Tim Hayward

Tim Hayward
Hayward in 2022
Born (1963-07-09) 9 July 1963 (age 63)
Bristol, England
EducationBournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design
OccupationsFood writer, broadcaster and restaurateur
SpouseAlison Wright

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

Career

Fitzbillies on Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Hayward in 2010

Born in Bristol, Hayward was educated at Bristol Grammar School, New College School, and Bournemouth School. 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 The Gut Instinct - A Social History (2018), Fungi: The New Frontier (2022) and Bacteria - The Tiny Giants which won Gold in the 2023 New York Festival radio awards.

He is restaurant critic 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, 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."

Publications

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "The Crumbs interview: Tim Hayward". Crumbs. 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Winners Gallery - New York Festivals". radio.newyorkfestivals.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Tim Hayward". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Famous Cambridge bakery to reopen". 2 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Covid and me: 10 days on life support". Financial Times. 22 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fig Tree to offer Food DIY | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Smillie, Susan (26 June 2009). "Awards for Word of Mouth Writers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  8. ↑ 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.