Next week Quaglino’s in St James will host an exclusive photography exhibition of new images commissioned by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Shot by official photographer Ian Derry, the previously unseen collection features past winners and includes some of Britain’s most iconic TV personalities such as Julie Walters, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, Ant and Dec and Jo Brand. The exhibition will follow a special pictorial publication of the images given to guests attending the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards on Sunday. Derry has covered everything from Terry Waite’s return from captivity to images for The Apprentice and personalities including Rod Stewart and Noel Gallagher. Until 18 July. (Image Pedro Almodovar by Ian Derry)

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So if all those florally inspired afternoon teas are making you weep – quite literally if you have hay fever - help is at hand from the cunning folk at W London Hotel. Let us present the Afternoon Rock Tea. Yes they’re bringing rock ‘n’ roll back to Leicester Square with an afternoon tea celebrating the rich musical heritage of  Soho. W’s Rock Tea is served on a three-tier stand made of original vinyl records while elements of the menu are named after iconic rock albums and songs including Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, London’s Burning by The Clash, the Rolling Stone’s Sticky Fingers, Aerosmith’s Sweet Emotion, Jimi Hendrick’s Purple Haze, Cherrybomb by The Runaways and a dessert selection inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way. http://www.wlondon.co.uk/

If you're not a member of The Brompton Club but are keen to go, this may well be your chance.

For Piers Adam and Nick House - its irrepressible owners - are opening it up to the public for the very first time. John DeLucie, the renowned New York City-based founding chef of the popular Waverly Inn (still marked out to be the city's top restaurants) and owner now, too, of the Crown on Upper East Side and The Lion in the West Village is coming to London. Well, South Kensington to be precise.

Featuring on this much-anticipated pop-up menu? Yellowfin Tuna Tartare with Dijon Emulsion and Avocado, Chicken Pot Pie served with Baby Vegetables, Mac and Cheese with Truffles and The Lion Burger Special Blend, a burger stuffed with Pork Belly, Provolone, Smoked Cheddar, Caramelized Onion and Tomato.

So, have you ever been tempted by the Brompton Club's oak-panelled dining room and colonial-style club room? Now's your chance. Come to the Lion, John De Lucie's expecting you until the end of July.

www.thebromptonclub.com

Tomorrow 17 May an exclusive two week only pop-up of renowned Delhi restaurant Bukhara will arrive in the capital. Executive Chef Manjit Gill will bring the tastes of India to London, taking diners on an epicurean adventure across the North West Frontier with exciting dishes including Tandoori Simla Mirch - capsicum stuffed with French beans, carrots, cabbage and cauliflower, nuts and sultanas, spiced with cumin and yellow chilli powder, roasted on a special skewer and Tandoori Jhinga - jumbo prawns marinated in an ajwain flavoured mixture of yoghurt, red chillies, turmeric and flavoured with garam masala skewered and roasted over charcoal fire. You can even order Sikandri Raan which is an entire leg of spring lamb, marinated in a mixture of malt vinegar, cinnamon and black cumin braised in the marinade, skewered and then finished in a tandoor. £79pp or £59 for vegetarians – but we’re told the lentils are very nice too… www.luxurycollection.com/bukhara

Grey Goose Vodka are launching an interesting - and worthwhile - event this summer. Want to get involved? Wait til you hear about it ...

Taste by Appointment .. as it's being labelled ... is a campaign which will set out to help cocktail aficionados be able to select the perfect cocktail with greater ease.  

They are going to help us along our way by launching two tools with which to do this.

First? Taste by Appointment consumer events, where guests will not only be welcomed with a Grey Goose Le Fizz reception, but will all be guaranteed to leave with a greater understanding of cocktail-enjoyment after a furious round of taste experiments.

Next, there's a Grey Goose website which will help answer all questions cocktail novices might have about which tipple might suit them best. Watch the likes of Gerard Coleman, founder of Artisan du Chocolat, among others, talk you through various drink-inspired videos.

