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Tim Hayward

British food writer

  • 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
    FT SeriesThe best books of the year 2024
    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
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    Are restaurants . . . camp?

    Susan Sontag didn’t think food could be camp. She should see London now

    A pop art-style illustration of a man  in a yellow shirt shirt sitting eating dinner at a table with a man in a white shirt, with four identical but differently coloured Andy Warhol-style portraits on the wall of a woman
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