Tim Hayward

Timothy Matthew Hayward (born 9 July 1963 in Bristol) is a British food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur.

Career

Fitzbillies on Trumpington Street, Cambridge

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 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.

Personal life

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

  1. ↑ "The Crumbs interview: Tim Hayward". Crumbs. 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tim Hayward". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Famous Cambridge bakery to reopen". 2 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Covid and me: 10 days on life support". Financial Times. 22 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Fig Tree to offer Food DIY | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Smillie, Susan (26 June 2009). "Awards for Word of Mouth Writers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  7. ↑ 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.
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