Substacks recommended by Dan O'Regan

Recommended by Dan O'Regan

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

Fiona’s voice is steady and assured. She writes about wine and food without fuss or ego — just quiet expertise and the kind of palate that makes you want to pay attention.

- Dan O'Regan

The Secret Ingredient

By Harrison

Learn to cook hit restaurant recipes at home!

Liam Collens

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

Weekly A to Z

By Courtney B

A Dubai-based (free) weekly newsletter covering travel and global culinary news.

Courtney’s take on food is broad but never bloated. She captures the tone of high-end dining without the usual reverence, and always keeps it grounded in human detail.

- Dan O'Regan

Smashed

By Andy Lynes

The UK's restaurant scene digested

Andy’s seen the inside of this industry and writes like it. Measured, informed, and quietly generous. No posturing, just the kind of insight that stays with you.

- Dan O'Regan

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.

Marshall writes with clarity and dry charm. No spin, no fluff — just honest thoughts on the lunch table and everything orbiting it. There’s restraint here, and that’s what makes it land.

- Dan O'Regan

Club Gina

By Gina Restaurant

We're a husband-and-wife chef duo braving the wild ride of launching our first restaurant in "the worst year for restaurants ever."

Ravneet lays it out plainly. She’s opening a restaurant and sharing the ride — the costs, the cracks, the graft. It’s honest, often raw, and refreshingly free of spin.

- Dan O'Regan

Bald Flavours

By Sam Wilson

Restaurant reviews. That's it. No freebies.

Sam has a good eye and a better bullshit filter. His writing is straight up: no pretence, no polish — just what it is. And sometimes that’s exactly what you need.

- Dan O'Regan

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 Bristol Sauce

By Meg Houghton-Gilmour

The home of Bristol restaurant intel.

Meg documents food and place with purpose. Her writing has a civic heart — not performative, just proud, local and clear-eyed.

- Dan O'Regan

Flavourful by Zoe Burgess

Unravelling the world of flavour, cocktail culture to sensory science and everything that flavour makes us feel.