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Spotted: 51 celebrities we've seen in restaurants and bars

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Time Out London Food & Drink
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Slebs. London's full of 'em. Eating, drinking, being all famous. Think we haven't noticed you? Oh, but we have. Here's just a selection (seriously – there were loads more) of 'celeb spots' at the capital's best (and sometimes not-so-best) restaurants and bars, courtesy of Time Out's team of stalkers. We mean, staffers. 

Who: Rio Ferdinand

Where: Ace Hotel

Spotted by: Matilda Egere-Cooper, Blog Network Manager
   

Who: Ralph Fiennes

Where: Antidote Wine Bar, Soho

Spotted by: Minal Sundra, AM at Premium Profiles

 

Who: Barbara Windsor

Where: Birdcage

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

Who: Robert Mitchell (of Mitchell & Webb)

Where: The Black Lion Pub

Spotted by: Roxanne Haouet, AP/AR Controller

 

Who: Oliver 'MiC' Proudlock

Where: Bodo’s Schloss

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

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Who: Bill Nighy

Where: Busaba Eathai, Leicester Square

Spotted by: Harriet Fuller, Account Executive (Premium Profiles)

 

Who: Noel Fielding

Where: Caravan

Spotted by: Alex Plim, International Digital Content Editor

 

Who: Jon Hamm

Where: Chiltern Firehouse

Spotted by: Jack Woodcock, Creative Solutions Manager

 

Who: Kate Moss

Where: Chiltern Firehouse

Spotted by: Nissa Naik, Food and Drink Sales Manager

 

Who: Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti

Where: Counter Culture

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

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Who: Peter Capaldi

WhereThe Delaunay

Spotted by: Clare Vooght, Sub Editor

 

Who: Trinny & Susannah

Where: Electric House

Spotted by: Nissa Naik, Food and Drink Sales Manager

 

Who: Nigel Farage

Where: Fera

Spotted by: David Clack, Senior Content Editor

 

Who: Chris Morris (writer of ‘Four Lions’)

Where: Fernandez & Wells, Denmark Street

Spotted by: Matt Breen, Staff Writer

 

Who: Jimmy Page

Where: Gaucho Piccadilly

Spotted by: Ray Jones, Business Development Director

 

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Who: Jack Whitehall

Where: Grainger & Co., Notting Hill

Spotted by: Megan Carnegie, Food & Drink Editorial Assistant

 

Who: Gary Lineker

Where: Hawker House, Street Feast

Spotted by: Megan Carnegie, Food & Drink Editorial Assistant 

 

Who: Graham Norton

Where: Hixter

Spotted by: Karayn Chisholm, Creative Solutions Project Manager

 

Who: Richard Branson

Where: The Ivy

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

Who: Thom Yorke

Where: Kopapa, Soho (RIP)

Spotted by: Alex Plim, International Digital Content Editor

 

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Who: Rupert Friend

Where: Lardo, London Fields

Spotted by: Cath Clarke, Film Editor

 

Who: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Where: Le Gavroche

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

  

Who: Damian Lewis

Where: Le Coq, Highbury

Spotted by: David Clack, Senior Content Editor

 

Who: Gilbert and George

Where: Mangal 2 (obviously)

Spotted by: Megan Carnegie, Food & Drink Editorial Assistant

 

Who: David and Samantha Cameron

Where: Moro

Spotted by: Megan Carnegie, Food & Drink Editorial Assistant

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Who: Steven Gerrard

Where: Oblix at The Shard

Spotted by: Matilda Egere-Cooper, Blog Network Manager

 

Who: Plan B aka Ben Drew

Where: Orange Tree Greasy Spoon, Dalston

Spotted by: Nissa Naik, Food and Drink Sales Manager

Who: Jack 'Joffrey' Gleeson

Where: The Old Nun’s Head, Nunhead

Spotted by: Guy Parsons, Social Media Editor

 

Who: Vanessa Feltz

Where: Paradise By Way of Kensal Green

Spotted by: Rosie Aikenhead, Senior Manager, Audience Engagement

 

Who: Will Self

Where: Patara

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

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Who: Richard E Grant

Where: Petersham Nurseries

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

Who: Giles Coren, Gary Lineker and Dynamo

Where: Portland

Spotted by: David Clack, Senior Content Editor

Who: Stephen Hawking

Where: The Bar at The Science Museum

Spotted by: Megan Carnegie, Food & Drink Editorial Assistant

 

Who: Gwyneth Paltrow

Where: Scott’s

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

Who: Alex 'MiC' Mitton

Where: The Ship, Wandsworth

Spotted by: Harriet Fuller, Account Executive (Premium Profiles)

 

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Who: Pixie Geldof

Where: Sketch Gallery

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

Who: Olly Murs

Where: Swingers Crazy Golf, Liverpool Street 

Spotted by: Guy Parsons, Social Media Editor 

 

Who: Caggie 'MiC' Dunlop

Where: Vintage Salt

Spotted by: Nissa Naik, Food and Drink Sales Manager

 

Who: Ronan Keating

Where: The Wolseley

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

Who: Emily 'Carli D'Amato off of "The Inbetweeners"' Head

Where: Yumi Izakaya

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor 

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Who: Nick Grimshaw

Where: Yauatcha City

Spotted by: Nissa Naik, Food and Drink Sales Manager

 

Who: Theon ‘Alfie Allen’ Greyjoy

Where: Numara Bos Cirrik 2, Stoke Newington (asking if he’d left his skateboard there)

Spotted by: Tom Huddleston, Assistant Film Editor 

 

Who: Jonathan Ross and family

Where: Caravan, King’s Cross

Spotted by: Phoebe Trimingham, Digital Content Producer

 

Who: Princess Beatrice and 'Dave'

Where: Peyote

Spotted by: Tania Ballantine, Food & Drink Editor

 

Who: Timothy Dalton

Where: Princess Victoria, Shepherd’s Bush

Spotted by: Mark O’Donnell, UK Digital Content Editor

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Spotted any feeding famous? Tweet @TimeOutEatDrink or drop a comment below.

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