Bites: When Amy sang for her supper

The London Restaurant Awards are back. Or rather they will be, on 1 September. The black-tie do that celebrates the cream of the capital's dining scene has been in limbo since April 2005, when a fresh-faced Amy Winehouse (pictured) provided the musical interlude to the ITV-televised event.

Now underwritten by investment group aAIM (previous sponsor Tio Pepe decided it had better things to spend its sherry money on), the event will include gongs for Restaurant of the Year (won in 2005 by Amaya, the Indian that went on to net a Michelin star), Outstanding London Chef (Tong Chee Hwee of Hakkasan three years ago) and Best New Restaurant (Amaya, again – didn't it do well!) and will, as before, be judged by a panel of critics, including The New Review's very own Terry Durack.

And more good news for the capital: this Wednesday, the venerable Good Food Guide, surveyor of Britain's best eating places since 1951, is to publish its very first dedicated guide to the city.