The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go where the job takes me.

- Jay Rayner

In my experience of vegan food it tends to be a symphony of beige.

- Jay Rayner

One of my mottos for living is: never eat on a boat, unless you own the boat.

- Jay Rayner

Salt is the difference between eating in Technicolor and eating in black and white.

- Jay Rayner

English wine is like Belgian rock or German disco: a waste of everyone's time and money.

- Jay Rayner

People adore bad reviews. Nobody would be interested in reading the good ones.

- Jay Rayner

Bad restaurants find unique ways to be bad. Good ones are good in the same way: good food, nice staff, a pleasant room. The human capacity for findin…

- Jay Rayner