Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster. His broadcasting work as a presenter for the BBC has brought him two Sony radio award nominations and a Sony gold, as anchor of Papertalk, a programme about the British newspaper business. He has also been nominated in the Commission for Racial Equality's Race in the Media Awards, for his reporting of race crime in Britain, and for the Mental Health Media awards, for his work on mental health issues.

In June 2008, he wrote and presented a documentary for Dispatches: The Truth About Food Prices (Channel 4), which was watched by 2.2 million people, and Dispatches: The True Cost of Cheap Food, which rated even higher. Read his accompanying piece, 'The future of food is not on the farm' (The Observer) here.

2009 saw Jay contribute regularly to several BBC shows including Celebrity Masterchef, Masterchef the Professionals and The One Show. He became a judge on the American network Bravo with Top Chef Masters and will be recorded the second series in the Autumn for 2010.