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RAOUL’S DELI
A new deli downstairs at Raoul’s in Talbot Road offers tasty salad lunchboxes to take away and eat in, plus an outside catering service to match that at the original Maida Vale Raoul’s. Don’t miss the Greek filo speciality Spanakopitta. 105-107 Talbot Road, W11; raoulsgourmet.com
Style blogger Liberty London Girl - aka Sacha Wilkins - is one of Clipper Tea’s new teatime hostesses A series of fundraising tea parties in aid of Contact the Elderly take place in November and December, with other hosts including florist Nikki Tibbles and gardener Rachel de Thame. Ticket-holders will be invited to devour luxurious treats and sample a range of Clipper teas in stunning surroundings, including Nikki’s very own period home, Rachel’s botanical haven, and LLG’s Regent’s Canal barge. A limited number of tickets, priced at £25 each, are on sale and 100% of the proceeds will go to Contact the Elderly, a worthwhile cause dedicated to tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people through organising monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties. clipper-teas.com/ afternoon-tea-parties
FINCH’S RETURNS
ROE DEAL
Now stocked at the Kensington Place Fish Shop is Carelian caviar, a high class sturgeon roe from sustainable, traceable sources in Finland. Le Gavroche and Nobu are serving it up, setting the tasty treat up for a revival. careliancaviar.com
On the corner of Elgin Crescent, the Duke of Wellington brings back its original name, Finch’s, in a makeover that gives it a stylish new upstairs dining room and a menu that spans cracking Sunday roasts and a signature Dorset lamb wellington, plus desserts of the gin-and-tonic-sorbet variety. Plus there are small plates and snacks as well as lunchtime sarnies in the pub downstairs too. 179 Portobello Road W11 020 7727 6727
RUMBLE AT THE DELI
The knives are out as a stable of talented young London chefs go headto-head for three rounds of no-holds-barred culinary one-upmanship at Tom’s Deli in Westbourne Grove as the peaceful cafe is transformed into an amphitheatre. The rules are simple. Every Wednesday to Saturday for the month of November, two guest chefs will battle it out to see who’s King of the Rings. Tickets £55; designmynight.com/london/rumble-at-the-deli 85
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