A world-class line up of chefs will join together to host the London Restaurant Festival in October.
The festival, which is returning for its 10th year, will take place in over 400 restaurants across the capital and the month-long event is expected to welcome over 50,000 people.
The four week extravaganza will see a variety of activities taking place across the capital including exclusive dinners and chef-hosted events.
This year’s theme will focus on the international nature of London’s restaurant industry, highlighting 10 different cuisines that have helped to define it as the culinary capital of the world.
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A series of one-off dinners will take place throughout the month and each leading chef will take on a different cuisine as the theme for their supper.
The culinary stars taking part include Bill Granger, Dylan Jones and Duangporn 'Bo' Songvisava who will cook at Som Saa. As well as Javier Olleros who will cook alongside Nieves Barragan Mohacho at Sabor and Pedro Miguel Schiaffino who will join Martin Morales at Ceviche.
The festival line-up will also feature chef-hosted events from Ben Chapman (Kiln), Monica Galetti (Mere) and Adam Handling (The Frog).
Dinner's ready: London restaurants will offer a variety of tasting menusLondon Restaurant FestivalTo celebrate London’s strong restaurant offering, there will be 20 exclusive tasting menus on offer at various eateries in the capital including Som Saa, Kiln and Greyhound Cafe.
Two 'Ultimate Gastronomic Weekends' will take place during the course of the month on October 6-7 and October 27-28. The first weekend will welcome Michel Roux Jr, Melissa Hemsley, Francesco Mazzei, Vivek Singh and Wright Brother’s Richard Kirkwood for meet and greets. Whereas the second (Michelin-studded) weekend will feature visits to leading London restaurants Club Gascon, City Social and Angler as well as a special lunch at Claude Bosi at Bibendum.