Tim Hayward is an award-winning food journalist and broadcaster, and the author of Food DIY (2013), Knife (2016), The Modern Kitchen (2017) and Loaf Story (2020). He is a regular panelist on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet, and has written and presented several documentary series on Radio 4 on subjects ranging from modern craftspeople to bacteria. His three-part documentary on fungi won gold at the 2023 New York Festivals Radio Awards, in the Environment & Ecology category. Tim is food writer and restaurant reviewer for the Financial Times, and winner of awards including the Fortnum and Mason “Best Restaurant Writer” (2024) and Guild of Food Writers “Food Writer of the Year” (2024). He is co-owner of Fitzbillies Bakery in Cambridge.