Marina O'Loughlin

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Marina O'Loughlin is a British journalist, writer and restaurant critic.

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Career

O'Loughlin was the regular weekly restaurant reviewer in the London Metro from 2006 to 2012, before moving to The Guardian , where she took over from John Lanchester. In 2017, she succeeded the late A. A. Gill as restaurant critic for The Sunday Times , remaining until the end of October 2022. [1] [2]

She had a monthly travel column in the BBC Olive magazine detailing her food trips to locations including Macau and Glasgow, before moving on to BBC Good Food . [3] She has also worked on a freelance basis for The Independent [4] and London Evening Standard [5] newspapers and Noble Rot magazine. [6]

Awards and recognition

O'Loughlin has been awarded the Guild of Food Writers' Restaurant Reviewer of the Year twice; once in 2011 [7] and in 2015 [8] as well as Fortnum and Mason awards for Restaurant Writing in 2014 [9] and 2015 [10] and the prestigious 2015 Press Award for Criticism. [11]

She was said to be one of the most influential Londoners in the annual Evening Standard "1,000 Most Influential People in London" supplement in 2008, [12] 2010 [13] and 2012. [14] O'Loughlin has also made The Sunday Times' "Britain's 500 Most Influential" list three years running, from 2014 to 2016. [15] [16]

Personal life

O'Loughlin is thought to be Glaswegian by birth, [17] but now lives with her husband and two children between London and the Isle of Thanet on the Kent Coast.

References

  1. ↑ "The Caterer" . Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Big Hospitality". 31 October 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Marina O'Loughlin profile at BBC Good Food" . Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Marina O'Loughlin author profile at The Independent". The Independent Website. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Marina O'Loughlin author profile at London Evening Standard" . Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Noble Rot". noblerot.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Ehrlich, Richard (2 June 2011). "Stop Press! Awards 2011 – Winners". The Guild of Food Writers. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Guild Of Food Writers - Guild of Food Writers Awards 2015". www.gfw.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards". www.fortnumandmasonawards.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards". www.fortnumandmasonawards.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Press Awards Winners 2015". www.pressawards.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "1000 most influential people in London" Archived 9 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Evening Standard, 9 October 2008.
  13. ↑ "1000 most influential people in London", Evening Standard, 15 November 2010.
  14. ↑ "1000 most influential people in London", Evening Standard, 8 November 2012.
  15. ↑ "Britain's 500 most influential". The Times . 26 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  16. ↑ "The real powers in the land". The Times . 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  17. ↑ Pidd, Helen. "The unknown food critic", The Guardian, 27 February 2006.


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