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Jimi Famurewa
@Jimfam
Writer, broadcaster & restaurant critic. Ex Evening Standard. Represented by @kbjmanagement + @immmy. Listen to my podcast: link.chtbl.com/WheresHome?si
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Nov 15, 2022
    Right then. SETTLERS is on the shortlist for @Foyles non-fiction book of the year and I am very, very happy about 🥳💛🖤💛
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    Foyles Bookshop
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    Nov 15, 2022
    Replying to @Foyles
    Our Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 shortlist, featuring @TJDHalliday @AllenLaneBooks #HaJoonChang #KatherineRundell @talyabaldwin @FaberBooks @rebeccamjohnson @PushkinPress @seanehewitt @vintagebooks @Jimfam @BloomsburyBooks
    Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 shortlist
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Dec 9, 2020
    So the news is out then. I have the daunting, thrilling task of taking over from @Fay_Maschler as the @EveningStandard’s Chief Restaurant Critic. It’s an unimaginably huge honour and I honestly can’t wait to get going:
    Fay’s next course after 48 years as Standard’s chief restaurant critic
    From standard.co.uk
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Sep 2, 2020
    Here we go, then. It was an honour to get to do this and the things we discussed in July seem just as urgent in September.
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    British GQ
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    Sep 2, 2020
    .@JohnBoyega is our October cover star. Interview by @Jimfam. Read the full story here 👇 trib.al/LXaTJZL
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Jun 10, 2024
    Met Uncle @IanWright0 for the @BritishGQ cover story. A big moment; a tremendous honour:
    Ian Wright's big second half
    From gq-magazine.co.uk
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Jun 16, 2020
    So I won the @GuildFoodWriter Restaurant Writing Award. Absolutely wild. Enormous thanks to them and well done to all the other winners and nominees.
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Oct 8, 2021
    I went to the ridiculous steakhouse:
    Jimi Famurewa on Salt Bae’s steakhouse: Not just tacky — it’s boring
    From standard.co.uk
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Aug 30, 2018
    Some ridiculous, exciting & ridiculously exciting news: I’m @ESMagOfficial’s new restaurant critic. Here’s me, being unveiled, talking about jollof, Mountain Dew & Pizza Express: standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esma…
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Sep 7, 2023
    A lovely thing happened:
    Jimi Famurewa named restaurant writer of the year at top awards
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Jun 6, 2020
    I wrote about my mum giving me Nigerian cooking lessons over Zoom. It’s in today’s Guardian Weekend. And all I’ll say is that, after a strange, challenging week for me and those like me, it was especially nice to see it:
    I miss my mum's Nigerian cooking. Can she teach me over Zoom?
    From theguardian.com
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Oct 25, 2021
    This particular cat is finally out of the bag. I’m writing a non-fiction book. It’s called ‘Settlers: Journeys through the food, faith and culture of African London’, and it’s about the past, present and future of the world that made me and so many others: thebookseller.com/news/bloomsbur…
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Sep 9, 2021
    Absolutely wild. So chuffed and grateful
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    Fortnum & Mason
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    Sep 9, 2021
    Congratulations to @Jimfam, @ESMagOfficial writer and #FANDMAWARDS Restaurant Writer of The Year 2021! 🥳 > bit.ly/2LMVbfe @EveningStandard
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Dec 5, 2020
    Another thing: the Small Axe film based on Alex Wheatle’s incredible life story is on tomorrow night, and I got to speak to him for The Guardian Review. A total honour:
    Alex Wheatle: ‘I have nightmarish moments where my past comes back and hits me’
    From theguardian.com
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Oct 27, 2018
    I spoke to BAME pub landlords about their experience and their customers and the importance of the cultural hubs they have created. Very chuffed @guardianweekend went for the idea:
    ‘We’re not just a black pub. Everyone is welcome’: meet Britain’s BAME landlords
    From theguardian.com
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    Jimi Famurewa
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    Sep 27, 2016
    Donald. Mate. This one from Hillary is particularly beautiful: #debatenight (via @Channel4News)
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