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British journalist (born 1945) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Born | Fay Goldie Coventry 15 July 1945 |
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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]
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