| Tim Hayward | |
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| Born | July 9, 1963 Bristol |
| Occupation | Writer broadcaster |
Tim Hayward (born 9 July 1963 in Bristol) is a British journalist. He was educated at Bournemouth School and Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design, where he graduated in photography. He now lives in Cambridge with his wife, Alison Wright, and daughter.
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Hayward is mainly known as a writer on food for British newspapers Financial Times and The Guardian. In 2009 he received the Guild of Food Writers award for new media - the second year that the award had been presented and the first time it had been given to an individual writer.[1][2] Hayward also writes for Waitrose Food Illustrated magazine, Delicious, BBC Olive magazine and Saveur in the US. He has appeared on Good Food channel's Market Kitchen and the BBC1 documentary series Ever Wondered About Food?. In 2011 Hayward received the Guild of Food Writers 'Food Broadcast of the Year Award' for his first full length radio piece,[3] the R4 Food Programme: Pop-up London presented with Sheila Dillon.
The Press Gazette Top 50 Food Journalists list 2011, places Hayward at number 4 behind Jay Rayner, A.A. Gill and Nigel Slater.[4]
Hayward is publisher and editor of Fire & Knives, a print quarterly of 'new food writing'.
Between 2000 and 2007, whilst still working in the advertising industry Hayward also wrote a popular column on the excesses of ad agencies in New Media Age.
In 2011 at the Guild of Food Writers Award ceremony held in the Fishmonger's Hall, Hayward emphatically denied that he was Marina O'Loughlin, the anonymous restaurant critic on whose behalf he accepted the award for Best Restaurant Critic.
In August 2011 Hayward and his wife re-opened the famous Cambridge bakery and restaurant Fitzbillies.[5][6]
Hayward, Tim (1 July 2009). "'The most revolting recipe ever devised". The Guardian: 14–15. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/01/elizabeth-david-food-cookbook. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
Hayward, Tim (11 February 2011). "'The Trend: Home Smoking". Financial Times: 42–43. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1638c6f2-33ec-11e0-b1ed-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1STZRlQ4E. Retrieved 18 July 2011.