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              Tim Hayward

              British food writer

              • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
                ReviewFT Magazine
                Permit Room, Dishoom and why it doesn’t serve to be snobby about chains

                The Oxford branch of Permit Room proves the power of chain restaurants

              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                ReviewFT Magazine
                Fonda, London: rejoice! A Santiago Lastra restaurant I can get a seat at

                I had a tostada topped with a single layer of thinly sliced, baked beetroot, dressed in seaweed oil and elderflower vinegar

                A cartoon illustration of a man wearing a pink bucket hat, sunglasses, and a shirt that says ‘I ❤️ Mexico,’ inspecting a bottle with a magnifying glass while standing in a field of green agave plants
              • Monday, 30 December, 2024
                FT Globetrotter
                London’s best new restaurants of 2024

                This year’s top tables, as selected by FT editors and writers

                Framed vintage illustrations covering a green wall behind a dark-wood banquette and marble tables at Cloth
              • Saturday, 28 December, 2024
                Menswear
                Tim Hayward’s search for a modern dining outfit

                The FT’s restaurant writer seeks out an outfit that’s comfortable, not black-tie ‘cosplay’

              • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Trullo, London: ‘they deserve a properly raucous party’

                They got it right pretty much on day one and they’ve been doing it brilliantly ever since

              • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
                ReviewFT Magazine
                Dongnae, Bristol: ‘So good I considered giving up cleaning my teeth’ — review

                The new Korean restaurant from the Bokman hitmakers is fiendishly brilliant

                Cartoon drawing of an ape sitting on a dining table, surrounded by bowls and small plates of East Asian food, knitting with noodles
              • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
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                Best books of 2024: from our own stable

                Books by FT journalists and editors

              • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Juliet, Stroud: ‘Raise your voices and howl for The Chefs’ — review

                A table of wonders in the West Country

              • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
                Food & Drink
                Buying the dip — does anyone eat taramasalata any more?

                The UK media had a baffling meltdown this week at a temporary shortage in supplies of the fish-based meze dish

                Taramasalata on toast
              • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Bistro Freddie, Shoreditch: ‘I’m sorry but it doesn’t work’ — review

                The diminishing returns of London’s bistro boom

              • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                The Lego Mini Chef restaurant, Denmark — review

                In which a meal prepared by tiny plastic people sparks a revelation about hospitality

              • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
                ReviewFT Magazine
                Trivet, London Bridge: ‘Bloody brilliant’ — restaurant review

                Chef Jonny Lake makes the case against tasting menus at his two-Michelin-star restaurant

              • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Beefy Boys, Cheltenham: best burger I can remember 

                There is no better remedy for a hangover than one of these vast, unapologetic meat grenades

              • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                After a month of fine dining, what have I learnt?

                Gastronomic odyssey or therapy session? Our critic reflects

              • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                The Ritz, London: Is this where I fall back in love with fine dining? — review 

                Two critics have their cynicism blown away by pomp and a pigeon press

              • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                It feels nothing like ‘fine dining’, but Copenhagen’s Kadeau is a true gift 

                Our critic’s journey to rediscover the joy of fine dining takes a positive turn in Copenhagen 

              • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Can I fall back in love with fine dining?

                Our critic is on a mission, and his first stop is Le Grand Véfour in Paris

              • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
                FT Globetrotter
                The cult of St John

                As one of London’s most important restaurants turns 30, longtime devotee and FT food critic Tim Hayward celebrates its legacy

                A man sits a table with a white tablecloth in front of wine glasses and set of salt and pepper shakers
              • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Sweetings, London: long live the City’s last canteen — review

                London’s ‘room where it happens’ looks like a Victorian waiting room crossed with an officers’ mess

                A lively restaurant scene with patrons seated at a bar and tables, engaging in conversation
              • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Ibai, London: ‘Deep in the testosterzone’ — restaurant review

                Great steaks but no soul in the City

              • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                The charming ineptitude of British hospitality

                They may be amateurs, but they’re our amateurs

              • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                The Suffolk, Aldeburgh: A hospitality oasis in tourist town – restaurant review 

                In which our writer finds the last seaside restaurant in the UK with decent service

              • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Mr Hayward’s Manual of Modern Manners

                Table manners aren’t getting ‘worse’, but they’re definitely changing

                An illustration of a man sitting at a dining table at a place setting, holding a book over his face with the title Mr Hayward’s Manual of Manners
              • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                Lita, Marylebone: Am I good enough to eat here? — restaurant review

                There’s a shocking amount of floorspace at this Mediterranean restaurant. And, of course, truffle

                Illustration of waiters holding up trays of food on their fingertips, including one tray that has a football on it
              • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
                FT MagazineRestaurants
                I went to Paris, and all I got was this lousy gatekeeping

                The Olympic host city is full of gems. What does it matter if lots of them aren’t hidden?

                An illustration of people standing under a canopy with the lettering ‘Marché des Enfants Rouges’ taking pictures on their mobile phones
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