From now until the 13th March 2011, Fortnum & Mason are offering £15 two-course menus across their restaurants (St James’s, The Gallery and The Fountain) and a special menu in the wine bar. And for every £15 meal purchased, they will donate £1 to The Prince’s Trust.

Leiths School of Food and Wine has announced a new series of one day cookery classes with renowned guest chefs.

There is another option to booking an expensive restaurant carte this Valentine’s day: learn to cook a delicious and romantic three act supper for your partner with School of Food, the fresh, new cookery which comes direct to your home kitchen.

With Valentine ’s Day fast approaching you might be looking for a nice bottle of bubbly or something pink and lovely to share with your loved one on the day itself, or over the weekend that runs up to it. We tasted four wines, all at around the £6 mark, that might be just what you are looking for.

Karam Sethi will take over as head chef of Trishna, London on St. Valentine’s day. With previous experience at Bukhara in Delhi (a regular of the San Pellegrino World 50 Best Restaurants), Trishna Mumbai and Zuma London, he will bring a modern take on traditional coastal classics.

An excellent idea for Valentine’s Day, Porter Foods, bring you Rosella Wild Hibiscus Flowers in syrup. These little blooms look great in the glass, with the bubbles from your Champagne or other sparkling white wine rising gently from them.

Join Greg Malouf, widely acclaimed as the master of modern Middle Eastern cooking, and a regular guest chef in restaurants across the world is taking his new book Saraban on a food tour. Saraban explores one of the world s earliest and greatest empires and is an unforgettable journey through the culinary landscapes of ancient Persia and modern-day Iran.

Alex James, the British song-writer turned cheese aficionado, has teamed up with the athenaeum hotel’s head chef, David Marshall, and resident whisky sommelier, Angelo Gobbi, to create a whisky and cheese food-pairing menu in celebration of the hotel’s whisky bar.

All this week they’re showcasing Jabugo Ham Sierra Mayor at Iberica by giving away free samples with every meal. Iberica has just been awarded a bib by the Michelin guide, one of the few things that fossilised institution actually got right.

Internationally renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, holder of three Michelin stars at his restaurant Jean Georges, Central Park West, Manhattan, is set to open his latest venture in London. Spice Market will open at the new W London – Leicester Square hotel, Wardour Street, in February.