Tim Hayward
Timothy Matthew Hayward (born 9 July 1963 in Bristol) is a British food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur.
Career
Born in Bristol, Hayward was educated at Bristol Grammar School, New College School, and Bournemouth School.[1] He later attended the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. He is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church though he does not use his title of Rev. Dr.
He has published several books including Food DIY (2012) and Knife: The Cult, Craft and Culture of the Cook's Knife (2016) which has now been translated into 8 languages. He is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet and has also written and presented several radio documentaries, including the 5-part Gut Instinct (2018) and Fungi: The New Frontier (2022). He is restaurant critic[2] of the FT Magazine, the Financial Times Weekend supplement.
Hayward lives in Cambridge where, with his wife Alison Wright, he is proprietor of Fitzbillies,[3] a hundred-year-old bakery, café and local institution.
In November 2020, he was admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital with COVID-19, subsequently requiring treatment using a ventilator and suffering a pulmonary embolism. He was discharged after a month, having spent 14 days in a coma, and later described himself as "lucky to have lived."[4]
Publications
- 2011–2014 Fire & Knives – Food Quarterly. (Editor)
- 2013 Food DIY: How to Make Your Own Everything[5]
- 2015 The DIY Cook
- 2016 Knife: The Cult, Craft and Culture of the Cook's Knife
- 2017 The Modern Kitchen: Objects That Changed the Way We Cook, Eat and Live
- 2019 Fitzbillies: Stories and Recipes from a 100-year-old Cambridge Bakery (with Alison Wright)
- 2021 Loaf Story: A Love-Letter to Bread, with Recipes
- 2022 Charcuterie From Scratch
Awards
- 2009 Guild of Food Writers 'New Media Award'.[6][7]
- 2011 Guild of Food Writers 'Food Broadcast of the Year Award'
- 2012 Guild of Food Writers 'Best Food Magazine’ for Fire & Knives.
- 2012 Guild of Food Writers 'Food Journalist of the Year'
- 2014 Fortnum & Mason Award for 'Best Food Journalism'
- 2014 Guild of Food Writers 'Food Journalist of the Year'
- 2015 Guild of Food Writers ‘Food Journalist of the Year’
- 2018 Guild of Food Writers ‘Restaurant Writer of the Year’
- 2022 Fortnum & Mason Award for 'Best Food Writer'
References
- ^ "The Crumbs interview: Tim Hayward". Crumbs. 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Tim Hayward". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Famous Cambridge bakery to reopen". 2 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Covid and me: 10 days on life support". Financial Times. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Fig Tree to offer Food DIY | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Smillie, Susan (26 June 2009). "Awards for Word of Mouth Writers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ Woods, Jonathan (3 July 2009). "The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2009". Guild of Food Writers. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.