Jay Rayner
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Jay Rayner
@jayrayner1
Eats. Writes about it for the Financial Times. Chairs Kitchen Cabinet. Plays a bit of piano. Has big hair. Doesn't accept comps for reviews. [email protected]
London Katılım Kasım 2009
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A few weeks ago an ad for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High popped up on my personal Facebook page. So I went. So you wouldn’t have to. I have no problem with spendy restaurants. It just has to be worth it.
ft.com/content/40a07c…
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@Rikardinho76 Two people. The menu is £250 a head. We had a cocktail each, the cheapest bottle of wine, and an extra glass of wine. Plus 15% service.
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@jayrayner1 Jay, just out of interest could I ask how many people were dining for the bill to reach that figure?
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Magnificent tribute by @BazBam to the unique, utterly maverick truth-teller that was Peter Thompson, a theatre publicist like no other. We will never see his like again.
Deadline@DEADLINE
Peter Thompson, Stage Publicist Who Put Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh & Mega Musicals On The Theatrical Map, Dies Aged 81 deadline.com/2026/03/peter-…
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Robbie has been personally visiting top bars and restaurants in London to ask them to sell her gin. She confirmed to the Guardian she is now reformulating it to remove the oyster shells 🍸🦪
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Exclusive: Margot Robbie’s attempts
to hawk her gin to London’s top restaurants and bars comes a cropper.
“We don’t want to have to ask people if they are allergic to molluscs when they order a gin,” one restaurant manager told me
theguardian.com/business/2026/…
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We’re about to record two postbag editions of the Kitchen Cabinet. We’ve got some great questions but we could always do with more for our experts. Please email them to tkc@bbc.co.uk (rather than post them here). We love a question with a juicy back story.
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In today’s @ftweekend I write about the wider significance of allegations against Rene Redzepi of @nomacph. He’d set himself up as the head of a movement which portrayed high end restaurants as a social good, instead of just places feeding rich people
ft.com/content/f3ddd3…
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@jayrayner1 I was a H/T . Used a lot of excellent small suppliers, specialist music/dance/drama tutors etc. Want to keep ‘em? Pay ‘em . Same when we ran our own kitchens . The ‘smaller’ people are ? The more specialist they are . Pay them
-or lose them.
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Freelancers, small businesses and so on have a statutory right under uk law to charge interest on unpaid bills. But the calculation can be complex. So my old friend the brill actress and podcaster Laura Shavin built a calculator. It’s clever.
fvo1.com/late-payment-i…
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@cymrawes I don’t employ anyone unless I have the money to pay them immediately
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@jayrayner1 Quite right too . I suppose it’s too idealistic to expect people to pay within the usual 30 day period . I ALWAYS did . 🤷🏽♀️
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@horton_official @Elephant1eye I'm a terrible man and must be told.
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@jayrayner1 @Elephant1eye I like that I had a load of people defending my honour against the tyranny of Rayner
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This is not "breaking", I have been watching the construction of this building from the Guardian office windows for years
Seb Johnson@SebJohnsonUK
BREAKING: Google DeepMind is doubling down on London and expanding into a HUGE new office in King's Cross. @demishassabis has just announced Platform 37 - a new office and hub for AI innovation next to King’s Cross station. The name is a nod to “Move 37,” a pivotal play made by AlphaGo in the legendary 2016 match against Go world champion Lee Sae Dol. They are also launching "The AI Exchange", a new public space dedicated to deepening understanding of AI. The impact Demis has had on UK tech and AI cannot be understated. It's AMAZING to see him and team double down and create a new landmark site of the London tech scene.
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@horton_official @Elephant1eye I didn't realise my tweets needed to come with footnotes. Apologies.
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@Elephant1eye @jayrayner1 I think he’s joking and that he deeply admires my work. That is what I like to think
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@astortate I wouldn't want to be in a restaurant that doesn't want my whole family. Restaurants are businesses. They can make their own rules and we, in turn, can choose whether to give them our money.
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@jayrayner1 what’s your take on the no children policy of some restaurants?
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Delighted to say we’re bringing the JR Sextet to Liverpool’s magnificent Tung Auditorium this November. Been a while since we’ve played in the North West. Very much looking forward to it.
thetungauditorium.com/events/jay-ray…
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No review from me this week (back week after next) so instead have a shot of the delightful vanilla brioche I had at Le Cafe by Nicolas Rouzaud in the Arlington Arcade. The patisserie display demands another visit.
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@cottonmouthmcr @TheCoopLive Ha ha ha. I was on stage in London. Who played with her? One of my pals has been her accompanist in the past.
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Laufey last night at the @TheCoopLive (great staff, but...) trailing bringing our a guest pianist ('I think I need someone to play the piano so I can just sing.')
Hoping against hope it would be @jayrayner1 , but, no...Jeff Goldblum. Just not the same.
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TONIGHT. Ticket link here
kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words…
Jay Rayner@jayrayner1
It was in fact 14 years ago. That one off event turned into what I call my side hustle which had got wildly out of control. Since then we have played hundreds and hundreds of gigs, and tomorrow we return to where it all began. Hope you can join us.
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It was in fact 14 years ago. That one off event turned into what I call my side hustle which had got wildly out of control. Since then we have played hundreds and hundreds of gigs, and tomorrow we return to where it all began. Hope you can join us.
Jewish Literary Foundation@jlfbookweek
Over 10 years ago, the Jay Rayner quartet made their debut appearance at Jewish Book Week. Now, @jayrayner1 is back for the festival's 75th edition as he leads a sextet of top-flight musicians in fresh arrangements. Happening tomorrow 7:30pm - book now: rb.gy/t4jmqy
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