Jay Rayner Nights Out at Home// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival

For twenty-five years, award-winning restaurant critic Jay Rayner has been uncovering the very best of the nation’s eateries, from high end restaurants to high street grills. In his new book, Nights Out at Home, in a love letter to his favourite eating houses, Jay serves up recipes inspired by the superb dishes that have stolen his heart over the decades. He talks to Julia Leonard about the book, and foods from around the world that have inspired him.

This is a live recording from Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show at Olympia, London on 2 February 2025.

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Culinary Adventures // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival

If your travel motivation is to discover new flavours, this culinary panel will take your tastebuds on an adventure. Caroline Eden & Eleanor Ford (Samarkand), John Wright, author of the River Cottage Foraging Guides (A Natural History of the Hedgerow) and Elisabeth Luard (Squirrel Pie And Other Stories) discuss how exploring different countries’ food can help you gain a deeper insight into their cultures, and have a good time doing it. Continue reading Culinary Adventures // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival

Tim Anderson and Shelina Permalloo with Julia Wheeler

We all know that one of the best reasons to travel is to tantalise your taste-buds with foreign flavours. Tim Anderson (restauranteur and winner of Masterchef 2011) and Shelina Permalloo (Cookery author and winner of Masterchef 2012) took us on a culinary tour bound to banish any remaining New Year’s Resolutions. Continue reading Tim Anderson and Shelina Permalloo with Julia Wheeler