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

Career

Born in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

, Hayward was educated at

Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorn ...

New College School New College School (officially St Mary's College School) is an independent preparatory school for boys aged 4 to 13 in Oxford. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham to provide for the education of 16 choristers for the chapel of New C ...

, and

Bournemouth School Bournemouth School is a boys' grammar school and co-educational sixth form in Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, for children aged 11 to 18. History The school was founded by Dr. E. Fenwick and opened on 22 January 1901, admitting 54 ...

. He later attended the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. He is an ordained minister of the

Universal Life Church The Universal Life Church (ULC) is a non-denominational religious organization founded in 1962 by Kirby J. Hensley,James R. Lewis, The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions' (2001), p. 769-70.U.S. Department of the Army, ''Religious Re ...

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 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

’s '' The Kitchen Cabinet'' and has also written and presented several radio documentaries, including the 5-part
Gut Instinct
' (2018) an
Fungi: The New Frontier
(2022). He is restaurant critic of the ''

FT Magazine ''FT Magazine'' is a supplement to the weekend edition of the ''Financial Times'' newspaper. History and profile ''FT Magazine'' was founded in 2003. John Lloyd was the first editor of the magazine. It is published on Saturdays and covers world ...

'', the ''Financial Times'' Weekend supplement. Hayward lives in

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

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 Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned large teaching hospital and research centre in Cambridge, England, with strong affiliations to the University of Cambridge. Addenbrooke's Hospital is based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campu ...

with

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, subsequently requiring treatment using a ventilator and suffering a

pulmonary embolism Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an pulmonary artery, artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms of a PE may include dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest pain p ...

. He was discharged after a month, having spent 14 days in a coma, and later described himself as "lucky to have lived."

Publications

* 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'' * 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'. * 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

External links

Guardian Word of Mouth: list of articles

Financial Times writer's page

Personal website

Root + Bone Podcast. Tim Hayward Makes an Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayward, Tim 1963 births Living people English male journalists People educated at Bournemouth School People educated at New College School People educated at Bristol Grammar School Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth