A new photographic exhibition brings chefs from the vibrant Brick Lane Bangladeshi community firmly into focus. Zoe Perrett samples their finest wares copiously at the private view… and learns a little about the art of juggling.

Now it’s no longer January, we’ve reallowed the ‘detox” word – a little spring cleaning of the gut, if you will. Anita Pati eagerly signed up to the Nosh Detox diet assuming there’d be nosh but the hardcore, four-day mainly liquid diet lost her five and a half pounds and gained her valuable dietary lessons…

Vindaloo pork pie anyone? That’s a big fat yes from us here at Foodepedia, especially when it’s been cooked by Vivek Singh. He’s been West at Cinnamon Club and he’s been East with Cinnamon Kitchen, now he’s going central with Cinnamon Soho. We visited the building site to meet Executive Chef Vivek and find out more

The jewel in Mersea Island’s crown is arguably The Company Shed, the Haward family’s delightfully, wilfully eccentric restaurant. Prices are low, decor is stark and the conviviality is second-to-none. Especially when pared with some rather large measures of Talisker’s finest, a bracing trip on an oyster dredger and the tales of a seventh-generation oysterman.

The UK’s most ambitious and prestigious Indian chef, Vivek Singh, hosts a selection of cookery masterclasses throughout the year at his Cinnamon restaurants. I went along to the latest addition to the schedule, which focuses entirely on game to learn about how to make better use of this under-valued meat group.

The city gears up for a fabulous food fest ‘Brusselicious 2012’ and Nick Harman pops over to get a pre taste of some of the remarkable food events that will be taking place all year long

What do carnivores do when they tire of restaurant mark-ups and other people taking photos of their sirloins? What does Joe Bloggs do when he wants a juicy, restaurant-quality steak but at home, where he can comfortably listen to dubious pop music, watch vacuous dross on the box or eat in his jim-jams? The answer is to give Donald Russell a call

Michelin starred chef Atul Kochhar is joining forces with some of the country’s leading chefs to create a series of fusion menus to be served at the Benares Bar in Mayfair. We caught up with Atul and guest chef Anna Hansen to learn more.

ProCook® ® make an impressive range of knives, not only in variety but in prices too so that any home cook can build up a decent collection without breaking the bank. They sent over a selection for us to try and we put them up against the Japanese masters Global on the one hand and Sabatier , the historic champions on the other.

Locksbottom may sound like a particularly unsavoury medical condition, but is actually a well to do area of Bromley, south London and home to Chapter One restaurant. With a Michelin star, 4 AA rosettes and glowing reviews (most recently in the dead tree press from The Independent’s John Walsh and online at Andy Hayler’s blog )it would be unfair to say that Chapter One is overlooked or undervalued. But given the quality of chef Andy McLeish’s food, I’m not sure why it isn’t raved about even more.