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Jay Rayner

Michael Berkeley's guest is Jay Rayner, restaurant critic, writer, Masterchef judge and host of The Kitchen Cabinet on Radio 4 - who also performs regularly as a jazz pianist.

Jay Rayner has his dream job: he loves writing and he loves food, and for the past 25 years he’s been the restaurant critic for the Observer.

Jay is also familiar as a broadcaster, appearing as a judge on Masterchef, and hosting The Kitchen Cabinet on Radio 4. His recent book, Nights Out At Â鶹ԼÅÄ, provides recipes to enable readers to create some of his favourite restaurant dishes in their own kitchens. He started out as a news journalist, after growing up in a house in which his mother – Claire Rayner – was a prolific magazine and newspaper columnist and the author of dozens of books.

Jay has a very public musical passion: he performs as a jazz pianist, leading his own band in venues around the country. His choices include music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Madeleine Dring, along with a classic Broadway overture and jazz from Michel Petrucciani.

Presenter Michael Berkeley
Producer Clare Walker

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47 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Sep 2024 12:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Michel Petrucciani

    Cantabile

    • Trio in Tokyo (Live) [Bonus Track Version].
    • Dreyfus Jazz.
    • 6.

  • Jule Styne

    Gypsy (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gypsy Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Rosenstock.
    • Gypsy (50th Anniversary Edition / Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade)

    Performer: Lawrence Rock. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade.
    • New York Philharmonic.
    • 1.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Blue Air (Colour Suite)

    Performer: Leigh Kaplan.
    • Leigh Kaplan Plays Madeline Dring.
    • Cambria.
    • 1.

  • WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Szpilman

    Concertino

    Performer: Władysław Szpilman. Orchestra: Polish Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Rachoń.
    • The Original Recordings of the Pianist.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Tommy Wolf

    Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

    Ensemble: Bill Charlap Trio.
    • Uptown, Downtown.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 2.

  • Ariel Ramírez

    Misa Criolla (Kyrie)

    Performer: Ariel Ramírez. Ensemble: Los Fronterizos. Conductor: Jesus Gabriel Segade.
    • Misa Criolla.
    • Universal Music S.A..
    • 1.

  • Sophie Solomon

    Holy Devil

    Composer: Jonathan Quarmby. Performer: Sophie Solomon.
    • Poison Sweet Madeira.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Akil "Fresh" King

    Worth It.

    Composer: John Hill. Composer: Mike Sabath. Composer: Rachel Keen. Singer: RAYE. Conductor: Tom Richards. Ensemble: Heritage Orchestra. Choir: Flames Collective Choir.
    • My 21st Century Symphony (Live at the Royal Albert Hall).
    • Human Re Sources.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Sep 2024 12:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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