Coming home to a plate of food cooked by a Michelin-starred chef is what we'd all like every night.
Sadly most of us can only dream of such luxury... more
THE DISPOSSESSED FUND: Masterchef judge Michel Roux Jnr was inspired by the thought of raising money for the Evening Standard's Dispossessed Fund to complete the London Marathon... more
Top chef Michel Roux Jr pledges to complete the London marathon in under four hours to raise money for the Evening Standard's Dispossessed Fund despite suffering a series of injuries
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THE DISPOSSESSED FUND: At the 'dine like an aristocrat' charity banquet at the Langham Hotel last night a diner dropped to one knee and proposed to his girlfriend
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The Dispossessed: A London businessman has become the first to sign up to run this year's London marathon with leading chef Michel Roux Junior in aid of the Standard's campaign... more
The first woman winner of Masterchef: The Professionals today described how she battled through morning sickness during the competition unaware she was three months pregnant.
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It was hard cheese for Restaurant Associates and Michel Roux Junior that the opening of Roux at Parliament Square more or less coincided with the dawning of The Age of Austerity.... more
Not for the first time, a Martin Amis novel has divided the critics. Some think his latest novel, The Pregnant Widow, is worthy of the Booker Prize, others think it lurches between farce and portentousness... more
Who better to herald the stars of tomorrow than the stars of today? The biggest names in drama, food, poetry and design nominate their tips for the top for 2010... more
It is the toughest and most exciting cookery show on TV and tonight three London-based chefs will compete to become the champion of Masterchef: The Professionals... more
A top London chef is being sued by a guest who was kept awake at night by banging heating pipes in a holiday cottage next to his Michelin-starred restaurant... more
It has a dining room that's as hard to get into as Madonna's leotard, and it's been doing it for 40 years. Marina O'Loughlin toasts the success that is Le Gavroche.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows