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Tim Hayward

Food Writer

Tim Hayward has been writing for the FT since 2011 and wrote his first restaurant review for the FT Weekend Magazine the following year. In 2025 he became the FT's food writer, with a monthly magazine feature on his culinary deep dives and obsessions.

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  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    FT SeriesSpring food & drink special: the experts are here
    Rules for restaurant dining: the FT experts’ annotated guide

    Jay Rayner, Marina O’Loughlin, Tim Hayward and Jancis Robinson have strong opinions. But can they handle feedback from 19 food-world stars?

    A stylized illustration of four people wearing suits and glasses, set against a green background
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    FT SeriesSpring food & drink special: the experts are here
    A three-tier theory of sandwiches

    So you thought an egg sandwich was simple? You thought wrong

    A still life composition featuring a food arrangement on a white tablecloth. A slice of rustic bread leans against a knife, with an open-faced sandwich topped with egg salad, smoked salmon, and fresh greens on a small metal tray. Beside it, a silver plate holds a boiled egg, anchovies, and a small spoon with mustard. A folded cream-colored napkin and a glass of water add elegance to the setting
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    FT MagazineFood & Drink
    After 13 years, this is my final restaurant review. So, what was it all about? 

    Tim Hayward finally explains himself

  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    ReviewFT Magazine
    Midland Grand, St Pancras: a restaurant so good, I reviewed it twice

    The newly installed American chef Victor Garvey will make you love modernist cooking again

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    Eating out is a form of cosplay, and not just at The Yellow Bittern

    No restaurant choice is neutral

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    Astral Cafe: London cabbies’ best kept secret

    Tim Hayward’s got The Knowledge, and a bacon sandwich to boot

    A retro-style café with a woman serving sandwiches and three men at the counter, one reading a newspaper
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    Snobby’s, Bristol: ‘It proved me wrong’ — restaurant review

    Don’t hate the player, hate the name

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2025
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    Long Friday: Chez Panisse-level genius, in Newcastle — restaurant review

    Anna Hedworth’s cooking is extraordinary, and entirely her own

    A stylized digital illustration of hands slicing a black cylindrical object, revealing slices that resemble salami, while some slices transform into open mussel shells with seafood inside
  • Thursday, 30 January, 2025
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    Ambassadors Clubhouse, Mayfair: ‘A phenomenal evening’ — review

    But navigating the booking system, that’s another story entirely

  • Thursday, 23 January, 2025
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    The incredible, meal-ruining potential of a rough ceramic plate

    Nothing sets teeth on edge like the sound of a knife on artisanal tableware 

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2025
    FT MagazineRestaurants
    What I’ve learnt from a decade ‘reviewing’ McDonald’s

    Fast food is tending gently towards the miserable

    A stylized illustration showing people interacting with self-order kiosks. One screen displays a ‘Big Mac’ advertisement, while another shows a broken heart icon
  • 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
    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

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