Jimi Famurewa

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Jimi Famurewa is the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic

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Jimi Famurewa is the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic

Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa reviews the UK's best restaurant: 'It is the real deal'

Bouchon Racine has been named the UK’s best at The National Restaurant Awards 2026. Every corner of Henry Harris’s rustic French spot hums with soul, character and intention, says Jimi Famurewa

10 Jun 2026
Restaurants

Covid dining has been an advert for the magic of a good restaurant

Lockdown may have inspired its successes, says Jimi Famurewa, but a considered return to normality could not be more welcome

3 Mar 2021
Restaurants

Finding the one: Jimi discovers the new wave of single-dish deliveries

Is there a future for all this single-mindedness in a reopened world?

24 Feb 2021
Professor Green
Music

Professor Green: ‘This lockdown’s hit me harder, we are all suffering’

Professor Green tells Jimi Famurewa about becoming a father and his mission to improve our mental health

11 Feb 2021
Restaurants

The Red Duck: A triumph for sidelined British-Cantonese classics

Jimi Famurewa delights in The Red Duck's nostalgic take on Chinese favourites

10 Feb 2021