Jay Rayner

Award-winning journalist, writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner has been a restaurant critic for over a decade.

If there’s one thing he’s learnt in his illustrious career, it’s that people actually delight in his reviews of bad restaurants. In fact, the worse the better.

In his solo show, My Dining Hell, Jay examines the love affair with lousy reviews, reads accounts of excruciating nights, and looks at the worst reviews of his own work. A hugely entertaining hour in the company of the man recently voted the best food and drink journalist in Britain.

Jay has been the Observer’s restaurant critic for over twelve years, resident food expert on The One Show, regular judge on MasterChef and chair of BBC Radio 4’s Kitchen Cabinet.