inside the Park Plaza Hotel on Westminster Bridge. Opening this month is a new event, Cuisine et Chansons, which aims to take foodies on a sort of culinary tour de France, offering people a taste of the lesser known, more regional delicacies of France.

Until 8 October, Selfridges London has a taste of regional Italy with the exclusive launch of Focaccia col Formaggio di Recco the’poshest’ cheese sandwich this side of Italy’ by Crosta & Mollica.

The OXO Tower Restaurant has just launched a new’Waters of Life’ Scotch Whiskey tasting experience. A carefully selected range of Glenmorangie Whiskies is partnered with desserts exclusively created to match each tipple.

Cloudy Bay is bringing back the popular Cloudy Bay Shack – a pop-up airstream that offers hungry passers by the chance to experience some of the best Cloudy Bay wines matched with bespoke food dishes.

Heston Blumenthals award-winning pub, the Hinds Head in Bray, is celebrating its rich 600-year history as a pub with a special Hinds Head Through the Ages dinner on 17 September.Head Chef Kevin Love has created a 4-course tasting menu taking a gastronomic journey dating as far back as the 15th century

Madrid-style tapas bar, Tapas Revolution, will be celebrating the popular Spanish festival, La Tomatina in its Westfield London and Bluewater branches by creating an entire tomato menu until 2nd September.

Trishna, the Marylebone restaurant specialising in the coastal cuisine of south-west India, will mark the arrival of the game season with a five-course set menu specially created by Head Chef, Karam Sethi.

To mark the end of their Best of British festival, Plateau is hosting a special charity dinner in support of the IDCF, a Tower Hamlets charity which aids disadvantaged communities in the borough.   Taking place on September the 17th, the one-off occasion will see Plateau head chef Alan Pickett joined in the kitchen by a trio of some of Britain’s finest culinary experts. 

I have no tickets, I have no official merchandise, and what’s more, I have absolutely no inclination to spend my summer glued to a sporting event of any kind. But, like it or not, ‘the games’, like a particularly determined teenage boy, will touch us all in some way. And imbibing a rainbow selection of lassis and a hearty Indian feast is surely the least objectionable manner.