Substacks recommended by Andy Lynes

Recommended by Andy Lynes

Deliciousitaly's Newsletter

By From Deliciousitaly on Substack

Connecting you personally to the food, culture & history of the Italy we enjoy.

The Freelance Writing Network

By George ~ FWN

Providing the opportunities and insight needed to help writers get paid and grow their careers.

Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

By Fiona Beckett

News, views and tips from a lifetime's cooking, tasting and travelling from former Guardian wine columnist Fiona Beckett

The Bristol Sauce

By Meg Houghton-Gilmour

The home of Bristol restaurant intel.

The Recovering Line Cook by Wil Reidie

My weekly diary "How to Fail at Being Finnish" is loved by literally tens of people. Paid subs get recipes and essays as well.

Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe

By Irina Georgescu

Free e-newsletter with culinary traditions, news and recipes from Romania.

KB's Joyous Things

By Karen Barnes

If you like the idea of a carefully chosen, tested mix of food, restaurant and travel-related gems, with interviews, thoughts and recipes woven in, I'm hoping you'll love my newsletter. Please do join me on the journey...

Freelance Writing Jobs

By Sian Meades-Williams

Helping writers earn millions of pounds in commissions since 2018. Calls for pitches, creative submissions, freelance and part-time writing jobs. All UK-based. Compiled by Sian Meades-Williams.

Eats Dulwich And Other Tasty Bites

By Bruce Dessau

Your essential guide to eating out in East Dulwich and nearby. Plus occasional forays further than SE22, cooking tips and restaurant news.

The Lo Times

By Ryan Sutton

Your cheat sheet to NYC's best restaurants. Subscribe for reviews, best of lists, breaking news, and personal recommendations from professional food critic Ryan Sutton.

Mark Hix

Chef, forager, and food writer — three decades shaping British food.

Leytonstoner

By Stephen Emms

East London food & drink stories - with a side portion of culture: Leyton, Leytonstone, Stratford, Forest Gate & Walthamstow. Since 2015

Shore to Shore

By Emily Scott

My cooking is shaped by where life takes me: Cornwall, where the sea calls you home; Bordeaux, where produce sings with the season; and the Cayman Islands, where sunshine brings brightness to every dish.

The Cook's Edit

By Kate Roxburgh

A focus on the affordable and the inspirational to live life to the full. Restaurant reviews and travel from the weekend papers. London life, the allotment, cookbook reviews, what I’ve been cooking and where to shop and go on holiday

I've just discovered this newsletter doing a great job of digesting all the weekly food and travel content from the national press, very useful.

- Andy Lynes

MAD Digest

A monthly newsletter from MAD about the issues and opportunities facing the hospitality industry

Vanilla Black

Used to be a Michelin recommended vegetarian restaurant in York, then London. A weekly story - How to open a 'ground breaking' vegetarian restaurant using money you swindled from the bank. There's lots of stories, plus vegetarian and vegan recipes.

Notes on a Napkin

By Dan O'Regan

Notes on a Napkin is a candid, irreverent dive into the realities of restaurant life, mixing industry truths with cultural commentary and a restaurateur’s POV of the beautiful chaos behind the scenes.

If you like eating out, you'll love reading Dan O'Regan's honest and impassioned behind-the-scenes revelations about what it really takes to run a restaurant.

- Andy Lynes

Conquest of the Useless

By Mic Wright

Honest media criticism from a complete arsehole.

AC & The Kitchen Bookshelf Cookbook Club

By Angela Clutton

Food writing from issues and stories to features and recipes; plus The Kitchen Bookshelf cookbook club

Feed Me

By Emily Sundberg

A daily newsletter about the spirit of enterprise.

Vittles

Vittles is an online magazine based in the UK and India, publishing new food and culture writing.

FooDiva - The Restaurant Whisperer

An impartial, insider guide on restaurants in Dubai and my culinary travels. Exclusive dining experiences. Moderator, speaker and advisor on homegrown restaurants. By Samantha Wood, a British-Cypriot restaurant critic and Dubai resident for 26+ years.

Lick my Plate

By Lesley Chesterman's Newsletter

Recipes, restaurant reviews, and all sorts of delicious food & wine recommendations.

Professional Lunch

By Marshall Manson

Supporting quality time together with colleagues and friends over lunch (or whatever) with reviews and recommendations of restaurants in London and beyond plus updates on lunch-related topics.

The Gut Makeover

By Jeannette Hyde

The very-latest wellbeing news, views and tips from a science-based, food-loving nutritionist

Jeremiah Tower's Out of the Oven

A weekly selection of my personal archives, written, photos, videos, menus, and other visual materials, on eating, cooking, and travel from the simplest to the grandest, everyone from local fishermen to the world’s most famous names. Hope you like it!

A Lot On Her Plate

By Rosie Birkett

Easy, joyful seasonal recipes and stories from an award-winning British food writer living by the sea. Plus, curated inspiration on travel, dining, homes & interiors, coastal life and everything that brings the magic.

the smitten kitchen digest

By deb perelman

notes, updates, and seasonal cooking from the smitten kitchen

Drinking Culture

By Henry Jeffreys

A newsletter about alcohol, culture and history.

Off The Fence

By The Fence Magazine

A weekly newsletter comprising features, deep-dives, tips, investigations and gossip from the The Fence Magazine.

Postcards From The Wreckage

By Douglas Blyde

Our hopes and hangovers.

Mark Diacono's Abundance

Food and everything connected, by James Beard shortlisted and multi award-winning author and photographer Mark Diacono, of Otter Farm, once of River Cottage.

IN SERVICE

By Gemma Bell & Company

News, insight and musings from our world of hospitality.

Cheryl Queen of Markets

By Cheryl Queen of Markets

Share my journeys to food markets, meet food writers, farmers and producers, learn about food quirks, food what ifs, my food stories, recipes, and seasonal musings.

In Digestion

By James Hansen

A weekly survey of the best food media on the web, and why you should care about it

The Secret Ingredient

By Harrison

Learn to cook hit restaurant recipes at home!

I love this newsletter that shows you how to cook top NYC and LA restaurant recipes at home.

- Andy Lynes

Liam Collens

Liam is a restaurant critic and food and travel writer based in Dubai. He owns EatGoSee and contributes to other publications.

Adam’s Substack

By Adam Byatt

My personal Substack

The View from My Table

By Andy Neather

Thoughts on food and wine trends from the former wine critic of the London Evening Standard

The Guild of Food Writers

Promoting the work of Guild members who write Substacks and creating a space for Guild members to connect and share work, questions, tips and advice about food writing here on Substack.

Norman Van Aken

Chef Norman Van Aken is a James Beard ‘Who’s Who’ honoree. His restaurant has been nominated as a finalist for “Best Restaurant in America.” He is the author of six cookbooks and one memoir, "No Experience Necessary".

Adam’s Substack

By Adam Hyman

My personal Substack

Ideas with Legs

By Stephen Rötzsch Thomas

Food isn't cheap, but one ingredient usually is: chicken legs. Ideas with Legs offers up new ideas from around the world for chicken legs, and other unloved cuts of meat.

Amused Bouche by Fliss Freeborn

A now-and-again newsletter with recipes, stories and real-life shenanigans from a very daft food writer.

Ian’s Substack

By Ian McAndrew

Awarded a coveted Michelin Star for many years Ian also wrote three best-selling cookery books and has achieved many other accolades. Ian now writes reviews, recipes and is also in the process of writing his autobiography see: www.chefyeschef.co.uk