BIOGRAPHY

Jay Rayner is a journalist, writer, broadcaster and food critic. He is perhaps best known for his Observer food column, and also presents a weekly report on The One Show alongside Chris Evans.

Having written for a wide range of publications including GQ, Cosmopolitan and the New Statesman, Jay is the winner of Young Journalist of the Year, and Critic of the Year at the British Press Awards. He has also written a number of fictional and non fictional books, the first of which won him the Author's Club First Novel Award.

Beyond writing, Jay has found success presenting Papertalk, a radio show about the newspaper business, for which he won a Sony Radio Award. As a critic, Jay regularly pops up on Masterchef, is on the daytime cookery show Eating with the Enemy, and sits on the panel of judges for American show Top Chef Masters.

After dinner Jay speaks candidly about the importance of good service, and the huge advantage of resembling Marco Pierre White. Following the success of his recent C4 show Food, he continues to explore food industry issues, and the global impact of predicted food shortages.

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