S3 Ep24: Jay Rayner - Angering Chefs - Scrapping Bad Reviews & Fighting Nepotism!

Today we're joined by the most famous food critic in the world in Jay Rayner, to discuss his incredible career as a restaurant reviewer for the Observer over the last 25 years. Jay is on incredible form as he reveals stories of ; falling out with chefs, scrapping reviews, law suits, reporting murders, fighting nepotism, questioning whether he's infact a bastard, why Guinness refused to give into the Devonshire's discount demands, the worst restaurants he's ever been to, the art of writing a review, the magic of Joe Allen's, the tragedy of the downfall of The Ivy, why Pizza Express pizzas are some of the best in the country, the secrets to perfect meringues and much much more....

Buy 'Nights Out At Home' here - https://www.jayrayner.co.uk/books#13

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