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#Nottingham - I'm at the Playhouse tomorrow evening with my Nights Out at Home tour. Join me as Rob Brydon asks if I'm just an insufferable snob, and Stanley Tucci asks me what the hell I know about anything. Tickets at the link nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/book-online/54…

It's the last show of my Nights Out At Home mini-tour tonight, at Richmond Theatre. A big crowd but a few tickets left. Join me as Stanley Tucci and Rob Brydon chastise me and Miriam Margolyes fights to get a word in edgeways. atgtickets.com/shows/jay-rayn…

For this week’s FT Weekend.com restaurant review I’m at the lovely Bavette, Leeds, considering the curious notion of a nationally recognised local restaurant. on.ft.com/3Z98Fop

Just setting off to for the huge fun of playing Pub In the Park with the sextet. Here's a shot of our first time, when we were still a quartet, back in 2019. Meanwhile our monthly London dates with Pizza Express for June, July and august are now on sale. jayrayner.co.uk/shows

The fine people at bbc sounds have recognised the glories of my podcast Out To Lunch, in which I take big names to a restaurant and grill them to a turn, are making dozens of episodes available in sounds in the UK AD FREE. Find a link in my Linktree or via the bbc sounds app.

The fine people at bbc sounds have recognised the glories of my podcast Out To Lunch, in which I take big names to a restaurant and grill them to a turn, are making dozens of episodes available in sounds in the UK AD FREE. Find a link in my Linktree or via the bbc sounds app.

For my FT Weekend.com restaurant review I’m inside the landmark that is the Stockport Pyramid, which has become the Royal Nawaab, an astonishing Indian buffet which is laughing in the face of the challenges facing Hospitalty. on.ft.com/4mPJ4Ld

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The great Zoe Laughlin plays with her shepherd's pie for this morning's tkc

For this weeks FT Weekend restaurant review I’m in Liverpool at Manifest, a smart restaurant attempting to tell stories through food. Great cooking, and a playlist of Blondie and OMD. on.ft.com/4kZ8jZM

A few pics from today’s FT Weekend review: the crisps cooked to order, the oysters with pine emulsion, the lamb skewer and the meadowsweet mousse. on.ft.com/4kZ8jZM

Our JR Sextet June London date, on Tuesday week, is down to the last dozen or so. Meanwhile we're playing at the Marlborough festival next Saturday night. All on the shows page.

Very sad news from Manchester. Medlock Canteen was one of the best openings in the city in years. Proof if it were needed of how brutal it is out there for hospitality for now.

For today’s FT Weekend I am at Berut Bistro which, as the name suggests is a delightful small Lebanese restaurant in London’s Marylebone serving many great dishes including the Beirut Cloud, my dessert of the year so far, and quite possibly beyond. on.ft.com/44aeHqd

For this week’s FT Weekend restaurant review, I’m talking tip integrity, bia doughs and (almost) the best pizza I’ve ever tried with the rise of Breadstall, on SoHo’s Berwick Street. on.ft.com/40v5xUe

Some new restaurant openings are like Big West End shows. All the critics descend and today I’m on duty for FT Weekend at Town by Stevie Parle. It’s a total show stopper, full of dipping gravy, risotto with bone marrow and courgette fritti. on.ft.com/44h6L8a

Have some pics from today’s review: the bread with dipping gravy, the risotto, the ham and the sage leaves.

Next Thurs the JR Sextet are @pizzaexpresslive Holborn: a few tickets left. We’ve just added songs by Alison Moyet and Fairground Attraction to our dive into the 80s chart hits with jazz in their bones. Hot jazz + cool air conditioning. jayrayner.co.uk/shows

For this week’s FT Weekend I’m at Shwen Shwen, Maria Bradford’s new restaurant celebrating the earth and fire flavours of Sierra Leone: chicken with palm butter, shrimp with lemongrass gel, moringa cream millefeuille and many other lovely things. on.ft.com/466ltQE