Tim Hayward

Tim Hayward (born 1963) is a British food writer and broadcaster.

Born in Bristol, Hayward is a writer, columnist and broadcaster. 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). He is currently one of the two restaurant critics of the FT Magazine, the Financial Times Weekend supplement.

Hayward lives in Cambridge where he is proprietor of Fitzbillies, a hundred year old bakery, café and local institution.

• 2011-2014 Fire & Knives - Food Quarterly. (Editor)
• 2013 Food DIY: How to Make Your Own Everything
• 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##

• 2009 Guild of Food Writers 'New Media Award'.
• 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’