Located just moments from Chinatown, Market Place Food Hall Leicester Square is marking Chinese New Year 2026 with a vibrant line-up of exclusive dishes inspired by the Year of the Horse. Available from 17 February to 3 March, the West End destination is inviting visitors to celebrate with creative street food specials, festive activations, and a one-day giveaway event. Bringing together its diverse community of traders, the food hall has curated a collection that blends trad

Market Place St Paul’s is set to host a huge night of stand-up comedy on Tuesday 3 March as Big Belly Laughs takes over the Food Hall for an evening packed with big names and even bigger punchlines. Headlining the night is viral comedy sensation Adam Rowe. Known for his razor-sharp Scouse wit, explosive punchlines and the hugely popular podcast Have A Word , Rowe has become one of the UK’s most in-demand live performers. Audiences can expect fearless honesty, rapid-fire story

If your idea of romance leans more towards carbs than candlelit clichés, Soho has just delivered the most playful Valentine’s Day curveball in London. This February, 27 Old Compton Street is serving bucatini al cioccolato as a main course . Not a dessert. Not a tasting spoon. A full sized bowl of chocolate pasta, twirled, plated and presented exactly like a classic Italian dish. Yes, chocolate meets pasta. And Soho is fully committed. Chocolate, But Make It a Main Launching o

London’s fast casual food scene has never been short on innovation, but every so often a collaboration arrives that feels genuinely considered. This winter, flavour first favourite atis joins forces with produce led pioneers Holy Carrot for a limited edition bowl that brings fermentation, balance, and restaurant level craft into everyday dining. Launching from 2 February, the atis x Holy Carrot bowl is a celebration of depth, umami, and nutritional intelligence. It is not jus

For those looking to celebrate Lunar New Year in the heart of London, Thai Square Covent Garden is offering a festive dining experience that blends Thai flavour with Chinese symbolism, seasonal specials, and interactive surprises. A Fortune Filled Celebration From Tuesday 17 February to Tuesday 3 March, every table dining at Thai Square Covent Garden will receive a special fortune cookie containing a personalised message and exclusive prizes, including: • 15 percent off your

As Lunar New Year arrives on the seventeenth of February, ushering in the Year of the Horse, Cutter & Squidge marks the moment with a limited edition collection that blends cultural tradition with the brand’s signature sense of play. The result is a colourful and indulgent line up of cakes, brownies, cookies and gifting sets designed for sharing, celebration and fresh starts. Rooted in themes of new energy and good fortune, the twenty twenty six Lunar New Year Collection is w

Rugby season has never tasted quite like this. As the Six Nations returns, BOX Sports Bars is serving up a limited edition dish that blends two great British and Irish loves into one bold matchday moment. The official Guinness kebab. Launching nationwide on the fifth of February, the Guinness kebab will be available across all BOX locations for the duration of the Six Nations, bringing a playful sense of theatre to pre match, half time and post whistle dining. A pint inspired

Valentine’s Day no longer belongs to one idea of romance. In London, it has become an open invitation to celebrate love in all its forms, partners, friends, chosen family and yourself included. From indulgent gifting to intimate dining and restorative escapes, here is a considered edit of how the capital is marking the season of love in twenty twenty six. Chocolate dipped declarations at Cocomelt Few gestures land quite like chocolate, and Cocomelt understands that instinct

In a drinks landscape crowded with shortcuts and slogans, authenticity has become a quiet luxury. Kicking Goat Cider understands that instinctively. Made from one hundred percent fresh pressed British apple juice and nothing else, it is a cider that returns the category to where it belongs. Honest, full bodied and rooted in place. Sustainably sourced from family owned orchards in Somerset and Kent, Kicking Goat is cider as it was always meant to be. Pressed fresh. Carefully b

Grassroots football has always been about more than results. It is where confidence is built, communities gather and lifelong habits begin. This January, Marks & Spencer is turning its attention to a part of the game that has long been overlooked, what young players eat before and after they step onto the pitch. The retailer has launched Eat Well Play Well Grassroots Edition , a nationwide initiative designed to help grassroots football clubs across the UK improve their appro

An evening at the theatre is all about timing. The anticipation, the atmosphere, the moment the lights dim. Now, Thai Square is making sure the dining experience rises just as smoothly, with the launch of a new pre theatre menu designed for effortless indulgence before curtain up. Available at Thai Square locations in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, The Strand and Windsor, the menu offers a refined introduction to authentic Thai cooking, perfectly paced for those heading to

Flowers wilt. Cards get folded away. Cake, on the other hand, is remembered. This February, Cutter & Squidge invites lovers, friends and self confessed romantics to skip the clichés and say it properly. With buttercream. Chocolate. And more than a little indulgence. The London born baking brand has unveiled its Valentine’s Collection, a thoughtfully curated edit of cakes, hampers and sweet gifts designed to celebrate every kind of love. Romantic love. Friendship. Self love. O

There was a time when learning from the world’s most celebrated chefs meant securing impossible reservations, crossing continents, and glimpsing brilliance from the other side of a dining room. Today, that distance has disappeared. With the launch of Flavoury , the gates of fine dining have been quietly opened. More than one hundred two and three Michelin star chefs from over thirty countries are now sharing their craft, philosophy and recipes in one global destination. For t

In hospitality, timing is everything. The right table at the right moment. The right staffing level on the right night. Yet for many restaurant groups, forecasting revenue still relies on hours of manual reporting and backward looking data that often arrives too late to act on. That imbalance may now be shifting. This month, Distil.ai  announced a strategic partnership with OpenTable , introducing a new AI powered tool designed to fundamentally change how multi site restauran

The UK’s cheesiest pizza arrives in Soho There are food moments designed to be enjoyed quietly. This is not one of them. This January, Soho becomes the epicentre of indulgence as the UK’s cheesiest pizza lands in the capital. Loaded with an astonishing sixty four different cheeses and crowned with a whole ball of burrata, the aptly named 64 Cheese Pizza is arriving for one day only, and it is already shaping up to be one of London’s most talked about culinary spectacles of th