Giles Coren

Giles Coren is a renowned columnist and award-winning restaurant critic for The Times. He is also a bestselling author and popular TV presenter who has presented multiple shows for the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4. Moreover, he is a highly regarded journalist who has written countless articles for a range of prestigious publications on a variety of topics, including food, fashion, and politics. A distinguished expert in hospitality, when booked as a speaker, Giles eloquently shares his multifaceted insights to enlighten and educate his audience.

Educated at the prestigious Keble College, Oxford University, Giles graduated with a first-class degree in English. His outstanding writing ability saw him work as a journalist for Tatler magazine and the Independent on Sunday before joining The Times as a restaurant critic. Alongside his longstanding role with The Times, Giles regularly makes contributions to other publications, such as Tatler and GQ, and in 2014 became a columnist for Time Out magazine. Furthermore, he has presented several shows on the BBC, including Our Food and co-presented The Supersizers series with Sue Perkins, Passover with Alexander Armstrong, and the BAFTA-nominated show Back in Time for Dinner with Polly Russel.

Giles has also made regular appearances on Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word and co-presented Animal Farm on Channel 4. Outside of the UK, he presented Million Dollar Critic for BBC America and co-hosted Pressure Cooker with Anne-Marie Withenshaw and Chuck Hughes. From 2017 to 2022, Giles co-presented the popular show Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby with Monica Galetti. He is also known for his weekly Talkradio programme, where he delved into a variety of different topics.

The accomplished writer is credited with co-authoring James Dyson’s autobiography and has won the Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award for his novel Winkler. Moreover, Giles was the Winner of the British Press Awards food and drink writer of the year and was named restaurant writer of the year at the Fortnum and Mason awards for 2016. In addition to being the bestselling author of How to Eat Out, Giles is also the editor of Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery. Known for his sharp wit and tongue-in-cheek approach, Giles is one of the leading restaurant critics in the UK and has a profound understanding of the hospitality industry, which he delves into when booked as a speaker.