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Jay Rayner

Patron

Biography

Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster. He was born in London where he still lives and writes for the Observer, where he is a feature writer and restaurant critic.

His varied television work includes appearances as a judge in multiple series of Masterchef, and part of the expert panel on Top Chef Masters for Bravo, a spinoff from the hit TV show Top Chef. He is also the resident food pundit for The One Show. In 2012 he became the host of the food panel show The Kitchen Cabinet for BBC Radio 4.

He is the author of four novels and three works of non-fiction. His latest book, A Greedy Man in a Hungry World, about the challenges of food security in the 21st Century, was published in spring 2013.

Jay became Food Chain Patron in November 2013 having already spoken at our Green Apple Dinner in 2012 and more recently visited Acorn House and met some of the people who benefit from our services at Eating Together. In 2014, Jay was actively involved in several fundraising initiatives, including the Spring Office Picnic. His jazz quartet performed at our autumn fundraiser, The Food Chain at The Foundling, where Jay starred on the piano. Jay was instrumental in helping promote the event, also delivering a special hour-long talk to guests on the night.