Jimi Famurewa

Jimi Famurewa is a British-Nigerian author, broadcaster and freelance journalist. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Wired, GQ, Empire and Time Out London.

He is the chief restaurant critic for the Evening Standard, a regular guest judge on the BBC One series MasterChef and was also one of the judges on Channel 4’s The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver.

In 2021, he won Restaurant Writer of the Year at both the Fortnum & Mason Awards and the Guild of Food Writers Awards and as an interviewer he has profiled Black African Londoners including Idris Elba, John Boyega and Skepta. He lives in South-East London with his family. 
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Twitter - @jimfam
Instagram - @jimfamished

Represented by: Imogen Pelham

Broadcast Agent: Theia Nankivell @ KBJ

Photograph credit: Oliver Holms

Titles
Settlers (Bloomsbury, 2022)