# Fay Maschler

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**Fay Goldie Maschler** ( **Coventry**; 15 July 1945) is a British journalist who was the restaurant critic of London's *[Evening Standard](/source/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](/source/Jimi_Famurewa), but would continue as a contributor.[2] She was subsequently appointed restaurant critic of *[Tatler](/source/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](/source/Old_Greenwich,_Connecticut), where she learned to cook.[5][6] She was married to the publisher [Tom Maschler](/source/Tom_Maschler) from 1970 to 1987.[7][8] She was latterly married to [Reg Gadney](/source/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](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) for services to journalism.[2] Two photographic portraits of Maschler are held in the collection of the [National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London), London.[10]

## References

1. Richard Godwin (17 July 2015), ["Queen of the restaurant scene: Fay Maschler turns 70"](https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/queen-of-the-restaurant-scene-fay-maschler-turns-70-10396913.html), *Evening Standard*

1. Ellis, David (9 December 2020). ["Fay Maschler's next course after 48 years as the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic"](https://www.standard.co.uk/reveller/restaurants/fay-maschler-next-course-evening-standard-restaurant-critic-b230115.html). *Evening Standard*. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

1. Sampson, Annabel (9 December 2020). ["Fay Maschler is appointed restaurant critic of Tatler"](https://www.tatler.com/article/fay-maschler-appointed-restaurant-critic-tatler). *Tatler*. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

1. ["How We Met"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-5635475.html). *The Independent*. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

1. ["Bring It On, boys"](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/jun/12/foodanddrink.features2). *The Guardian*. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

1. Maschler, Fay (19 February 2003). ["Smoke without fire"](https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/restaurants/smoke-without-fire-7428779.html). *Evening Standard*. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

1. *The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History*, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, p. 652, ISBN 9781403939104

1. ["Tom Maschler obituary"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/16/tom-maschler-obituary). *The Guardian*. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

1. Witherow, John (ed.) (21 June 2018). "Obituary – Reg Gadney". *The Times*. No. 72567. p. 54. [ISSN 0140-0460](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0140-0460)

1. ["Fay Maschler – Person – National Portrait Gallery"](https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp09857). *National Portrait Gallery, London*. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

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