It's now possible to partake in the veritable food revolution underway in the United Kingdom at the moment, and it's all part of the taste sensations available at London hotel restaurants.

While England has traditionally been the butt of many culinary jokes, it's all changed now in 'Cool Britannia' and the time is ripe to treat your taste buds to the full gamut of fantastic fusion foods now available in London.

To have a look behind the scenes at what goes onto our plates, it's necessary to go right to the source. Many of London's great marketplaces are now devoted largely to wholesale distribution, which means that companies are eager to snap up the market bargains and deliver the produce to others within the catering trade, namely the culinary masters working hard in the top-end London hotel restaurants. However, marketplaces such as New Covent Garden, Borough, Billingsgate, Smithfield, New Spitalfields, and Western International make an interesting destination for visitors to London - albeit, those who are early risers, as these 'Big 6' wholesale markets are open when the rest of the city sleeps.

New Covent Garden Market, London SW8 5NX
Location: Vauxhall Station (BR) and Vauxhall Underground (Victoria Line)
Employing over 2,800 people and supplying over 40% of the capital's restaurant, cafe, and hotel fresh food, the New Covent Garden Market is undoubtedly London's largest market, specialising in fruit, vegetables, and flowers.

Smithfield Market, Charterhouse Street, London EC1A 9PQ
Location: Barbican Station (BR) and Barbican Underground (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines)
Attention all carnivores, Smithfield Market specialises in all meat products. Still housed on the original market site, this market claims to be over 800 years old.

New Spitalfields, Sherrin Road, Leyton, London E10 5SQ
Location: Leyton Underground (Central line)
The place in London for exotic fruits or vegetables, New Spitalfields serves up good, healthy servings to around 18,000 customers per week. With a focus on sustainability, New Spitalfields represents the way of the future for London's markets as it currently recycles 65% of its waste.

London hotels are best served by a company called Chef's Connection, a family-run wholesale distributor that has operated out of New Covent Garden Market for the past 8 years. A high-tech operation with satellite tracking, Chef's Connection caters for the elite London hotels, restaurants, and even celebrity chefs with a service that has served as far as Las Vegas hotels. In pursuit of the perfect ingredients, this company has travelled as far as South America, Central America, Asia, Africa, and all over Europe – just another fascinating fact about food life in London!