Every Saturday The Times in London publishes a Top Ten list of eating places in its supplement called The Knowledge. It might be the Top Ten Pubs in London and the South-East of England, or the Top Ten Thai Restaurants, or Top Ten Family-Friendly Eating Places. I love it and always read it.
Last Saturday was a fascinating list: the Top Ten Celebrity Hang-Outs. We all love to know where the celebs dine. Where do people who can choose anywhere go to munch their lunch or down their dinner? When you can afford to eat in any restaurant on the planet, where do you go for your nosh?
Here is The Times's Top Ten Celebrity Restaurants in London, and some of the faces that have been seen in them. In strictly alphabetical order:
Automat
33 Dover Street, London W1
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Anna Wintour, Bill Clinton, P Diddy
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Bumpkin
209 Westbourne Park Road, London W11
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Stella McCartney, Orlando Bloom, Lily Allen
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The Cinnamon Club
The Old Westminster Library, Great Smith Street, London SW1
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Sting
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Cipriani
23-25 Davies Street, London W1
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Simon Cowell, Sarah Ferguson, Naomi Campbell
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Hakkasan
8 Hanway Place, London W1
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Uma Thurman, Nick Moran, Gwyneth Paltrow
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The Ivy
1 West Street, London W2
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Tom Hanks, Piers Morgan, Ricky Gervais
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Nobu
Metropolitan Hotel, Old Park Lane, London W1
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Daniel Craig, Bruce Willis, Jemima Khan
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Tom's Kitchen
27 Cale Street, London SW3
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Pierce Brosnan, Hugh Grant, Dennis Hopper
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The Wolseley
160 Piccadilly, London W1
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Kat Deeley, Ronan Keating, Kate Moss
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Zuma
5 Raphael Street, London SW7
Recent Celebrity Sightings: Lionel Richie, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
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