Midu HadiApr 28, 2025

Memoir. Traveling. Food.

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Ian RobinsonMar 16, 2025
🥳 Yay. Jay Rayner’s new FT restaurant review column in FT Weekend will be one of the 8 Saturday FT Edit stories every week. Good news. #FTEdit #JayRayner https://www.ft.com/content/e184e9a4-d653-41ff-9fd5-c9ddc0064e00
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Financial Times
the roamerFeb 21, 2025

I used to read Jay Rayner's food column in The Observer every week. I was among the first to post a comment on his restaurant review early on Sunday morning. (I had a different alias.) I love real food and I love cooking, and Jay Rayner understands both better than most. He loves the raw materiality of it, and he appreciates the cheap cuts. He could enthuse on offal cuts like otherwise only I can. His restaurant reviews were unmissable.

I stopped being a regular reader a while ago. No reason, just shifting interests. Also he made fun of fathers who take simple pride in cooking for their children. That hurt. He is forgiven.

The Observer got sold, good people got fired, many good writers left beforehand. Rayner will now be with the FT, a good venue for his writing.

Here is his last piece with the Guardian, a tightly packed series of maxims, full of wisdom. All true. I am sorry The Observer of old is gone. I am glad Jay still writes.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/feb/20/jay-rayner-final-ofm-column-buffets-clean-eating-what-not-to-serve-food-on?CMP=share_btn_url

#JayRayner #food

This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on

Much has changed in the food world but there are a few truths that still hold

The Guardian
ChrisRFeb 20, 2025
Jay Rayner (restaurant critic and food write) has written his last column for Observer Food Monthly, and it's a gem. Everyone, absolutely everyone who eats should read it. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/feb/20/jay-rayner-final-ofm-column-buffets-clean-eating-what-not-to-serve-food-on
#Observer #Food #JayRayner
This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on

Much has changed in the food world but there are a few truths that still hold

The Guardian
RezNov 22, 2024

Jay Rayner leaves Observer as departing editor slams planned sale

Rayner leaves The Observer after 25 years amid a battle over its future ownership.

https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/jay-rayner-observer-financial-times/

#jayrayner #observer #ft

Jay Rayner leaves Observer as departing editor slams planned sale

Observer restaurant critic Jay Rayner is moving to the FT amid his longtime newspaper's contentious sale process.

Press Gazette
Bruno RoostJun 23, 2024
‘There is no Hairy Bikers without Dave’: Si King on TV, cooking and life without his best friend

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/23/there-is-no-hairy-bikers-without-dave-si-king-on-tv-cooking-and-life-without-his-best-friend

#SiKing #DaveMyers #JayRayner
‘There is no Hairy Bikers without Dave’: Si King on TV, cooking and life without his best friend

Together they were the Hairy Bikers, a TV phenomenon that won them fans around the world. With the sad death of Dave Myers, Si King reflects on friendship, loss and the incredible adventure the two of them shared

The Guardian
William BellJun 9, 2024

Funniest article of the day from #jayrayner @guardian .

Brilliant!

https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jun/09/gaia-london-nosebleedingly-expensive-restaurant-review?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Gaia, London: ‘Nosebleedingly expensive’ – restaurant review

It describes itself as a ‘refined taverna’, but this Greek restaurant deserves more colourful language

The Guardian
Patrick O'BeirneNov 19, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/16/my-jewish-cultural-identity-is-wrapped-up-in-food-but-some-events-are-so-momentous-they-blunt-the-appetite-jay-rayner

"We instinctively hunger for grand statements that take the right position. We crave moral certainty. But what do you say when all you really feel is despair?"
#JayRayner

My Jewish cultural identity is wrapped up in food. But some events are so momentous they blunt the appetite

As the crisis in Gaza and Israel unfolds, we hunger for grand statements and moral clarity. But all I really feel is despair

The Guardian
CheshireMar 9, 2023
Guardian wins daily newspaper of the year at the Press Awards
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/09/guardian-wins-daily-newspaper-of-the-year-at-the-press-awards?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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#PippaCrerar
#AdityaChakrabortty
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#BenJennings
Guardian wins daily newspaper of the year at the Press Awards

Saturday magazine also awarded supplement of the year, while Aditya Chakrabortty and Jay Rayner receive accolades

The Guardian
Emma Bentley 🍷🇪🇺 Feb 26, 2023

You may be sick of hearing and thinking about it but #jayrayner provides an interesting look at the reasons behind the lack of fresh products in UK #supermarkets. #Weekendreading

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/25/you-can-blame-the-weather-and-brexit-but-theres-more-to-the-uks-food-supply-crisis

You can blame the weather and Brexit. But there’s more to the UK’s food supply crisis

The empty supermarket shelves aren’t just a blip. They’re a symptom of a dysfunctional system

The Guardian