Jimi Famurewa
{{Short description|British journalist and food critic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
Jimi Famurewa is a British journalist and food critic.
Early life
Career
As a freelance journalist, Famurewa has written on diverse subjects for publications including The Guardian, GQ, Empire, Wired, Grazia and Time Out.{{cite web|url=https://www.badformreview.com/read/ie5hjr|title=An interview with Jimi Famurewa|website=Bad Form|first=Emma|last=Lubega|date=3 April 2021 |access-date=2021-12-16}}
He started working at the Evening Standard in 2015. He became the food critic for their ES Magazine in September 2018, before being made the Chief Restaurant Critic of the paper in December 2020, with his first piece appearing in January 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/evening-standard-appoints-jimi-famurewa-as-chief-restaurant-critic-17061|website=inpublishing.co.uk|title=InPublishing: Evening Standard appoints Jimi Famurewa as Chief Restaurant Critic|date=10 December 2020|access-date=2021-12-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/I-can-t-wait-to-get-back-to-writing-negative-16258021.php|author=Soleil Ho|website=sfchronicle.com|title=Why I can't wait to get back to writing negative reviews|date=18 June 2021|access-date=2021-12-16}} His ES Magazine column won him the 2020 Restaurant Writing Award from the Guild of Food Writers. He won the award again in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/jimi-famurewa-named-restaurant-writer-084000905.html|website=uk.sports.yahoo.com|title=Jimi Famurewa named restaurant writer of the year for second year running at prestigious Guild of Food Writers awards|first=David |last=Ellis|date=28 June 2021|access-date=2021-12-16}}
He wrote the short story "Teddybird" (2017) that was shortlisted in the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/05/guardian-4th-estate-bame-short-story-prize-shortlist|title=BAME short story prize announces 'rich array of lives' in shortlist | 4thWrite short story prize|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Danuta|last=Kean|date=5 June 2017|access-date=2021-12-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/shortlist-revealed-2017-guardian-4th-estate-bame-short-story-prize-564341|title=Guardian 4th Estate BAME short story prize finalists revealed|website=The Bookseller|date=6 June 2017|first=Katherine|last=Cowdrey|access-date=2021-12-16}}
He co-hosts a podcast for Waitrose. He has appeared on TV, including on the BBC's Masterchef, Masterchef: The Professionals,{{cite web|url=https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/19726460.wiltshire-cook-takes-masterchef-by-storm/|title=Wiltshire cook takes Masterchef the Professionals by storm|website=Wiltshire Times|first=Beth|last=Gavaghan|date=18 November 2021|access-date=2021-12-16}} Step Up to the Plate and Richard Osman's House of Games.{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001s8xg/richard-osmans-house-of-games-series-7-week-7-thursday | title = Richard Osman's House of Games – Series 7 – Week 7 – Thursday | date = 2023-11-09 | website = BBC | access-date = 2023-11-10 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20231110183141/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001s8xg/richard-osmans-house-of-games-series-7-week-7-thursday | archive-date = 2023-11-10}} He also appeared in Season 20 of Top Chef.
A podcast, Where's Home Really, by Famurewa was announced in February 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-13 |title=Podimo Announces Three Multi-Show UK Partnerships with Listen, Tortoise and What's The Story Sounds |url=https://podimo.com/uk/newsroom/podimo-announces-three-multi-show-uk-partnerships |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Podimo}} The show launched on 2 March 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-23 |title=Writer and broadcaster Jimi Famurewa launches new podcast |url=https://podcastingtoday.co.uk/writer-and-broadcaster-jimi-famurewa-launches-new-podcast/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Podcasting Today}}
Personal life
Famurewa lives in south-east London with his wife and two children.{{cite web|url=https://www.marjacq.com/jimi-famurewa.html|title=Jimi Famurewa|website=Marjacq|access-date=2021-12-16}}
References
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External links
- [https://jimifamurewa.contently.com/ Website]
- [https://www.whereshomereally.com Where's Home Really]
- {{twitter|jimfam}}
- "[https://www.4thestate.co.uk/bame-prize-2017-teddybird-by-jimi-famurewa/ Teddybird]"
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Category:21st-century British male writers
Category:Black British journalists
Category:British male journalists
Category:British people of Nigerian descent
Category:British restaurant critics
Category:British television personalities