With London Fashion Week moving to a new home this September, nearby Seven Dials participating retailers and restaurants are offering shoppers a 20% discount from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th September.

Shell out a few quid at Le Bouchon Breton in old Spitalfields Market.Each oyster masterclass will feature 10 different varieties of oysters especially sourced from around the coastlines of regional France, England, Scotland and The Channel Islands and these will be paired with a glass of ice cold Champagne, Tourraine, Pouilly Fume and Entres deux Mer.

Launched by two friends and enthusiastic home cooks, Tina Michelucci and Deborah Pyner, ‘Sweet Freedom’ was conceived as a liberating alternative to white menace, sugar. A recent recipient of a Great Taste Award gold medal, it represents the first sweetener to receive such an accolade. Douglas Blyde meets its makers…

Keith Floyd suffered a heart attack and passed away last night, aged 65. Some may say his penchant for excessive drinking may have cause his death, but he fought a long battle with bowel cancer which inevitably contributed to his weakened state. Much irony lying in the fact that his death coincided with the airing of a one hour documentary on Channel 4 last night named ‘Keith on Keith” – interview conducted by Keith Allen.

Strada are holding a Risotto Festival in its restaurants throughout September to celebrate the classic Italian dish. Four new risotto dishes will be available on the menu, inspired by the Northern Italian regions of Piedmont, Milan, Lombardy and Venice where risotto has its roots. Plus we have a recipe for the perfect risotto.

To celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst’s new collection ‘No Love Lost: New Paintings by Damien Hirst’, the Wallace Restaurant at The Wallace Collection in Marylebone has created an exclusive private view and dinner package.

The Deck’s Rooftop Picnics and Plays at the National Theatre proved so popular this August that a September date has been released to say
sayonara to the summer.

This autumn sees the City’s Indian restaurant, Cinnamon Kitchen, and adjacent cocktail lounge bar, Anise, reveal their spice-infused secrets in creating some exciting culinary creations. Hosting a series of cocktail and cookery masterclasses,

Le Bouchon Breton ‘La Fete de la Chasse” a range of game platters including ‘Grouse a la Anglais” to celebrate the start of the game season is now on.Head Chef Olivier Ripert and his team of chefs at Breton have devised three special seasonal treats which kick off with the king of game traditional roast grouse ‘a la Anglais” (sic) with all of the trimmings: Wrapped in bacon, buttery bread sauce, a crouton with forcemeat paté, roasted breadcrumbs, watercress, game chips and a rich game jus.

Kasturi, the award winning restaurant at the heart of the city of London has arranged a Fish Festival which will run from the 1st September to the 15th October 2009.