Speakers

Battersea Bookshop in conversation with Jay Rayner presenting his new book Nights Out At Home

Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has been the restaurant critic for The Observer since 1999 (garnering millions of views per year), has presented the award-winning BBC Radio 4 show The Kitchen Cabinet for over a decade and is the author of a dozen books, most recently My Last Supper and Chewing the Fat.

His varied television work includes his role for 15 years as a critic on MasterChef, food reporting for the BBC's The One Show and forming part of the expert panel on Top Chef Masters in the US. In March 2023 he was named Critic of the Year, in the UK Press Awards.