Jay Rayner
| Jason "Jay" Rayner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 September 1966 [1] London, England, UK |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | White British |
| Education | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School |
| Alma mater | Leeds University |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, writer, journalist, food critic |
| Years active | 1988-present |
| Employer | BBC, Channel 4 and The Observer |
| Parents | Desmond Rayner Claire Rayner (deceased) |
Jay Rayner (born 14 September 1966) is a British journalist, writer, broadcaster, and food critic.
Rayner is the younger son of journalist Claire Rayner and Desmond Rayner, and attended the independent Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. [2] He joined The Observer newspaper after graduating from Leeds University in 1988 where he was editor of the student newspaper. He is currently restaurant critic of The Observer. He has written for a wide range of British newspapers and magazines such as GQ, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, the New Statesman and Granta. In 1992 he was named Young Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards.
His first novel The Marble Kiss published in 1994 was shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award and his second Day of Atonement (1998) was shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly Prize for Fiction.[3] His first work of non-fiction Stardust Falling was published in 2002 and was followed by his third novel The Apologist, published in the US as Eating Crow, in 2004.
In 1997 he won a Sony Radio Award for Papertalk, BBC Radio Five Live's magazine programme about the newspaper business, which he presented.
He was one of the panel of critics who made up the titular "enemy" on the daytime cookery show Eating with the Enemy, and performs a similar role on the UK version of MasterChef. In addition he is the food reporter on the BBC magazine programme The One Show. He was also on the panel of judges on the American programme Top Chef Masters.
Rayner is a supporter of Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association's campaign for older people with sensory loss.[citation needed]
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[edit] Books
[edit] Fiction
- The Marble Kiss (1994), ISBN 0-333-62134-4
- Day of Atonement (1998), ISBN 0-552-99783-8
- The Apologist (2004), ISBN 1-55278-416-9
- The Oyster House Siege (2007), ISBN 1-84354-566-7
[edit] Non-fiction
- Star Dust Falling (2002), ISBN 0-552-99908-3
- The Man Who Ate The World (2008), ISBN 0-80508-669-2 [4]
[edit] Awards
- Restaurant Critic Of The Year, Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards (2001)
- Critic Of The Year, British Press Awards (2006)
[edit] Reviews
[edit] References
- ^ Researcha
- ^ Rayner, Jay (2003-03-02). "Tales my mother never told me". The Guardian (London). http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,905443,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ^ Template:Url=http://www.jewishquarterly.org/issuearchive/wingateprize2.shtml
- ^ "Interview with Jay Rayner". digyorkshire.com. 2009-05-27. http://www.digyorkshire.com/HighlightDetails.aspx?Article=189. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
