The prominent Jewish restaurant critic Jay Rayner is leaving the Observer, and will be joining the Financial Times in the same role, after 25 years covering food for the Guardian media group.
Rayner is one of the Observer’s highest-profile writers. He has been its resident restaurant critic since 1999 and is well-known for his scathing, no-holds-barred reviews of culinary establishments that fail to meet his standards.
Rayner said that the move will take place in a “couple of months’ time.”
The move comes amid reported turmoil at the Guardian Media Group (GMC) over the planned sale of the Observer, the Guardian’s sister paper, to Tortoise Media.