Taking place across a number of iconic venues in London, Taste By Appointment is a unique opportunity to discover something new, with the help of various Tastemakers. The next event is being held at Gordon Ramsay's Bread Street Kitchen on 22nd May, but check the website for the remaining event dates and locations, too. Tickets are priced at £75.

www.greygoosetaste.com

Well it may have been a soggy start but now Kensington Roof Gardens’ famous barbeques should be getting properly into their stride. Taking place in the Tudor Garden on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7 – 11pm right up until the 6 October, they’re the perfect start to a night out. £60pp Friday and £65 on Saturday will buy you a glass of Pimm’s on arrival, a delicious 3 course BBQ dinner with live entertainment and club entry – however, for the rest of this month there’s a reduced rate of £50. It’s sure to set you up for the night ahead. The second act begins when the Roof Gardens night club opens for business at 10pm. Dance your socks off til it closes again at 3am. This year sees additional Thursday nights on 2 and 8 August.

www.roofgardens.virgin.com

Wolfgang Puck’s first European restaurant, CUT at 45 Park Lane has just launched Sunday brunch and diners can enjoy a menu of traditional American breakfast classics (pancakes aplenty!) alongside savoury dishes such as Pork belly with parmesan polenta and brioche toasts and Salt beef hash cakes with poached eggs. There’s also a Bloody Mary Bar at which you can order your own bespoke concoction – whatever your preference. Special ingredients include CUT beef stock, horseradish vodka, chilli syrup and spice gomme. Chill out to live jazz music or if you’re feeling more energetic you can even take one of the venue’s bespoke Brompton bicycles for a spin around Hyde Park. Then settle back down with a film screenings in 45 Park Lane’s luxurious 10 seater media room. 11am-3pm, £55 per person. http://www.45parklane.com/

You may want to head to Vivek Singh's Cinnamon Kitchen come May 15.

Why?

Well, the executive chef at Tuddenham Mill in Suffolk, Paul Foster (who was named as Young Chef of 2011 by Observer Food Monthly and up-and-coming chef to watch in 2012 by Good Food Guide), is moving his pots and pans in for one very special day.

Grab your tickets for a very reasonable £40-a-head and enjoy some of his extraordinary guest-cheffing. On the menu, he's preparing a menu which he is describing as 'natural modern British'. There'll be hazelnut and chickweed, organic salmon, asparagus, mugwort juice, slow-cooked cauliflower and an Indian dish with a twist: tandoor lamb rump, fennel, quinoa and yoghurt.

You've got to taste it to believe it. Reserve your seat at this 16-seat Tandoor grill online now.

http://www.cinnamon-kitchen.com/

French born chef Ollie Couillaud’s Lawn Bistro which opened last year in Wimbledon Village is launching a new café, bakery and deli. The Lawn Bistro is all about well sourced, excellent, seasonal ingredients and the new bakery menu will include Croissants, Porridge with sultanas, brown sugar and cinnamon, Homemade yogurt with granola, Scrambled eggs on sour dough  with smoked salmon, Smoked salmon and asparagus quiche, Mozzarella and Provençal vegetable panini and tartines of Goat’s cheese, broad beans, basil and Spanish olive oil. Ollie’s background spans The Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, Tom’s Kitchen in Chelsea, Bord’eaux in the Grosvenor House and  Giant Robot, the group behind private membership clubs such as Milk & Honey and the East Rooms.

www.thelawnbistro.co.uk

Today sees the launch of a brand new commission by Manifold Editions: Marc Quinn Sphinx, two intricately detailed silkscreen prints, in gold and silver leaf, of the artist’s well-known sculpture of supermodel Kate Moss - her limbs contorted in an extreme yoga pose! “She is a contemporary version of the Sphinx, a mystery,” says the artist of La Moss. “There must be something about her that has clicked with the collective unconscious to make her so ubiquitous, so spirit of the age.” The new contemporary online gallery and art publisher will show the prints as part of their first public exhibition at Front Room in St Martins Lane alongside further brand-new prints by Quinn and Damien Hirst and others by Gary Hume, Elizabeth Magill and 2011 Turner Prize nominee George Shaw.

The images of Moss, from £960, will be exclusively available to buy for one day only at Front Room on 10 May and thereafter online from Manifold Editions.  

Exhibition runs 10– 27 May, Monday-Friday, 11am-7pm and noon – 6pm Saturday and Sunday, at the Front Room, St Martins Lane, 45 St Martin’s Lane WC2. www.manifoldeditions.com