The latest news and comment on food critic and television presenter Giles Coren
October 2021
Observer New Review Q&A
Victoria Coren Mitchell: ‘I’m not at all competitive, which surprises people’
The writer, presenter and professional poker player on taking part in Taskmaster, her pub quiz dilemma and a life surrounded by comedians
February 2018
Mary Beard to host TV version of Radio 4's Front Row
Giles Coren quits BBC2's Front Row after admitting he rarely went to the theatre
September 2017
TV's Front Row is a pulped and processed version of radio's. Why?
How Front Row sparked real drama in theatreland
David Mitchell
March 2017
TV review
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby review … Giles Coren does his dirty laundry – badly
Welcome to the hotel with 9,500 staff – plus Coren messing about on a trolley
November 2016
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Breaking the Silence Live; One Killer Punch; The Missing; Back in Time for Brixton
Two contrasting documentaries showed how lives can be transformed in an instant – and The Missing reverted to thrill mode
April 2016
Media Monkey
Media Monkey’s Diary: Telegraph, Mail, Giles Coren, Jeremy Clarkson
Victoria Wood treated less than royally, Times critic cracks out a typo, and ex-Top Gear host turns back the clock in the Sunday Times
February 2016
Gadget-free 1970s was happiest period, says 'time-travelling' TV family
BBC2’s new series Back in Time for the Weekend has lessons for us all about our preoccupation with technology
December 2015
G2 quiz of 2015
The food quiz of 2015
What was David Cameron’s food faux pas? Why did Mary Berry cry? Who did Giles Coren annoy (more than usual)? These and more in our end-of-year epicurean exam
August 2015
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
Restaurant critics are serving us dishes with little real meat
Peter Preston
Seeing AA Gill and Giles Coren disagree over a swanky Indian restaurant is good entertainment – but where’s the solid advice on where to go for dinner?
April 2015
Back in Time for Dinner may get sequel
One of its presenters, Giles Coren, says several possibilities involving the format and the Robshaw family have been discussed
March 2015
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True; Raised By Wolves; Back in Time for Dinner; Eat to Live Forever With Giles Coren; Ordinary Lies
The week in radio: The Media Show; Chain Reaction
Mark Lawson on television
Does the BBC need to go on a food television diet?
Mark Lawson
Giles Coren backs Jeremy Clarkson with tale of his own culinary altercation
February 2015
Giles Coren declares war on Amazon Prime over free trial
Word of Mouth blog
Why Giles Coren has got Birmingham’s food scene all wrong
November 2014
Media Monkey
Giles Coren’s time at Tatler – eats, snogs and leaves
Media Monkey: The writer has revealed all about ‘the best year of his life’ at the posh publication
April 2014
Greenslade
Journalists are the least well-read people, writes Giles Coren in The Times
His special target are 'big, important, prize-winning columnists'
