Nicholas Laurence Lander is a British consultant to and writer on the restaurant industry.

Early life and education

Lander studied at Manchester Grammar School,

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Career

Lander established himself as one of Britain's foremost restaurateurs in the 1980s with L'Escargot restaurant in Soho, London. Since 1989 he has been the restaurant correspondent for the ''

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'', where his weekly columns, under the byline of 'The Restaurant Insider', have tried to look at themes and trends in the restaurant industry. Lander has written a small number of books, including ''The Art of the Restaurateur'' (, 2012), an Economist Book of the Year, and ''Dinner for a Fiver'' (, 1994). He is also a food service consultant to a selection of British arts organisations and companies. He is a fanatical supporter of

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and lists it under the 'clubs' section of his entry in ''

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''. He is married to

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. He has been a food critic on

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's '' MasterChef''.

Selected works

Books

* *Lander, Nicholas (2007). ''Crisis Cook Book : The Crisis Cook Book comprises 84 recipes from 28 top chefs.'' * *Lander, Nicholas (2016). On the Menu: The World’s Favourite Piece of Paper.

Critical studies and reviews

* Review of ''The art of the restaurateur''.

References

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