Jay Rayner

Eats. Writes about it for the Financial Times. Chairs Kitchen Cabinet. Plays a bit of piano. Has big hair. Doesn't accept comps for reviews. [email protected]

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@54JohnBull @ftweekend Thank you, but no. I think there was a two week gap. See the link in my Linktree for a very cheap way to keep reading

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

For today’s @ftweekend I am at Holy Carrot in Shoreditch sorrowfully eating plant based food which aims at the restorative and delicious, but misses. The issue isn’t that they serve a plant based menu; it’s the plant based menu they are serving.

https://t.co/p0fI35J0gd

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@54JohnBull @ftweekend Back reviewing restaurants? I never stopped.

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@cinabar THank you for the kind words. Follow up coming in September. And that press would be rather easier than the scraping off a board business.

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@implausibleblog @ftweekend You did. I deleted because of a typo.

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For today’s @ftweekend I am at The Cocochine, snuffling out the best bargain in Mayfair: the lunch menu at £29 for two courses and £39 for three. Beautiful dishes which never lose sight of the imperative of deliciousness.

https://t.co/wLTfk1T10T

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

Two pairs of seats for our Sunday night show @pizzajazzclub Dean Street have come back. (nb air conditioning). And there are now only about 10 left for our June show at Holborn. Tickets available at the link below.
https://t.co/njCmRZnpK4

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@boome_booyou Sorry to have missed this. here you go
https://t.co/kLkH126cSB

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

I’ve been getting a bunch of lovely recommendations for where else I can go in Barcelona while I’m there. Just for reference, if I post a review from somewhere (outside London) the column was filed at least two weeks ago - in this case a month ago - and I am no longer there.

[Intern Pierre @internpierre]

@jayrayner1 @ftweekend Check out Bandini’s while you’re there

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For this week’s @ftweekend restaurant review I am in Barcelona at Colmado Wilmot, a small place that does the simple things really well. Like fried eggs with sobrasada, tortilla with txistorra, fried prawns with garlic and a fab rib eye.

https://t.co/dQ1UCJDCxR

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@resbizmag @ftweekend I asked for the bacon well done. The eggs were perfect.

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

Some restaurant openings are like big west end shows which every critic will weigh in on. So for @ftweekend.com it’s my turn to write about the reopening of Simpsons-in-the-Strand. Via both dinner and breakfast. TLDR: it’s so damn civilised

https://t.co/J9dofMrJT4

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@AlexBracken1 @ftweekend It’s called the ten deadly sins. Breakfast for someone with no interest in lunch.

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@WindsorBadger Grrrrr. So sorry. A problem we keep having. Am on it.

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

We're recording the last audience show in this season of The Kitchen Cabinet in Felixstowe on tuesday night and there are still some tickets. Apply here.

https://t.co/zMZnV9vK0v

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

My review for today’s @ftweekend is all about the gravy splattering joys of Singapore chilli crab, and my ability to wear my lunch on my short. Anyway Sentosa on Bermondsey Street is a great place to chilli crab and much more besides

https://t.co/6HIfGPBr4e

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@Gorty674623 @ftweekend Brilliant place. Rob Owen brown is now a much beloved panellist on the Kitchen Cabinet

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For today’s @ftweekend I am in a fabulous Greek-inspired wine bar in Salford called Kallos where the bread game is strong, the dips are silky and they offer a beautiful list of premium canned fish.

https://t.co/6Oe0sO35S6

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

@daphnetoli @ftweekend Yes I get into that in the column

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

This piece by Sophie Heawood is superb: dark, touching funny and beautifully written.

[The Fence Magazine @The_Fence_Mag]

Here's Sophie Heawood's first column, in which she recalls a memorable encounter with a younger man.

https://t.co/sT355kKWap