Fay Maschler

Fay Maschler
MBE
Born
Fay Goldie Coventry

(1945-07-15) 15 July 1945 (age 79)
British India
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(m. 1970; div. 1987)​
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(m. 1992; died 2018)​

Fay Goldie Maschler MBE (née Coventry; 15 July 1945) is a British journalist who was the restaurant critic of London's Evening Standard newspaper for nearly 50 years. She won a contest for the position in 1972,[1] when her tenure was supposed to last for three months.[1] In December 2020, the Evening Standard announced that Maschler would leave the role of its chief restaurant critic after 48 years, to be succeeded by Jimi Famurewa, but would continue as a contributor.[2] She was subsequently appointed restaurant critic of Tatler magazine.[3]

Maschler was born in British India and moved to Surrey, England in 1947.[4] When she was 12, her family moved to Old Greenwich, Connecticut, where she learned to cook.[5][6] She was married to the publisher Tom Maschler from 1970 to 1987.[7][8] She was latterly married to Reg Gadney, the thriller writer and painter; he died in early May 2018.[9] She and Tom Maschler had three children, Ben, Hannah and Alice; they were divorced in 1987 and he died in 2020.

In 2004, Maschler was awarded an MBE for services to journalism.[2] Two photographic portraits of Maschler are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[10]

  1. ^ a b Richard Godwin (17 July 2015), "Queen of the restaurant scene: Fay Maschler turns 70", Evening Standard
  2. ^ a b Ellis, David (9 December 2020). "Fay Maschler's next course after 48 years as the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ Sampson, Annabel (9 December 2020). "Fay Maschler is appointed restaurant critic of Tatler". Tatler. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. ^ "How We Met". The Independent. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Bring it on, boys". The Guardian. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ Maschler, Fay (19 February 2003). "Smoke without fire". Evening Standard. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, p. 652, ISBN 9781403939104
  8. ^ "Tom Maschler obituary". The Guardian. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  9. ^ Witherow, John, ed. (21 June 2018). "Obituary – Reg Gadney". The Times. No. 72567. p. 54. ISSN 0140-0460.
  10. ^ "Fay Maschler - Person - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 19 October 2020.