Joanna Blythman

Twitter header — What started out as a post lampooning Huffington Post’s American centric view of the world, has now become an annual event on ChefHermes.com, the Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter. With the exponential growth of Twitter over the past 3-4years, it now seems to touch the vast […]

Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter 2015

8 May, 2015 in Culinary life observations tagged Fay Maschler / Giles Coren / Grace Dent / Jay Rayner / Joanna Blythman / Restaurant critic / Twitter by chefhermes

opinion — Dear Sirs, Long before I started writing this site I religiously bought & read your columns about food, be it recipes, restaurant reviews or general food articles. The Observer Food Monthly (OFM) supplement was a particular joy, filled with exquisite images and insightful text, but alas, I won’t be buying […]

An open letter to the editors of The Observer, Guardian ...

7 Jan, 2015 in Rant tagged Bruce Palling / Jay Rayner / Joanna Blythman / Marina O'Loughlin / Michelin / OFM / Oliver Thring / The Guardian / Tony Naylor / Twitter by chefhermes

Twitter header — So as this has become an annual event, with at least one writer mentioning in his Twitter bio that he features on this list, albeit tongue in cheek, this is the: Sadly this year saw the death of Micheal Winner. Loved by many for his old fashioned values & writing […]

Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter 2013

18 Jun, 2013 in Humour tagged Giles Coren / Jay Rayner / Joanna Blythman / Marina O'Loughlin / Richard Vines / Twitter by chefhermes

Aber2012 - Header — For those of you that are regular readers & followers on the social networks, will know I was at the Abergavenny food festival last weekend. Despite posting a list at the start of every month of the up & coming food festivals, due to work commitments this year Abergavenny is […]

Out & About ~ Abergavenny Food Festival

19 Sep, 2012 in Culinary life observations tagged bloggers / Celebrities / Fat Duck / Food festivals / Joanna Blythman / Koffmann / Matthew Fort / Seasonal produce / Xanthe Clay by chefhermes

opinion — So it’s that time of year again & the Worlds 50 Best Restaurant list has been release. After starting the day watching tweets of the many being over hyped because they were having breakfast with Ferran Adria amongst others. The former 3Michelin starred chef & record winner of the […]

Worlds 50 Best, The culinary version of Eurovision.

1 May, 2012 in Culinary life observations tagged 50 Best restaurants / el Bulli / Ferran Adria / foodporn / Heston Blumenthal / Joanna Blythman / Michelin / Noma by chefhermes