As the snow circles the dome of London’s most prominent Cathedral, you might like to take refuge in the crypt and pull up a chair at The Restaurant at St Paul’s. Whether you are doing a bit of sightseeing or wanting to brighten up those back-to-work blues this celebrated restaurant has put together an excellent offer for diners to enjoy.

BAFTA style partners Asprey, Charles Worthington, Escada, and Lancôme will be participating in one-off BAFTA Afternoon Tea at The Dorchester (Official Hotel to the Orange British Academy Film Awards) on Thursday 21 January, transforming The Promenade into a fashion show reminiscent of a red carpet awards evening.

Looking forward to lots of exciting things this year? So are we. We have brought together a list of new restaurants due to open during the coming months for you to anticipate and perhaps plan to visit. This list is growing and developing with more information being added to as we get it, so keep an eye on this space!

It’s cold out there. At least it is for us Soft Southerners, our Geordie art director maintains ‘ye is all poofs man! This is t -shirt wevver where I come from, ye knaa’. Mebbe so, like. So we need warming up and Bob Bob Ricard has the answer.

Win the opportunity of a lifetime, courtesy of Maille®, France’s leading mustard producer. The prize, which will be offered to one winner and their seven guests, on all Dijon and Wholegrain jars of Maille®, is a sumptuous dinner prepared by highly acclaimed chef, author and food writer, Paul Gayler. Paul, who is the Executive Chef of The Lanesborough (one of London’s finest 5 star hotels), will create the most incredible feast incorporating Maille® in each course.

This January work off your Christmas weight gain at the newly introduced Paradise Boot Camp. Every Saturday morning throughout January, popular west London gastropub Paradise will host a series of personal training sessions with leading experts in heath and fitnes. Click here to see some detoxing cocktails too

One of our favourite restaurants in Sussex is decadently auguring in the new decade.

Hoping for full houses 6 independent restaurateurs have come up with an innovative way to attract customers to their establishments to create a local business partnership. In the New Year the venues (all within walking distance of each other) will be launching ‘Balham Bingo”, where diners present their special bingo cards to obtain discounts at the participating eateries

Up against some of Scotland’s top chefs, the rural hotelier on Perthshire’s Loch Tay (profiled in August) was recently announced overall winner during the prestigious awards at Edinburgh’s Prestonfield House.

Rob Green, chef/proprietor, and his wife Emma, of Green’s Restaurant & Bistro, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, were recognised as ‘The Taste of Yorkshire’ at the recent White Rose Awards at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.