@Jimfam

Writer, broadcaster & restaurant critic. Ex Evening Standard. Represented by @kbjmanagement + @immmy. Listen to my podcast: https://xitter.cf/t.co/IrFWaoXowS

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Joined January 2009
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Right then. SETTLERS is on the shortlist for @foyles non-fiction book of the year and I am very, very happy about 🥳💛🖤💛
Foyles Bookshop@Foyles15 Nov 2022
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Our Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 shortlist, featuring @TJDHalliday @AllenLaneBooks #HaJoonChang #KatherineRundell @talyabaldwin @FaberBooks @rebeccamjohnson @PushkinPress @seanehewitt @vintagebooks @Jimfam @BloomsburyBooks
Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 shortlist

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@duolingo Hello! My son Dylan8764 lost his 95 day streak (we’re on holiday so he couldn’t get a phone charger to work) and he’s bereft. Is there any way to get it repaired/reinstated? He’s a super committed Duolingo user so anything you can do would be amazing! Thanks
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Hello again. Is there anything at all you can do? Please let me know
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I don't know why @Jimfam's Kitchen in Norfolk article isn't online, but here it is. "#Northnorfolk captured our hearts by stealth." "...the phrase that best crystallises my associative excitement is this: #samphire season."
Photo of the article printed in the Guardian's Feast section 16/8/2025 featuring a picture of a basket of samphire.

ALT Photo of the article printed in the Guardian's Feast section 16/8/2025 featuring a picture of a basket of samphire.

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Simon Parkin@SimonParkin16 Jul 2025
A joy to speak to author, food critic, and broadcaster @Jimfam for @myperfectcnsle - Jimi speaks about playing Metal Gear Solid with his cousins, why Pro Eve was always the superior game to FIFA, and his new and brilliant food memoir, Picky.
My Perfect Console Podcast@myperfectcnsle15 Jul 2025
This week's episode of My Perfect Console features the brilliant British-Nigerian author, broadcaster and food critic @Jimfam. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4lqMradAre 📷
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Join us on Tuesday as we find out the five video games @JimFam would immortalise on his perfect console. Jimi is one of the most recognisable voices in British food writing, who’s also appeared as a judge on MasterChef and The Great Cookbook Challenge. Subscribe today: bit.ly/43RMgx9
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Newsworks@newsworks_uk2 Jul 2025
Day two at the #NewsworksSpeakeasy is a wrap. However, there are plenty of highlights left to digest from our 'Wings & Wine' session this lunchtime with @robbuckhaven, @Jimfam, Crystelle Pereira and @HomamAyaso. See you tomorrow... tinyurl.com/y82fnm4r
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We're feeling nostalgic today with: 🍮@Jimfam's classic school sponge 🕵️Ways to spot a phishing scam @louiseminchin 🩺Jess Wright on psoriasis 🖼️How to create a gallery wall @WaynePerrey Watch here: bbc.in/3YbjzIw
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Are we looking at the death of the 10pm dinner? GFG columnist @Jimfam weighs in on 'The Great Late-Night Dining Debate': eu1.hubs.ly/H0jFdPH0
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Daniel Gray@d_gray_writer28 Mar 2025
Chuffed to have featured in this lovely bit of radio about football and food from @BBCFoodProg with @Jimfam. Possibly the first time a Steak and Buckfast Pie has been mentioned on Radio 4: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00297…

The Food Programme - When Saturday Comes - BBC Sounds

Farewell burnt burgers and hello souvlaki and samosas. How food at football is changing.

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Burnt burgers begone! This week @Jimfam investigates the improving state of food at football matches. He's at @AFCWimbledon to sample samosas & souvlaki. There's a nod to liquor @leytonorientfc and a trip to the all-vegan Forest Green. Big thanks to @d_gray_writer & @jacknpeat
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🚨 FIRST LOOK! 🚨 These chefs have impressed so far, and now it's time to face the critics! 🥴 Find out who makes it to #MasterChefTheProfessionals Knockout Week tonight at 8pm on BBC One & #iPlayer #MasterChefUK @marcuswareing #MonicaGaletti @gracedent @Jimfam @tomparkerbowles
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Does anyone find themselves suddenly in need of a book about the ascent of British-Nigerians? And Black African diaspora history in the U.K. in general? Will just leave this here: bloomsbury.com/uk/settlers-9…
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Inevitably but, also, excitingly, I have a Substack. It is called Seconds and the first post is about Canteen, Cafe François, Hill & Szrok, Bistro Freddie and other things. Come hang: jimifamurewa.substack.com/
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This week’s review is of Lolo and it’s my last one for the Evening Standard (to clarify, pretty sure there will still be reviews but I won’t be writing them). Odd few weeks but excited about what’s next. Thanks for the lovely messages. Much more soon 🧡 standard.co.uk/going-out/res…

Jimi Famurewa reviews Lolo: Get lost in this soft-lit daydream

In his final review for the Standard, Jimi Famurewa finds José Pizarro’s latest to be imperfect, ambitious and wildly alluring

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An ambassadorial banquet without a Ferrero Rocher tower in sight. Here’s me on the seriously impressive new JKS joint: standard.co.uk/going-out/res…

Ambassadors Clubhouse: An utterly irresistible argument for indulgence

JKS has written a love letter to the princely flavours and riotous drinking traditions of the undivided Punjab, says Jimi Famurewa

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Nina is a brilliant producer and journalist. Would absolutely hurry and snap her up for food-related audio projects and more 🏃🏾‍♂️💨
Nina Pullman@nina_pullman5 Sep 2024
After a wonderful year at @bbcfoodprog, I'm now officially a food journalist and audio producer for hire 🙏🏼 It's been a total dream to work in this amazing team @SheilaDillon @leylakazim @jaegawise @DanSaladinoUK @Nat_Donovan @SlamGrist @DimitriHoutart
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Fun event at this tomorrow night with @jennylandreth and @blackstrokefilm director Olivia Smart. Free to get in. Chance to see the exhibition. Book signing and pop up shop from Rye Books. Come! 🛝🌊 staffordshirest.com/pipe-dre…

Staffordshire St | Pipe Dreams

Staffordshire St invite you to return to the water park with Pipe Dreams, a collaborative project conjured by Jimi and Madeleine Famurewa. Prepare to be transported to the half-remembered fantasia of...

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Ibai. Big bucks. Big yes. standard.co.uk/going-out/res…

Jimi Famurewa reviews Ibai: Steakhouse shows the finger to culinary restraint

The lasting sense here is of a thoroughly impressive paradox: this is a bustling, Basque asador in a shiny, sprawled air hangar of a space

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lucia's review: In a world of viral brags, offline taco joint is a joy ✍️ @jimfam standard.co.uk/going-out/res…

Lucia's review: In a world of viral brags, this offline taco joint is a joy

Jimi Famurewa offers an alternative Mexican restaurant ‘that basically no one is yet talking about’

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"It is vitally important to connect these two West African food stories," writes restaurant critic @JimFam Read more: standard.co.uk/comment/actio…
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Here’s me at the gently depressing Akira Back: standard.co.uk/going-out/res…

Akira Back review: So forgettable that the chef’s already skipped town

There were no headline moments of disaster, says Jimi Famurewa, but its not a restaurant you could recommend to anyone you liked

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