
Nights Out in the Kitchen
More recipes and stories from a restaurant critic's life
$46.80
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
Following his bestselling Nights Out at Home, Jay Rayner returns to the kitchen to offer more inspiration to roll up your sleeves and reach for your favourite knife.
Nights Out in the Kitchen features an irresistible combination of recipes sparked by the dishes that Jay has fallen for during more than a quarter of a century as a restaurant critic, alongside 20 of his very own recipes; family favourites refined in his kitchen at home. From meatballs with braised spagh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241794517 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024179451X |
| Author: | Jay Rayner |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Fig Tree |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Jay Rayner
Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, musician, journalist, and broadcaster. He is best known as a restaurant critic, a role he held for The Observer from 1999 until 2025, and now continues for the Financial Times.
He is a former Young Journalist of the Year and Restaurant Critic of the Year. In 2023 and again in 2025, he was named Critic of the Year at the UK Press Awards. He was also shortlisted for Cookery Writer of the Year at the 2026 Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards.
Jay has published four novels and nine works of non-fiction. His most recent book, Nights Out At Home, is his first cookbook, marking his 25 years as a restaurant critic, and was a Sunday Times bestseller. Nights Out in the Kitchen is his second cookbook.
He chairs BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet and is a regular judge on MasterChef. Jay also performs live regularly, both in his one-man shows and as the pianist in his jazz sextet.
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